A 70-year-old Egyptian man pleaded guilty to federal charges for kicking a Customs and Border Protection agriculture detector dog at Washington Dulles International Airport earlier this week. Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie pleaded guilty on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to a charge of harming a federal law […]
The Supreme Court’s decision in the State Department’s layoff case could be decided as early as Friday and immediately be enacted due to Secretary of State Marco Rubio‘s July 1 layoff deadline. The department was previously blocked by an order from a lower court because it intended to lay off thousands of people. The emergency appeal […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) declined to endorse state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani after he won the New York City Democratic primary for mayor, acknowledging they have “areas of difference.” Hochul disagrees with Mamdani’s plan to raise taxes on the rich to pay for his plans as mayor, such as free child care and buses. Her affordability […]
The Justice Department announced a civil rights investigation Thursday into the University of California over Trump administration concerns that its faculty hiring practices plan may violate federal anti-discrimination laws. At issue is the university system’s “UC 2030 Capacity Plan,” which the DOJ said may contain race- and sex-based employment quotas in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act […]
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) called on the Justice Department to investigate whether New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani should be stripped of his U.S. citizenship following his win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Ogles said the DOJ should determine whether Mamdani, who was born in Uganda, “may have procured […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asked congressional leadership to remove a provision from the Republican tax legislation that would give the Treasury Department the ability to implement a so-called “revenge tax” on certain foreign investors. The “revenge tax” provision, called Section 899, was included to stop certain foreign countries from taxing U.S. firms in a way […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a world of ideas, died Thursday at age 91. Moyers died in a New York City hospital, according to longtime friend Tom Johnson, the former CEO of CNN and an […]
Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) revealed Thursday that Oklahoma is taking multiple steps to match the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” initiative, something he said residents “really” want. Stitt discussed the overhaul with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who commended the “extraordinary outpouring of enthusiasm and cooperation” that the administration has […]
Anti-abortion groups are praising the Supreme Court’s majority decision to block state Medicaid funds from supporting Planned Parenthood, paving the way for red states to stop funding abortion with taxpayer dollars. In a 6-3 decision, along ideological lines, the Supreme Court struck down a lawsuit on Thursday from Planned Parenthood and a patient challenging Gov. […]
Kyle Rittenhouse, who rose to fame in conservative circles during the pandemic, is now nowhere to be seen online. Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, was acquitted of all charges related to the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, during the 2020 riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Following the ruling in 2021, President Donald Trump […]
