A top former aide to former President Joe Biden testified behind closed doors Tuesday as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into his mental fitness to serve and his White House’s use of an autopen, confirming she was authorized to use the automatic signature device while pushing back on concerns about alleged manipulation or malfeasance. Neera Tanden, […]
Wall Street hedge funds are swooping in to buy possible insurance claims tied to California’s Eaton fire, a move that has rattled state officials and raised ethical concerns about profiting from catastrophes. The investors are targeting so-called subrogation claims, a process in which an insurance company, after paying a policyholder for a loss, assumes the legal right […]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) mocked her Democratic counterparts for condemning President Donald Trump for ordering a strike similar to that of his left-wing predecessors. Trump ordered three of Iran’s nuclear sites destroyed by six 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs and 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles over the weekend. Blackburn compared it to military action past presidents took without congressional […]
Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) attempted to silence Rep. Melanie Stansbury’s (D-NM) interruptions during a hearing on the Department of Government Efficiency, proceeding to cite a “point of order.” Greene, the chairwoman of the subcommittee of Delivering On Government Efficiency, recognized Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) during Tuesday’s hearing, in which the lawmaker expressed concerns about […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared a generous statement from one of his longtime foes, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who praised the president over his decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities. “Thank you to Jeb Bush — Very much appreciated!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, posting screenshots of Bush’s statement. Bush, who traded attacks […]
A federal court in Germany overturned the government’s ban on a magazine promoting right-wing politics that Berlin officials deemed dangerous. A Leipzig administrative court ruled that Compact magazine, which aligns with the increasingly popular Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party, publishes “anti-constitutional” content but has not presented a threat to the country and is therefore […]
(The Center Square) — New Hampshire could become the latest state to ban China, Russia and other geopolitical adversaries from buying up land near sensitive military sites amid heightened national security concerns. A proposal tucked into the $15.9 billion state budget would prohibit the sale of land to foreign interests and give the state the authority […]
The Justice Department returned to the Supreme Court Tuesday to ask the justices to clarify their order allowing deportations of illegal immigrants to “third countries” for now, one day after a district judge said a group of illegal immigrants were still barred from being deported to South Sudan despite the high court’s order. The Supreme […]
(The Center Square) – A lawsuit filed by religious organizations and two individuals could stop a new Tennessee law that would make harboring foreigners in the country a crime. The plaintiffs are the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a Murfreesboro landlord, and a “John Doe” living with a son-in-law who is seeking […]
Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) will be running for a third term, making him the first governor in the state to seek a third term in more than 30 years. Many political strategists see Pritzker’s bid for a third term as governor as a step toward a run for the White House. Pritzker will announce his […]
