Former NBC sports analyst and CNN contributor Bob Costas blasted ABC News and CBS News for “running the gauntlet that the Trump administration will throw up against them,” during an award speech Monday. Costas offered his opinion on the two networks’ concessions to President Donald Trump in their squabbles. ABC News paid Trump $15 million to settle a lawsuit against George Stephanopoulos, while […]
The Trump administration notched a procedural legal victory Tuesday after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a judge’s order requiring the government to offer due process to nearly 140 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador earlier this year. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an administrative stay halting an order by […]
Team Thune won bragging rights in a fitness challenge so close that less than 10 minutes of exercise initially separated its next closest competitor, the office of Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL). Staffers for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) logged the highest average points at 11,913 using a heartbeat monitor that tracked physical activity in […]
Iowa state Sen. Zach Wahls launched his U.S. Senate bid on Wednesday with a video on social media, joining a competitive Democratic primary as the party seeks to unseat Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA). “I’ll stand up to the leaders of both parties because they are not delivering for us,” Wahls said in the video. “I’m […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has activated the state’s National Guard soldiers ahead of a “No Kings” protest in San Antonio on Wednesday evening following days of protests and riots against federal immigration efforts in Los Angeles. The third-term governor announced early Wednesday that state military forces had been sent to various locations across the state, […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi faced criticism from the press Wednesday morning regarding the Insurrection Act and whether the Trump administration would invoke it against protesters. “What is the bar for invoking the Insurrection Act, and can you describe some of the conversations around that particular topic that have been underway?” a media member asked Bondi […]
Black Lives Matter‘s coffers have depleted significantly since the George Floyd protests of 2020, when activist organizers fundraised off a nationwide racial justice revolution with resounding success. A leadership vacuum and infighting over funds quickly threw BLM into a state of financial and organizational disarray, leaving some observers to wonder, five years later, where the […]
(The Center Square) — The Shreveport Police Department updated the city on two new substations under way to help reduce crime and increase police presence throughout Shreveport. In a recent report, Cpl. Chris Bordelon said the West Shreveport Police Substation located on Monkhouse Drive is nearing completion. The newest substation will open this month as […]
The Department of Justice has determined that President Donald Trump possesses the authority to end federal land protections and abolish national monuments. The May 27 opinion released on Tuesday found that the Antiquities Act, which allows the president to declare national monuments on federal land to protect against development, also enables the president to “alter […]
(The Center Square) – An FBI Dallas-led multiagency law enforcement operation spanning multiple counties in north Texas targeting online sexual predators resulted in hundreds being arrested. The operation was conducted as FBI Director Kash Patel warned last month that federal agents would “hunt down” online child sexual predators. The priority of the Justice Department and […]
