Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced the halt of all agency grants to Minnesota amid explosive revelations of widespread fraud among the Somali community. After a viral documentary from independent journalist Nick Shirley exposed an alleged widespread network of fraud centered on Somali daycares, federal authorities have intensified investigations into the state. Loeffler said […]
House Democrats will reconvene their Jan. 6 riot investigation select committee on the fifth anniversary of the incident. The hearing will be unofficial, as House Republicans wouldn’t agree to hold a hearing largely pitched by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in partisan terms. In a letter to House Democrats, Jeffries said the hearing would […]
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) announced Monday she would appeal a federal judge’s ruling denying her effort to toss charges for allegedly assaulting law enforcement outside a federal immigration facility earlier this year. U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper denied McIver’s efforts to toss the case on claims of vindictive prosecution, while also denying her bid from November to […]
President Donald Trump floated filing a lawsuit alleging “gross incompetence” against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over the costs associated with renovating the Fed headquarters. Trump renewed his feud with Powell on Monday, this time directing his complaints against the project. “They don’t know what they’re doing. They’re way over budget,” Trump bemoaned. He then […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday that he was unsure whether he would attend Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s January inauguration, saying some of the latter’s supporters “protest everything.” Adams has taken on a more conciliatory tone toward Mamdani after positioning himself as one of his foremost rivals during the mayoral campaign. When asked […]
The Trump administration’s emphasis on broadband reform is saving taxpayers billions of dollars, according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Lutnick announced on Monday that the deregulation agenda is on track to cut $21 billion in bureaucratic and politicized policies regulating broadband, which he said were pushed by the Biden administration. “That means putting an end […]
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front as the two leaders met at Mar-a-Lago to discuss the future of Gaza and the Middle East. Netanyahu visited privately with Trump and his advisers on Monday to discuss a series of pressure points between Israel and the United States, chief among […]
Tech leader and former Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday with the goal of turning Israel into a global leader in artificial intelligence. Their conversation occurred shortly before President Donald Trump and Netanyahu’s meeting on Monday. Netanyahu spoke with Musk from Florida alongside Israeli Transportation […]
A Utah judge denied efforts by media organizations to intervene as a limited party in the murder trial of accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson, as media access remains a key pretrial issue in the case. Judge Tony Graf ruled on a pair of motions during a remote hearing on Monday to release a transcript […]
Israeli President Isaac Herzog denied having a conversation with President Donald Trump about pardoning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, offering swift pushback after the president said a grant of clemency is “on its way.” “There has been no conversation between President Herzog and President Trump since the pardon request was submitted,” Herzog’s office said in […]
