Multiple Ohio Democrats have denounced an FBI search of a liberal voting rights organization’s office in Cleveland. The federal investigation, which reportedly centers on alleged voter fraud, concerns the Ohio Organizing Collaborative. Established in 2007, the grassroots group says its mission is to “organize everyday Ohioans, building transformative power organizations for racial, social, and economic […]
The Washington National Opera is accusing the Kennedy Center of failing to return more than $17 million in donor funds, escalating a dispute that followed the end of a 15-year partnership between the two institutions. In a court filing, the opera company said the money in question came from years of contributions by supporters who […]
White House aides pointed to Iran’s weakened control of the Strait of Hormuz and securing President Donald Trump‘s desired language on the shuttering of Iran’s nuclear weapons program as shifting factors Friday that indicate the latest possible peace deal will stick. Trump, one day after announcing the pending signature of a memorandum of understanding, bristled […]
The Interior Department is clapping back on reports about the algae seen in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool this week after the Trump administration overhauled the facility, calling the spotted algae “residual.” Days after President Donald Trump declared his project to revamp the reflecting pool on the National Mall “complete,” Washingtonians and local media spotted […]
A federal court declined to halt the UFC fight on the White House South Lawn this weekend, denying a lawsuit from two Virginia residents filed a week ahead of the event. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, denied an effort to halt the UFC Freedom 250 event, which is set […]
Crews have put up scaffolding ahead of the Friday deadline to take President Donald Trump’s name off the Kennedy Center. WHO IS MORE DESPERATE FOR A DEAL: TRUMP OR IRAN? A federal judge ordered last month that his name must come off the building, and renovation plans that would’ve closed the center for two years […]
The bystander who was struck during a Secret Service-involved shooting near the White House last month has been identified as a soldier. The 25-year-old victim, Benjamin Del Real, was shot near a Secret Service checkpoint on May 23. He was touring Washington as the gunfight broke out. It remains unclear if he was wounded by […]
President Donald Trump tapped Jay Clayton as his pick to be the next director of national intelligence on Thursday after facing pushback over his recent choice to fill the acting role, Bill Pulte. If confirmed by the Senate, Clayton would take over the office of the permanent director from Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned in late […]
A federal judge maintained a block on the Department of Justice’s $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund Friday, despite the DOJ claiming they have abandoned the planned fund aimed at compensating allies of President Donald Trump and others who say they were politically targeted by the DOJ during the Biden administration. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, an appointee of former […]
At least one person is dead, and 10 are injured from an active shooter situation on Friday in Midland, Texas, Mayor Lori Blong said. Shots were heard coming from a building near West Wall St., according to authorities. There was only one known suspect involved, and the motivations behind the shooting are unknown. The investigation […]
