Three years after he was convicted of staging an attack against himself in downtown Chicago, the ruling against Jussie Smollett has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. Smollett was convicted on five counts of felony disorderly conduct and acquitted on a sixth for filing a false police report. The Empire actor claimed in 2019 […]
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) warned against releasing the House Ethics Committee’s investigative report on former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, suggesting Congress needs to be “careful” about leaks and other effects releasing the report could have. Since Gaetz’s nomination by President-elect Donald Trump to be his attorney general, many have demanded the release of the House […]
House Republicans are expected to form a subcommittee to coordinate with the new Department of Government Efficiency headed by Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk to “root out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.” The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency will be created by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and chaired […]
President Joe Biden gave former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday, citing her work to “advance women’s reproductive rights.” Richards was the 20th person this year to receive the honors, following former climate envoy John Kerry, former Vice President Al Gore, Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky, and Reps. Nancy […]
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) dismissed criticism that President-elect Donald Trump has yet to nominate a black person for his Cabinet, contending that the next president is focused on who will best implement “his agenda.” MSNBC panelist Al Sharpton recently criticized Trump’s Cabinet for its lack of black nominees, stating this point “needs to be raised.” When asked about […]
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, are launching a podcast to talk about the agency’s work. “We want to bring the public along with us, to lift the curtain, to take us behind the scenes of what actually that waste, fraud, and abuse in […]
More than two weeks after Election Day, the race between Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and Democratic challenger Derek Tran remains too close to call as California continues to count its ballots. The race for California’s 45th District, which comprises parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties, has remained the closest in the country for several […]
Henry Gunther was killed at 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, the last fatality of World War I. The former bank clerk from Baltimore was charging a German machine-gun emplacement in eastern France, possibly because he wanted to redeem himself after being reduced in rank from sergeant to private. There had been heavy fighting throughout […]
(The Center Square) – Supporters believe former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy will usher in a new “golden era” of transportation and opponents believing he is an unqualified pick who could undo years of environmental progress. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Duffy to lead the Transportation Department. He represented the 7th Congressional District of Wisconsin from […]
(The Center Square) – Jurisdiction for six complaints is divided three to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, and three to respective county boards. The state board made the decision at an emergency session on Wednesday. The protests, all by Republicans, involved four different races. The most notable is the state Supreme Court race between […]
