Some Republicans expressed understanding after President Joe Biden’s recent move to pardon his criminally convicted son sparked criticism from both sides of the aisle. While they conveyed deep dismay that the president broke repeated promises not to grant clemency to Hunter Biden, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and a former manager for the Trump campaign were […]
The famous courtroom sketches of John Hinckley Jr., President Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin, are back in public and up for auction this week. Alexander Historical Auctions expects the 28 mostly color pastels to fetch up to $6,000, a moderate amount for a rare Reagan legacy relic. The sketches were seen on TV during Hinckley’s trial, […]
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will head the proposed Department of Government Efficiency, signaled a desire to end the semiannual daylight saving time clock change. There is just one problem: That power belongs to Congress. Musk shared an X poll showing the vast majority of respondents want to abolish the “annoying” time change, to […]
Watch as Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) delivers his final address on the Senate floor at 4:30 p.m. Manchin was elected to the Senate in 2010 and up until May of this year classified himself as a Democrat. He parted ways from the party due to his belief that it played to partisan extremism rather than […]
The House of Representatives may still be forced to vote on a resolution seeking to release the ethics investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz even after the Florida Republican resigned from Congress and withdrew his name from consideration for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) filed a privileged resolution to immediately release the […]
President-elect Donald Trump was in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday to memorialize three officers who died in a traffic incident. Trump has often paid his respects to fallen law enforcement as his stance on law and order was a central tenant of his winning campaign. The president-elect attended the funeral of New York Police Department officer Jonathan Diller earlier […]
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser‘s nominee for a gun safety agency pledged Monday to reform it amid a bribery scandal that involved a key councilman to the program, Trayon White. Kwelli Sneed, the interim director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, is being considered to lead the agency permanently. ONSE is a […]
Nathan Hochman, the man who defeated former Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, will begin his term Tuesday with a lengthy to-do list after promising to restore balance to the criminal justice system. Hochman is a former Republican who ran as an independent and centrist. He vowed to wipe away many of Gascón’s policies […]
The public broadly supports pardons of defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots on a case-by-case basis, essentially the plan put forward by President-elect Donald Trump. While the country generally approves of Jan. 6 pardons by a slight margin, many more back a selective process, including 68% of Democrats. In the latest Rasmussen Reports […]
President Joe Biden talked about America’s commitments to Africa during his Tuesday state visit to Angola, a trip that comes as his White House continues to court controversy. Biden has declined to say whether he will hold a closing press conference before leaving office, and his exit approvals now sit at the lowest point of […]
