Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Friday that the economy, not racism or misogyny, was the reason President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this month. “I think the most important lesson to be drawn from the election is that the American people want us to work on the high cost of living and […]
The California Legislative Analyst’s Office projected a dismal fiscal outlook for the Golden State as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is anticipated to pour millions of dollars into fighting the Trump administration. The non-partisan budget watchdog released an analysis this week showing that while the state has managed to reduce its budget deficit by a massive […]
Longtime President-elect Donald Trump loyalist Pam Bondi is his new nominee for attorney general after former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration. Trump made the announcement in a Thursday social media post. “For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans – Not anymore,” Trump […]
Longtime President-elect Donald Trump loyalist Pam Bondi is his new nominee for attorney general after former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration. Trump made the announcement in a Thursday social media post. “For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans – Not anymore,” Trump […]
The two brothers who admitted to helping actor Jussie Smollett stage the actor’s 2019 assault declared the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the actor’s conviction is a “real injustice.” “We were taken aback initially, not because of the supreme court’s decision, but because Jussie never admitted guilt,” Abimbola “Bola” Osundairo told Fox News’s Fox […]
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said he won’t take his seat in the House of Representatives, clearing up speculation that he could return after resigning from the 118th Congress. President-elect Donald Trump nominated him for attorney general last week, but he withdrew his name from consideration on Thursday. “I do not intend to join the 119th […]
Georgia officials dismissed all members of a state maternal health panel after information about the deaths of two women with abortion pill complications was leaked to the press earlier this fall. The dismissal comes two months after the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, two Georgia women who suffered from severe complications after […]
The United Nations Climate Change Conference released a draft deal Friday requiring wealthier countries to provide $250 billion per year until 2035 to help developing countries tackle the effects of climate change and transition toward renewable energy. The two-week conference in Azerbaijan, which started on Nov. 11, is in its final hours as negotiators scramble […]
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s selection by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Justice will be a “relief” for Senate Republicans, Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York said. “Clearly, Trump is in a hurry, and one thing that the Gaetz nomination promised to be was really slow,” York said on Fox […]
A senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump ruled out former Rep. Mike Rogers as a possibility to lead the FBI on Friday following an outcry from Trump’s base about Rogers’s rumored nomination. “Just spoke to President Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI,” longtime Trump adviser Dan Scavino wrote on X. “It’s not happening […]