Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) on Monday night blocked a bipartisan effort to prevent the Trump administration from demolishing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without congressional approval. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) attempted to pass the Protecting Presidential Memorials Act, a bill he co-led with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), by unanimous consent. The […]
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed sought to peel away a coalition of health-conscious voters from his Republican rival on Tuesday, as the candidate’s campaign seeks to make gains in the final weeks of one of the country’s closest races. El Sayed is attempting to keep the Michigan seat blue, as GOP nominee Mike […]
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee starting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. JACK SMITH DEPUTY ADVOCATED ‘REPEALING’ CONGRESSIONAL PROTECTIONS PRIOR TO JAN. 6 This is Smith’s first live testimony before upper chamber Republicans. Judiciary Republicans are hearing from Smith as part of their review into the previous investigations into […]
President Donald Trump is set to announce a new artificial intelligence tool Tuesday at 10 a.m. that the White House says will help people interact with the federal government. The tool will launch on America.gov, a new website that will provide comprehensive resources on the government rather than having information spread out across different agencies’ […]
Tennessee is planning to execute a female inmate accused of murder on Wednesday, marking the first time in over 200 years that a woman has received the death penalty in the state. Christa Pike, 50, is the only woman on Tennessee’s death row. She has been imprisoned for roughly 30 years in connection with the […]
Arizona authorities revealed on Monday that they are looking into a possible new ransom note connected to the Nancy Guthrie case, months after the elderly woman mysteriously disappeared from her Tucson home. The mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie vanished from her home in February, triggering a sweeping investigation involving the FBI as officials searched […]
Lindsay Clancy is returning to a Massachusetts court on Tuesday, nearly one month after the judge declared a mistrial in the high-profile murder case. The defense plans to ask Judge William Sullivan to investigate the lone holdout juror over his alleged cellphone use, which is prohibited during trial and jury deliberations. Other jurors suggested he […]
EXCLUSIVE — Nearly two years before becoming special counsel Jack Smith’s principal deputy prosecutor, J.P. Cooney advocated for repealing the Constitution’s speech or debate clause in a message sent on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. “I’m an advocate for repealing the clause but absent that, we’re stuck with it and the […]
President Donald Trump’s agenda to keep multiple Canadian products from being imported into the United States took effect Tuesday, marking the latest development in the trade war between Canada and the U.S. Trump previewed the ban on a variety of products, including certain alcoholic beverages, dairy products, and motorcycles, on Sept. 8, in response to […]
Three media groups President Donald Trump sought to ban from the White House press pool asked a federal judge to extend a restraining order blocking the president from instituting the restrictions. The saga began Sept. 18, when Trump announced the ban due to his belief that CNN, MS Now, and Politico are “fake news” outlets […]
