A Republican-led short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown ahead of a deadline later this week cleared a key procedural rule vote Tuesday afternoon, with House GOP leadership confident it will have the votes for final passage. The rule, which dictates the particulars of debate time and amendment process for a bill, passed the […]
(The Center Square) – West Virginia continues to push other states to protect its coal industry. Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is urging Maryland House and Senate leaders to table a bill that targets out-of-state coal producers. McCuskey says the proposed legislation drives up prices and could be unconstitutional. “A state cannot fill its coffers at […]
(The Center Square) — New Hampshire Republicans are moving to tighten the state’s bail laws over concerns that reforms that went into effect last year are allowing dangerous criminals to be released ahead of trial. In August, then-Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill to tighten bail laws by holding people accused of violent crimes behind […]
(The Center Square) – Attorney General Dave Yost wants Congress to allow every state to join Ohio with year-round access to an ethanol-gasoline fuel blend. Yost, along with 15 other state attorneys general, sent a letter to Congress urging a plan they say will help jump-start United States energy production by expanding access to E15 […]
(The Center Square) – San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan proposed making it a crime to refuse shelter three times within 18 months, with the goal of using the court system to push service-resistant homeless individuals into care. “Homelessness can’t be a choice, especially when over 200 people die on the streets each year,” said Mahan […]
$120 million wrongful conviction settlement Two Chicago men who were wrongfully convicted of a 2003 murder were awarded a massive settlement from the city. John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell both spent 16 years behind bars for the murder. Their lawyers said they were forced into making false confessions by Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors […]
The Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze may have inadvertently revealed the identities of anti-authoritarian activists in China, possibly jeopardizing their safety and efficacy, sources who have worked closely with pro-democracy groups in China told the Washington Examiner. Chaos gripped the National Endowment for Democracy in early February when Elon Musk’s Department for Government Efficiency ordered […]
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller insisted that President Donald Trump shouldn’t be expected to predict possible recessions. Trump has said that delayed tariffs against Mexico and Canada will likely result in “a little disturbance,” prompting concerns of a greater economic downturn. When asked about a possible recession, Trump defended the tariffs, saying […]
A bipartisan group of Congresspeople is introducing a bill to increase transparency regarding federal spending. The Stop Secret Spending Act targets federal spending labeled “other transaction agreements” not included on USAspending.gov. The act would require billions of dollars in spending to be reported on the website. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Gary Peters (D-MI) and […]
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign aid to recipients and contractors for work completed through Feb. 13, and it issued a March 14 deadline to show the court how it plans to do so. Judge Amir Ali of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia […]
