Republicans killed two measures that would have compelled the House Ethics Committee to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, but some would be willing to reverse their stance if the former Florida congressman is nominated for another position. “Many of us voted to support the precedent but will feel differently if he’s nominated […]
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to apologize for repeatedly saying President Joe Biden would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden, before the president did just that this week. During a briefing dominated by questions regarding the president’s unprecedented pardon of his son, Jean-Pierre remained adamant that she would not apologize for misleading the […]
Vice President Kamala Harris spent well over $20 million on expenses related to event production in the final weeks of the 2024 presidential election, with millions flowing to production companies owned by entertainers, venue payments for star-studded campaign appearances, and makeup services. The Harris campaign’s final financial disclosure, released Thursday night, covers disbursements ranging from […]
Daniel Penny’s manslaughter charge has been dismissed after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision after four days of deliberations. The jury sent a note on Friday notifying the judge that it was unable to reach a unanimous decision on the second-degree manslaughter charge. This is the first of two charges against him, […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reciprocated Sen. John Fetterman‘s (D-PA) recent bipartisan rhetoric with friendly words about the Democratic lawmaker Friday. Although they backed different candidates during the 2024 elections, Musk said it was “hard not to like” Fetterman in a social media post over the weekend. “He puts country over party,” Musk added in an […]
Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, a leading figure in the field of transgender procedures for minors, is facing a landmark lawsuit filed by a female detransitioner who says she has been permanently harmed. The patient suing is Clementine Breen, a 20-year-old biological woman from California who began intensive procedures aimed at helping her identify as a boy […]
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong said he is planning on adding a bias meter to accompany news articles and opinion pieces on the paper’s website. Soon-Shiong shared his plan when he was on Scott Jennings’s podcast Flyover Country. He told the political commentator and strategist that he felt like the Los Angeles Times was […]
Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) and Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes are set to bring back executions of prisoners on death row in the state after they put the practice on a hiatus two years ago. When Hobbs and Mayes took office in 2023, they suspended capital punishment in the state, citing a pending review […]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faced another day of serious setbacks with a renewed uprising south of Damascus and the takeover of much of the country’s east by Kurdish forces. Just one day after the fall of Hama, rebels that had previously reconciled with the government once again took up arms around the city of Daraa, […]
A Boston city councilor was taken into custody on Friday morning on federal public corruption charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced. Democrat Tania Fernandes Anderson was arrested by FBI agents on six felony charges, including five counts of wire fraud and one count of theft concerning federally funded programs, relating […]
