President Joe Biden thanked the Senate on Wednesday for confirming the 200th federal judge of his presidency, which he referred to as “another milestone in the effort to protect the freedoms and liberties of all Americans.” Earlier in the day, the Senate voted 66-28 to confirm Angela Martinez as a district court judge in Arizona. […]
The Federal Election Commission, the main independent agency overseeing federal campaign finance law, has dismissed a complaint from a left-wing group accusing a Republican lawmaker of illegally transferring funds from his state campaign committee. The FEC, in a decision posted on its website on Friday, said the regulator rejected an April 2023 complaint filed against […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he expects Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to sign on to a letter inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress “as quickly as possible,” suggesting an agreement could be reached as early as this week. “I’ve not spoken to [Schumer] personally, but our staffs are communicating,” […]
A race- and gender-exclusive program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said it now accepts applicants of all races and genders as part of its application process, updating its website with the new inclusive language hours after being accused of discrimination. On Monday, the Equal Protection Project filed a federal civil rights complaint against MIT […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has been polishing her credentials as an attack dog as former President Donald Trump is winnowing down his vice presidential candidate short list. After once describing the former president as a whack job, Stefanik has since changed her tune. She is one of his most reliable supporters in Congress and has […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani agreed to cease his attacks against a pair of Georgia election workers in light of a $148 million defamation judgment against him. Court documents revealed Giuliani agreed to stop accusations against Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss after hammering the two, saying they had stolen the election with USB […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) are pairing up in a rare moment of bipartisanship to introduce legislation that seeks to prevent presidential candidates from “profiting from their proximity to power.” The Presidential Ethics Reform Act would require presidents and vice presidents to disclose foreign payments, loan transactions, and […]
The Biden campaign sought to link former President Donald Trump to a recently passed Louisiana bill that criminalizes two medications used to induce abortions. On Tuesday, Louisiana’s House passed a bill, 64-29, that added two abortion medications to its list of controlled dangerous substances. People caught without prescriptions for mifepristone and misoprostol could be fined […]
A public library in Idaho is labeling itself as “adults only” to comply with a new state law that staff members said is “ambiguous.” The library is not turning into an exotic, 18-and-up institution that sounds typical of an adults-only establishment. Instead, library staff members said they are complying with a new state law set […]
Daily marijuana use has outpaced daily drinking in the United States, according to a study published Wednesday. The study compared four eras of marijuana policy in the U.S. and found that marijuana use had climbed since 2008, according to the Associated Press. The study, published in Addiction, compared the rates of marijuana use in 1979, […]
