Former President Donald Trump confirmed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, is in the running to be his attorney general, calling him “a very talented guy” during a weekend interview. On Sunday, Trump was asked if he would consider Paxton for U.S. attorney general should he win the 2024 presidential election. “I would, actually. […]
The House is set to vote on a bill that would make it illegal for noncitizens in Washington, D.C., to vote in local elections, with Republicans hoping to push Democrats into a corner just months ahead of the November election. Lawmakers will vote on the legislation later this week, which would overturn a local law […]
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen testified Monday during Donald Trump’s hush money trial that he made millions from books and a podcast that are centered on Cohen’s grievances with the former president. Cohen said he raked in more than $3 million from his books Disloyal and Revenge and $1 million from his podcast Mea Culpa […]
A group of Arab American donors and activists will be meeting on Tuesday for a private dinner in Oakland Hills, Michigan, with Donald Trump’s former Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell. While Grenell isn’t a member of Trump’s campaign team, the former president has referred to him as “my envoy,” and Grenell is considered to be […]
Roughly a third of employees at federal offices gave their department a score of “D” or worse in 2023, according to a newly released analysis of the best and worst places to work in the federal government. On Monday, the nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service released findings on employee morale at 532 federal agencies […]
President Joe Biden‘s administration is endorsing the Senate’s move to take up a bipartisan border security agreement, despite the fact the legislation isn’t likely to pass. “From his first day in office, President Biden has called on Congress to fix our broken immigration system. That’s why he introduced a comprehensive immigration reform plan on day […]
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) on Monday called on President Joe Biden to replace Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg amid toxic workplace culture allegations at the agency. The move was a departure from Brown’s Democratic colleagues but comes as he battles for reelection in a competitive race and has increasingly distanced […]
ATLANTA — Primary day looms large in the Peach State as Georgia boasts half a dozen races with statewide and even national implications. As he seems to with everything in politics these days, former President Donald Trump looms large in the elections, with his endorsements tilting the balance of one race and not one but […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted the right to challenge his extradition to the United States, significantly improving his legal position. Assange has been held by U.K. authorities since 2019 after Ecuador ended his seven-year asylum stay in its Embassy in London over an unrelated rape case in Sweden, which was later dropped. U.K. police […]
House Democrats reported a record-breaking fundraising haul in April, giving them an advantage over their GOP counterparts as their focus turns to the November election and control of the lower chamber is once again up for grabs. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $12.4 million last month, marking the committee’s best April fundraising numbers in […]
