A Washington state judge paused parts of a new “parents’ bill of rights” law after the American Civil Liberties Union and two other groups filed a lawsuit alleging it violates the state constitution. Initiative 2081 consists of 15 rights that parents are entitled to regarding their children’s educational experience in the state’s public schools. It […]
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s spokesman and newly hired attorney have both parted ways with the city leader following a week in which Thao’s house was raided by the FBI and she held a press conference declaring her innocence without informing her lawyer. Tony Brass, a high-profile attorney, was retained as Thao’s counsel late last week […]
House Republicans have chosen not to target special counsel Jack Smith in a spending bill funding the Justice Department — at least for the time being. On Tuesday, House appropriators unveiled the legislative text of their Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies funding bill for fiscal 2025, which would allocate a total of $78.28 billion, […]
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a vote later this week on whether to find President Joe Biden‘s ghostwriter in contempt of Congress, a source familiar confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The committee is set to vote during a panel markup on Thursday on advancing the contempt resolution after Mark Zwonitzer failed to comply with […]
Former President Donald Trump is holding his lead over President Joe Biden in Georgia ahead of their Thursday battle on the debate stage in Atlanta. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released Tuesday shows Trump with a 42.7%-37.6% lead over Biden. The survey also shows independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with 8.5% and Libertarian candidate Chase […]
Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial and subsequent conviction, has lifted parts of the former president’s gag order. Trump was previously barred from talking about witnesses, jurors and potential jurors, counsel from the prosecution, and related family members. Merchan lifted parts of the gag order Tuesday, allowing him to […]
President Abraham Lincoln’s wax statue melted as Washington’s temperatures soared into triple digits over the weekend. This 6-foot statue was installed in February on the campus of Garrison Elementary School in Northwest Washington. Crafted by Richmond artist Sandy Williams IV, the memorial aims to highlight the Civil War era and its aftermath. Early Monday, Lincoln’s […]
A former aide of embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is speaking out about unusual behavior from her former boss that she witnessed, specifically concerning his relationship with Egypt. Sarah Arkin, a staffer who worked for Menendez when he was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, began to notice “unusual” and “weird” behavior from the […]
Former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is set to release a memoir this fall, just in time to deliver what she calls a “warning” to voters in the 2024 election. Clinton’s book is titled Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty. The memoir, described as the “testament to the idea that the […]
District Attorney Kim Ogg of Harris County, Texas, stated Tuesday that “circumstantial evidence” is needed to prove that a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a pair of illegal immigrants, who could potentially receive the death penalty. Franklin Jose Pena Ramos and Johan Jose Rangel Martinez crossed into the United States from Venezuela illegally earlier […]
