Retail mogul Les Wexner’s lawyer scolded him over the lengthy answers given during a House oversight committee hearing on Wednesday. The video of Wexner’s nearly five-hour deposition, where he was questioned about his association with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was released Thursday, and Wexner’s lawyer could be heard telling him to tighten […]
New York officials urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the GOP’s petition seeking to maintain New York City’s lone GOP-held House seat to its current boundaries for the 2026 election. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) and other New York Republican officials filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court last week asking for the […]
West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Apple, accusing the company of allowing its iCloud storage service to be used to distribute child sexual abuse material and failing to adopt stronger detection measures. The complaint, filed in Mason County Circuit Court, alleges Apple prioritized user privacy over child safety by […]
The Justice Department this week asked a federal appeals court to reverse a district judge’s order restoring national security lawyer Mark Zaid’s security clearance, arguing the ruling improperly intruded on presidential authority over classified information. In a brief filed Wednesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Trump administration […]
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is facing blowback for saying that Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff should be “disciplined” for a tariff report that was unfavorable to the White House. The criticism comes at a time when the Fed’s independence from the White House is a politically fraught topic. Hassett made the remarks on Wednesday about New York Fed […]
Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) is only voting for one Nebraska Democrat this year: his wife. Susanne Shore is running for an Omaha seat on the University of Nebraska system’s Board of Regents. She entered the relatively unknown race on Thursday with her husband’s express support. While they may disagree on politics, Ricketts and Shore both […]
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) claimed on Thursday he was being blackmailed by the husband of a former staffer who died by setting herself on fire. Gonzales posted a note on X from the lawyer of Adrian Aviles, the widower of former congressional staffer Regina Santos-Aviles, requesting a $300,000 settlement. “I WILL NOT BE BLACKMAILED,” Gonzales […]
President Donald Trump waded into the discourse on aliens on Thursday, saying former President Barack Obama made a “big mistake” in divulging “classified information” related to their existence. Obama said during a recent interview that aliens are real but noted they aren’t being held at the top-secret Area 51 facility, commonly shown in films and […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel‘s comments about a Wisconsin judge who was arrested for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest from federal immigration officers may not be used in an upcoming trial against the judge, a federal judge ruled. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was indicted in April on two […]
Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was released Thursday after being taken into custody earlier in the day on suspicion of misconduct. The brother of King Charles III was in custody for approximately 11 hours and was photographed leaving the police station in a car. The Thames Valley Police arrested the 66-year-old former prince as part of […]
