Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has one week to gather enough signatures and file for reelection as an independent in New Jersey ahead of the state’s primary. Menendez, who said he would seek reelection as an independent, must gather and file 800 signatures by the state’s primary on June 4. He is currently facing federal […]
President Joe Biden is expanding his effort to hang the Jan. 6 Capitol riots around former President Donald Trump’s neck. Just days after he released an ad narrated by Trump critic and actor Robert De Niro titled “Snapped,” his campaign announced plans on Tuesday to field three of the U.S. Capitol Police officers who faced […]
House Republicans are examining evidence that top leadership at the National Institutes of Health intentionally avoided compliance with Freedom of Information Act requests and other oversight efforts during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) wrote to current NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli on Tuesday requesting […]
Former President Donald Trump endorsed the Republican candidate challenging Rep. Bob Good’s (R-VA) reelection, dealing a blow to the House Freedom Caucus chairman as he seeks a third term in the lower chamber. Trump offered his coveted endorsement to John McGuire on Tuesday, giving the Virginia challenger a boost in what has shaped up to […]
NEW YORK — Testimony in the criminal hush money trial against Donald Trump has concluded after more than four weeks and nearly two dozen witnesses, moving the case to the crucial stages of closing arguments, jury deliberations, and a potential verdict. Trump faces 34 felony charges of falsifying business records with the intent to commit […]
At least three men were killed in three separate homicides in Washington, D.C., on each day of the Memorial Day weekend holiday. The reportedly unrelated killings occurred in different areas of the district, with the first in southeast Washington on Saturday, the second in northwest Washington on Sunday, and the third in northeast Washington on […]
More Democrats than Republicans want President Joe Biden kicked off the ticket, a shocking dismissal of the party chief just months before Election Day. Fifty-four percent of Democratic likely voters would approve of Biden being replaced, a very unlikely possibility with the party nominating convention set for mid-August. Biden has won his primaries in runaways. […]
(The Center Square) – The Illinois House is expected to return Tuesday to finish up the plan on how the state will spend more than $53 billion in Illinois taxpayer money. The legislature was scheduled to adjourn Friday before the holiday weekend, but budget details failed to surface until it was too late and session […]
(The Center Square) – An Illinois district attorney says the state’s no cash bail law is allowing for some criminals to remain free pending a court appearance. The Illinois Supreme Court declared the legislation ending cash bail constitutional. Beginning on Sept. 18, 2023, Illinois courts no longer used a cash bail system. Instead, they use a […]
(The Center Square) – Extending his record to a 95th time, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed legislation from the General Assembly, this time connected to vegetation near highway billboards. Six House Democrats were in favor of the transportation laws included, and his pick to lead the state Department of Transportation was included in the […]
