A judge on Monday said attorneys will begin delivering closing arguments in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial next Tuesday, meaning the former president’s trial is on pace to end next week. New York Judge Juan Merchan made the announcement at the start of court proceedings on Monday and indicated a change had occurred over the […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Sunday evening that he would bring the failed Senate border bill back up for a vote this week, but Republicans claim the vote is a stunt to defend vulnerable Democrats up for election in November. Schumer proclaimed in his “Dear Colleague” letter that the upper chamber of Congress […]
The International Criminal Court announced on Monday that it intends to seek arrest warrants for senior Hamas and Israeli leaders for the Oct. 7 attack and subsequent conflict. The top Hamas officials the ICC will seek warrants for are Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza, Mohammed Deif, the head of the military, and […]
(The Center Square) – Tennessee collected $74.2 million less than the budgeted estimate in taxes and fees in April. That makes the state $494.2 million short of the budgeted estimates for the fiscal year, which runs through July on an accrual basis. The April collections topped $3 billion but were down less than half of […]
(The Center Square) – The Illinois legislature has approved changes to the state’s strict Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), but some say they didn’t go far enough. Currently, a company that violates BIPA’s protections is subject to damages for each instance of the collection of an individual’s biometric data without a person’s consent. The highest […]
(The Center Square) – Overlap and duplication cost taxpayers billions, according to a new report from a Congressional watchdog. The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s annual report identified opportunities to save billions of dollars by reducing overlap, duplication and fragmentation across the federal government. The report outlines 112 measures that Congress and federal agencies could take […]
Election Day is less than six months away and voters have a familiar choice of President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Unless it’s The Godfather Part II, sequels generally never really live up to the original. While the main attraction looks like a 2020 repeat on the surface, the star players are competing in a […]
Israel‘s military has returned to northern Gaza to take on Hamas several months after claiming to have dismantled the group in the area. Israeli military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said on Jan. 8, the army has “completed the dismantling of Hamas’s military framework in the northern Gaza Strip,” and yet he told AFP on Friday, […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is picking a very public fight with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over a bill to compensate radiation victims in his home state of Missouri. The freshman senator, a loud critic of Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), is not known for holding his tongue when it comes to leadership. But he’s been […]
Of all 50 states, one surprisingly far surpasses the others in the percentage of registered independent voters: Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, a typically Democratic-leaning state, 62% of all registered voters are independents as of November 2023, outnumbering both major political parties. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 3-1 ratio; nearly 30% of voters are registered Democrats […]
