(The Center Square) – Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office has signed a $250,000 contract with Pacifica Law Group, which is headed by Zack Pekelis, a former AGO employee, and includes incoming Attorney General Nick Brown, to defend it in a potential lawsuit stemming from a $42 million tort claim. The tort claim filed by Police […]
(The Center Square) – Ohio is home to one of the closest races too close to call as Democrats and Republicans continue to wait to see who will control the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent Democrat Marcy Kaptur, a four-decade House veteran and the chamber’s longest-serving woman, led Republican state Rep. Derrick Merrin by 0.32% as […]
Michigan Republican Tudor Dixon suggested Susie Wiles’s lack of experience in Washington should be seen as an asset instead of a hindrance as she is not indebted to any local bureaucrats. Dixon, a former gubernatorial candidate for Michigan, praised Trump for his “historic pick” in selecting Wiles as his next White House chief of staff, […]
A top Democratic dark money group poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into an unsuccessful effort to oust Sen. Deb Fischer (D-NE), records show. Sixteen Thirty Fund, which is registered under a section of the IRS code called 501(c)(4) that allows “social welfare” groups to avoid disclosing their donors, spent over $800,000 supporting groups allied […]
Now that President-elect Donald Trump has won the election, speculation turns to who he might ask to be in his Cabinet, as well as serve in key positions. On Thursday, Trump appointed his reelection campaign manager, Susie Wiles, as his chief of staff, signaling that he is wasting no time in getting down to business. […]
Authorities across the country are investigating racist text messages sent to cellphones in multiple cities prompting owners to “pick cotton” at “plantations.” State attorneys general, such as New York’s Letitia James and Louisiana’s Liz Murrill, directed state agencies to investigate the origins of the texts, which occured after President-elect Donald Trump’s win Tuesday. One of […]
The mayor of Mississippi’s capital has pleaded not guilty to charges of a bribery scheme, saying he will “continue to handle the business of the city.” The case has also led to indictments of a former city council president and a district attorney. After he left Jackson’s federal courthouse, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said he […]
North Carolina was the first swing state called Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump, but further down the ballot, Democrats had more reasons to celebrate than Republicans. Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, 51.1%-47.7%, in the Tar Heel State. However, in the gubernatorial contest between Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein and Republican state Lt. Gov. […]
Mike Davis, an ally of President-elect Donald Trump, warned New York Attorney General Letitia James to not pursue any legal action against Trump during his second term, threatening to send her to prison if she does so. “I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term,” Davis said […]
Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday asked a federal court in Washington, D.C., to vacate the remaining deadlines in the 2020 election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump, signaling a likely end to one of two federal criminal cases against him. Smith signaled his plans to stop pursuing two criminal indictments against Trump earlier this […]
