Tennessee lawmakers have sent a bill to Gov. Bill Lee’s (R-TN) desk introducing “blended sentencing,” which is when the worst juvenile offenders can be handed adult punishments after they age out of the juvenile system. The juvenile justice system under current law loses jurisdiction over juvenile offenders once they turn 19. “If they’re 17 or […]
The Biden administration’s top drug enforcement official dodged questions from Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill about the federal government’s forthcoming plans to dramatically reclassify marijuana from the most dangerous type of narcotic. Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram relatedly refused to field questions from four House Appropriations Committee lawmakers who pushed for answers to […]
Over the weekend, Donald Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) had a phone call in which the former president advised her to back off from her threat to force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), according to a report. Publicly, Trump has praised Johnson’s leadership and has said he is opposed to […]
The Boy Scouts of America will change its name to Scouting America, the first name change the organization has had since in its 114-year history. The organization said the move is meant to make the Boy Scouts more “inclusive” and follows a bankruptcy settlement for $2.4 billion. “Though our name will be new, our mission remains […]
Rapper Macklemore has released a new song called “Hind’s Hall,” in which he says that he is not voting for President Joe Biden in the November presidential election. The tune is meant to support the pro-Palestinian protests happening across the United States while also criticizing Biden and other politicians for their support of Israel. Biden’s […]
A judge on Tuesday denied former President Donald Trump‘s request for a mistrial in his hush money case, which Trump made after pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels delivered salacious testimony that tested the limits the court had placed on what she could say. Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche told Judge Juan Merchan that Daniels’s testimony differed […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams revealed that the possibility of former President Donald Trump being jailed in the state is being discussed between the mayor’s office and the New York City Department of Correction. Adams said in a Tuesday press conference that the Department of Correction and Rikers Island would “be ready” in case […]
There is no denying that President Joe Biden’s first term in office has been historic, at least in the sense that he is historically unpopular. Biden has two of the three lowest polling results in Gallup’s measuring of people’s confidence in the president “to do the right thing for the U.S. economy” since 2001. Just […]
WNBA player Brittney Griner reflected on her time in a Russian prison while being held hostage in the country, noting how she knew Russian President Vladimir Putin was going to make the most of her hostage situation. Griner was held in Russia from February 2022 through December 2022 for having cannabis oil in her baggage […]
House Democratic leaders are keeping opinions on the indictment of Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) close to their chest despite having vocal reactions to the allegations against former New York Rep. George Santos, with some saying the difference in the two men is a reason to keep quiet on the situation. Cuellar, a congressman of nearly […]
