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Trump claims he has $500M in cash but doesn’t want to use it for fraud judgment

Former President Donald Trump claimed on Friday to have almost a half-billion dollars in cash but said he’d rather spend it on his presidential run than on the $454 million civil fraud judgment against him in New York. The former president vowed to fight the verdict “all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court […]

Alaskan Airlines passengers could be crime victims for Boeing door incident: FBI

The passengers on an Alaska Airlines Boeing flight that blew out its door plug midflight could be “victim[s] of a crime,” according to the FBI. This Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane was forced to make an emergency landing in January when the incident happened, and no passengers were injured. Even when the door made impact […]

Senate stalls on border before midnight shutdown deadline: ‘We haven’t made a lot of progress’

The Senate appears to be at a standstill over arguments on border amendments in its large $1.2 trillion spending bill Friday night, just hours away from a possible government shutdown. Senate Republicans appeared frustrated over the lack of progress on the spending bill, claiming that not much progress was made during the day. The House […]

CDC indicates measles cases already surpassed last year’s numbers

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed Thursday that the number of U.S. measles cases is 64 as of March 21, more than all of 2023. By March 26, 2023, there were only seven cases of measles, which grew to a total of 58 cases that year. Twenty states reported cases last year. In […]

Biden DHS pressed for answers on 386,000 immigrants flown directly into US cities

EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are pressing the Biden administration to provide information about a government phone app that allowed immigrants outside the United States to apply for permission to fly into the U.S. to be screened for admission. In a letter sent to President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on […]

MTG hard-pressed to find support for motion to vacate Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was met with mixed reactions from her own party after she filed a motion to vacate Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA). The majority of members’ reactions were disapproving of Greene, which was to be expected because she has not named supporters. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), who helped oust […]

Jordan subpoenas Biden ghostwriter over special counsel report

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed President Joe Biden‘s ghostwriter on Friday for records related to past work the writer did for the president that may have involved classified material. The subpoena, issued to Mark Zwonitzer and reviewed by the Washington Examiner, asked the ghostwriter to hand over the requested material, including communications, […]

Illegal immigration increases in February, new border figures reveal

The number of illegal immigrants encountered at the nation’s borders in February remained at the highest levels seen in national history, increasing slightly to more than a quarter million people encountered. U.S. Customs and Border Protection data released Friday afternoon revealed 256,094 non-U.S. citizens were encountered attempting to enter the United States last month, up from 242,521 […]

Kansas lawmakers advance university DEI ban

Legislators in Kansas advanced a bill Thursday prohibiting public universities from using diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology in hiring, admissions, and student aid. The state House passed the bill 81-39, just one week after the Kansas Senate passed a $25 billion budget that includes a provision requiring state universities to eliminate their DEI training mandates […]

Republicans target Education Department for financial aid delays as Cardona shifts blame

The Department of Education has become the latest target of the Republican Party’s ire after Secretary Miguel Cardona blamed colleges for the delay in financial aid offers. Cardona claimed some colleges and universities were not ready to receive the “institutional student information records” that are necessary to give students financial aid offers. “Based on some […]
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