NEW YORK — Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday said he would “reserve” his decision on whether to fine Donald Trump over alleged gag order violations in the former president’s hush money trial. Manhattan prosecutors said Trump had violated the gag order in the hush money case more than 10 times, arguing that his violations amount […]
EXCLUSIVE — Texas Republican state Rep. Brian Harrison called on the state legislature to reject all federal education dollars received by his state so Texans will not be beholden to the Biden administration’s Title IX overhaul. On Friday, the Biden administration finalized the rules governing Title IX, which redefined sex to include claimed gender identities […]
Mayor Levar Stoney of Richmond, Virginia, dropped out of the Democratic primary for the 2025 gubernatorial election on Tuesday, seeking to “avoid an ugly primary for governor.” With Stoney dropping out, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) is the only remaining major candidate in the Democratic primary for governor and now has the inside track to win […]
Alec Baldwin slapped the phone out of the hand of a person confronting him over the Rust shooting, who demanded that the actor say “free Palestine.” Baldwin was in a coffee shop when the person started recording him using her cellphone, and she asked him to say “free Palestine” one time while asking, “Why did […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has acquired a critical defender. Speaking in a radio interview on Monday, former President Donald Trump sought to take the heat off of the embattled speaker, who remains on the receiving end of a tireless campaign to evict him from his job by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Well, look, […]
Most classes at Columbia University will move to a hybrid model through the end of the semester due to tense pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus. Classes were moved to a virtual format Monday following hundreds of arrests and campus unrest. The university faces its seventh day of clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters during the Jewish […]
New home sales rose in March despite the housing market feeling the effects of higher mortgage rates, which have recently inched even higher. New home sales increased 8.8% from February to 693,000, according to a Tuesday report from the Census Bureau. The number of new home sales is 8.3% higher than it was in March of last year, owing in part to dampened inventory of existing homes. […]
Gas station chain Sheetz has been sued for conducting criminal background checks on its job applicants. The lawsuit was filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and lists Sheetz, Inc.; Sheetz Distribution Services, LLC; and CLI Transport, LP as the defendants. The EEOC says that Sheetz has disproportionately screened out black, Native American, Alaska Native, […]
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) is facing the heat from his hard-right Republican colleagues over comments he made this weekend, fueling more endorsements for his primary opponents. The Texas Republican, who is facing a runoff in the GOP primary against Brandon Herrera next month, included Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Bob Good (R-VA) among the “scumbags” […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is preparing his political future after the Biden administration. Becerra’s reported plans to run for governor of California in 2026 to follow Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) may be more developed than those in the Biden administration thought. The secretary has been having detailed conversations about a gubernatorial campaign […]
