Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) strategically danced around questioning on her political future during an event at the Munich Security Conference on Friday. At a panel focused on responding to the rise of populism, New York Times journalist Katrin Bennhold bluntly asked the New York congresswoman: “So when you run for president, are you going to […]
President Donald Trump, just hours before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to lapse, said he will soon be personally involved in ongoing funding negotiations on Capitol Hill. The Senate failed to advance a stand-alone DHS funding package on Thursday afternoon, all but ensuring a partial government shutdown will start Saturday. DHS has been […]
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, accusing the Ivy League school of unlawfully withholding documents about race-based admissions. The DOJ said in a news release that the information is necessary to determine whether Harvard continues to discriminate based on race in its admissions process, even after the Supreme Court ruled in 2023 […]
EXCLUSIVE — Officials in Hennepin County, Minnesota, home to Minneapolis, are prosecuting only a handful of protest-related cases amid the mass uprisings against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At the county level, officials have not yet filed any charges. As of Feb. 3, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has received 21 referrals for prosecution stemming from […]
The Virginia Supreme Court gave the go-ahead on Friday for a statewide vote that could allow the Democratic state legislature to net the state four new Democratic U.S. House seats. The ruling will allow an April 21 statewide vote on a constitutional amendment that would give the Virginia General Assembly, led by Democrats, the authority […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticized Democrats for opposing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, arguing that the party has said before that voter ID laws are voter suppression. The Republican-controlled House passed the SAVE Act on Wednesday, with only one Democrat supporting the legislation. It would require states to provide proof of citizenship to […]
An alleged meeting between Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the billionaire owners of Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge isn’t sitting right with Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House oversight committee. Garcia launched an investigation Thursday into President Donald Trump’s move to block the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will also span from […]
New York Republicans have filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court for a stay on a state court’s redistricting decision that jeopardizes New York City‘s only GOP district. In their emergency application directly to the federal Supreme Court, the state’s Republicans requested a stay of previous orders that ruled in favor of Democrats’ argument […]
Welcome to Secrets, your daily guide to who’s done what to whom and why. Friday brings our regular report card, plus more insight into why Donald Trump might be a problem for Nigel Farage. … This past week hewed to two new norms for President Donald Trump. On Monday and Tuesday, he kept out of […]
District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb said Thursday that his office is charging a landlord with the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act for running a “slumlord empire.” Schwalb alleged that Sam Razjooyan ran a “Ponzi-like” scheme by submitting false loan documents to trick lenders into granting him large loans to purchase rent-controlled properties […]
