Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that the Justice Department will not open its criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell following the release of an internal watchdog report that found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. “We’re not reopening a criminal investigation into him,” Blanche told Bloomberg in an interview Friday, closing off […]
President Donald Trump is planning to visit at least 10 states during the final month before the midterm elections, embarking on an aggressive blitz as Republicans fight to maintain control of Congress. Trump’s planned travel will take him to nearly every major battleground except for Maine, where Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is defending her seat […]
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will attend next week’s college football matchup between the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia, adding another high-profile sporting event to his schedule leading up to the midterm elections. Trump revealed his plans at the beginning of a rally in Mobile, Alabama, where he was campaigning […]
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, 76, said he considered retiring this year, but that he would be serving another term despite Republicans‘ control of the Senate making for a smoother path to confirming a conservative replacement. Rumors had swirled in August after NPR published and then retracted an article claiming that Alito would be retiring […]
The co-pilot who hijacked a Flydubai flight carrying 174 passengers and stabbed his captain on Wednesday was previously banned from flying by Oman over his radical beliefs. Israeli officials identified the hijacker as an Omani national, but according to a Wall Street Journal report, the individual was banned from operating an aircraft by the country. […]
Federal authorities announced an indictment Friday against a Florida man accused of providing nearly $50,000 to a Hamas financing network that prosecutors said solicited donations under the guise of helping civilians in Gaza, adding to an almost $1.7 million total terrorism fundraising effort, the Justice Department alleged. Raed Yousef, a 56-year-old man living outside of […]
President Donald Trump will speak at a rally in Alabama on Friday at 7 p.m. as part of his tour boosting Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections. Alongside the president will be Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who is running for governor, and GOP state Rep. Rhett Marques, who is looking to turn Alabama’s newly […]
President Donald Trump denounced New York Attorney General Letitia James‘s ability to serve as special prosecutor for the reopened case surrounding gang rape allegations at Cornell University on Friday. “Letitia James is a corrupt person,” Trump told reporters while speaking on the South Lawn. “She’s totally corrupt, and I can’t imagine it. And I feel […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) on Friday celebrated the arrival of a $7.5 billion reimbursement from the Department of Homeland Security for Texas’s role in securing the southern border during the Biden administration. Abbott received the giant check at the governor’s mansion while celebrating Law Enforcement Appreciation Month. The federal reimbursement was announced in September and […]
The lawyers for a Tennessee woman who survived an execution attempt said on Friday she is unconscious and intubated following the failed procedure this week. Christa Pike, 50, was scheduled for execution on Wednesday, but is still alive after two attempts to end her life by lethal injection. Both attempts failed, and Pike’s lawyer said […]
