(The Center Square) – In the past three years, the state of Wisconsin has paid millions to settle claims that stemmed from car crashes, inmate complaints, discrimination and other allegations against its employees, according to data obtained by The Center Square. The state made about $3.1 million worth of the claim payments, mostly for traffic […]
The funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral. Cheney died on Nov. 3 at age 84. He served as vice president under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY DEAD AT 84 Bush and former President Joe Biden, […]
President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday to release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, but an exact timeline is murky. After a monthslong battle and obvious annoyance, Trump finally relented this week and approved Republicans voting in favor of the bill introduced by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY). In […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday called for the Trump administration to divulge more details on why the United States is surging military assets near Venezuela’s coast. Schumer said he wanted Secretary of State Marco Rubio to give all senators a classified briefing on President Donald Trump’s “military buildup and reported plans for […]
President Donald Trump resurrected calls on Thursday for late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show to be canceled, nearly two months after the comedian was briefly suspended for controversial remarks he made about political activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination. “Why does ABC Fake News keep Jimmy Kimmel, a man with NO TALENT and VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS, on […]
Republicans may be facing a “worst-case scenario” in their redistricting fight with Democrats after a three-judge federal court panel ruled that Texas cannot use a racially gerrymandered congressional map hastily drawn this summer at President Donald Trump’s urging. Trump’s public push for Texas and other red states like Indiana to revise their maps ahead of […]
When a bill passes the House by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 427-1, you would usually assume Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) would be in the minority. But that wasn’t the case Tuesday, when the House voted on legislation to require the Justice Department to release its records concerning the late convicted sex offender and disgraced […]
Congressional Republicans are being dragged back into a 2017 debate over Obamacare, reviving a bitter GOP divide that handed President Donald Trump an early black mark on healthcare. Republicans are poised to let Obamacare’s enhanced subsidies lapse at the end of the year, viewing them as an overly generous benefit with insufficient guardrails against fraud […]
Air traffic officials warned Tuesday that the nation’s flight system remains dangerously fragile after the 43-day shutdown, with controllers operating at a 25% staffing deficit and reporting unprecedented resignations from the Federal Aviation Administration Academy. At a Senate aviation subcommittee hearing, industry leaders, union officials, and aviation manufacturers described an exhausted workforce, mounting safety concerns, […]
Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-SC) censure resolution aimed at fellow Republican Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) was referred to the House Ethics Committee on Wednesday night. The House overwhelmingly voted to refer it to the committee, 310-103, with most Republicans and 106 Democrats backing the motion. Mills introduced the motion to refer it to committee, stalling Mace’s […]
