Civil rights activists were shot down when they tried to divert attention away from recovery and repair efforts to focus on renaming the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The Caucus of African American leaders released a unanimous resolution calling to rename the fallen bridge, but Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) is solely focused on […]
A majority of Democrats have joined with Republicans and independents in decrying the Biden border crisis, adding to the building pressure on the White House to fix its three years of immigration blundering. Just one day after revealing data showing that people believe the immigration disaster is President Joe Biden’s way of building a “permanent […]
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked the top officials at the Department of Justice and FBI on Wednesday to testify at a pair of summer hearings as part of Congress’s annual oversight of the agencies. Jordan requested Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray appear on July 24 and June 26, […]
Freshman Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) seemed to endorse the idea that black Americans should be exempt from paying taxes as a form of reparations for the injustices of slavery. During an interview with The Black Lawyers’ Podcast, Crockett said she heard the idea of exempting taxes for black Americans from a celebrity. She said it […]
Hard-line House Republicans tanked a procedural rule vote that would begin debate on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, effectively leaving the House at a standstill just nine days before the key surveillance law expires. Republican leaders hoped to advance the FISA reform on Wednesday, but the measure failed after 19 Republicans […]
The cast of the film Civil War claimed that this new movie is a political one, but not one adhering to a specific agenda. Directed by Alex Garland, the plot is centered on a Civil War taking place within the United States in the near future, during which four journalists travel to Washington, D.C. to […]
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) vetoed a comprehensive crime bill, citing the increased cost of incarceration as one of the key reasons for disapproving of the legislation. “The legislature chose to include these good policies with dozens of other measures in one unwieldy bill that would criminalize homelessness and significantly increase incarceration costs without any additional […]
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas relented for the first time while under oath before Congress that the southern border was in a state of “crisis,” an admission that shocked even Republicans. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) asked Mayorkas about the border during Mayorkas’s first appearance on Capitol Hill since being impeached in February and appeared stunned […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will hold a press conference with former President Donald Trump focusing on “election integrity,” a source familiar with the planning told the Washington Examiner. CNN reported the news of Johnson’s press conference, which has yet to be formally announced. The event will take place on Friday at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club […]
Federal prosecutors asked a federal judge to delay the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife by at least two months on Wednesday, one day after attorneys for Nadine Menendez said she requires surgery for a serious medical condition. Prosecutors told U.S. District Court Judge Sidney Stein in Manhattan that the May […]
