Former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith sparred on Thursday over when the criminal classified documents case should take place, clashing just one day before the judge will deliberate on their proposals. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is expected to issue a scheduling update during a Friday hearing amid expectations that she will […]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) tore into Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) and House Republicans, claiming that the GOP’s concession to Democrats over a consequential tax bill would help Democrats “expand the welfare state.” In a Wall Street Journal op-ed released this week, the senator reiterated his disapproval of the child tax credit legislation passed in the […]
Former President Donald Trump unveiled a new nickname for Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) during a highly anticipated visit to the southern border, dubbing the California Democrat “NewScum.” Trump, speaking from Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday, bragged about how the border under his administration was the “most secure” in history and bashed states such as California […]
President Joe Biden addressed the wildfires raging in Texas on Thursday during his visit to the southern border, calling anyone who doesn’t believe in climate change his “Neanderthal friends.” “I’ve been helicopters in the West, in the Southwest and Northwest, flown over more land burned to the ground, all the vegetation gone, than the entire state […]
University of Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark announced Thursday that she will enter the 2024 WNBA draft. Clark is in her final season playing for the Hawkeyes, who are No. 6 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25. “It is impossible to fully express my gratitude to everyone who has supported me during my time at Iowa — […]
BOSTON — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, is expected to plead guilty in his federal case, according to court papers filed Thursday. Prosecutors asked the judge to schedule a change of plea hearing for Monday, but no other details were immediately available. […]
President Joe Biden called on former President Donald Trump to “join” him in urging Congress to pass new border legislation during a speech in Brownsville, Texas. During his remarks, Biden cast blame on Trump for tanking a bipartisan border security bill in the Senate earlier this month, and called on House Republicans to “show a […]
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced the city will close four shelters over the course of a month to consolidate resources and save the city $60 million. One immigrant shelter will close per week, with the goal of reducing the city’s budget deficit and consolidating shelters as the immigrant surge has slowed down in the city. […]
The House Oversight and Judiciary committees published on Thursday a transcript of their deposition with Hunter Biden, revealing the contents of an hourslong interview in which the first son contradicted his former business partner and denied his father’s involvement in his foreign business ventures. Republicans on the committee grilled the first son about his business […]
EXCLUSIVE — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking ways to recruit veterans to be hired for vacant positions within federal land management agencies, according to a bill introduced in the House on Thursday. The bill, dubbed the Hire Veterans Act, would work to hire veterans in the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and […]
