An Arkansas audit found that Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) violated state law with the purchase of a $19,000 lectern. The audit found multiple issues with Sanders’s compliance with the law, including classifying the lectern as an “operating expense,” improperly keeping records, and shredding the bill for the lectern. The audit suggests that the office […]
The relay for the torch of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games from Greece to France is underway after it was lit in ancient Olympia on Tuesday. The lighting of the torch took place during a traditional ceremony in which Mary Mina, a Greek actress, took the role of the high priestess and ignited the torch with […]
After locating “Amazon HQ2” as a second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, Amazon struck a $750 million tax break with state and local officials in exchange for generating jobs in the region, but instead of seeing growth, the Arlington location lost 200 positions in 2023. Loss in job growth comes as the company promised to generate […]
Former President Donald Trump’s social media platform is preparing to launch its own streaming service, which will play live television and other programs. Trump Media & Technology Group Corporation, the operator of Truth Social, has revealed that it has been conducting tests on the platform for six months, and that it is ready to move […]
President Joe Biden is campaigning on tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations of the kind that he has mostly failed to implement thus far. Biden will make stops on Tuesday in his home state of Pennsylvania, where he will use the opportunity to contrast his tax policy vision with that of his opponent, former […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments on whether part of an obstruction law can be used to prosecute hundreds of defendants involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, a case that also has implications for former President Donald Trump. Former Pennsylvania police officer Joseph Fischer is appealing a lower […]
The plan to move forward with foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel could be dead on arrival in the House unless Democrats throw Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a lifeline to overcome opposition within the Republican conference. Johnson unveiled his long-awaited plan to provide aid to U.S. allies during a closed-door meeting on Monday, proposing to […]
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans sent a subpoena order Tuesday to the former top aide of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, regarding his use of his private email address to conduct government business regarding the origins of COVID-19. The decision to subpoena the official, David Morens, comes following […]
A decision from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a West Virginia law that sought to ban transgender students from playing on girls’ sports teams. The federal court’s decision said the law violated Title IX, a civil rights law that prevents gender-based discrimination in schools. Additionally, “the court said the law cannot […]
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has out-fundraised incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in the race, but the majority of Hovde’s funding came from himself. Hovde raised $9.1 million in the first quarter of 2024, more than the $5.4 million Baldwin raised in the same time. However, $8 million of the funds came from a […]
