FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, sentenced to 25 years in prison last month for orchestrating one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history, filed an appeal in federal court Thursday. The 32-year-old former mogul was sentenced in March, four months after a New York jury found him guilty of two counts of fraud and five counts of […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) raised more than $20 million from donors in the first quarter of 2024 despite storm clouds brewing in the chamber he tries to hold order over. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) proposed ouster of Johnson in March raised the drama to a boiling point among House Republicans who largely disagreed […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray implored lawmakers on Capitol Hill to expeditiously reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before it expires next week. “Section 702 is indispensable in keeping Americans safe from a whole barrage of fast-moving foreign threats,” Wray testified before the House Appropriations Committee at the U.S. Capitol Thursday afternoon. “So […]
A new poll suggests that 30% of black men in seven swing states will give their support to former President Donald Trump, up from the 12% he received in 2020, come the November election. The poll, conducted by the Wall Street Journal, surveyed minority group voting trends. The black population has been a key voter […]
EXCLUSIVE — The widow of former Alaska GOP Rep. Don Young is weighing in on the race to replace her late husband, giving crucial support to a Republican candidate seeking to flip the seat held by Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK). Anne Garland Young is endorsing Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom for Alaska’s sole House seat, the […]
The Biden administration worked successfully to pressure the fact-checking website Snopes to change its accuracy rating for whether a federal gas stoves ban was under consideration, a watchdog said based on internal emails. Republican lawmakers raised concerns after commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. of the Consumer Product Safety Commission proposed the idea in 2022 of a […]
Boxer and social media star Jake Paul joked Wednesday that former President Donald Trump would not even have to throw a punch in a hypothetical fight between him and President Joe Biden because the latter would just “fall over from the wind.” Paul made the joke while conducting an interview to discuss his fight with […]
A state prosecutor has been appointed in an investigation into Georiga Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’s alleged role in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State. The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia announced on Thursday that its executive director, Peter Skandalakis, has been appointed to investigate if Jones violated any criminal […]
Fred Goldman, father to the late Ron Goldman, reacted to the news of O.J. Simpson‘s death 28 years after Simpson was acquitted of Ron’s murder. Goldman offered statements to news outlets in response to Simpson’s passing at the age of 76. The former NFL hall of famer had been battling cancer according to his family. […]
The White House on Thursday defended inviting the CEOs of two companies under federal investigation to the star-studded state dinner with Japan. “We invite an array of folks to come in,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. “When another country comes, it shows bipartisanship; it shows the strength of that alliance that the U.S. has with […]
