EXCLUSIVE — The State Department was “recommended” by the Department of Homeland Security to contact a group it later partnered with on pressuring social media platforms to suppress speech from conservatives before the 2020 election, emails show. On Oct. 14, 2020, hours after the New York Post published a story based on Hunter Biden’s abandoned […]
Members of Congress are working to legislate guardrails for stablecoins, a unique form of cryptocurrency. While a relatively new concept, stablecoins have exploded in popularity, leading lawmakers to seek regulation. Here’s what to know. What stablecoins are Stablecoins, while a form of cryptocurrency, differ in some major respects from traditional crypto assets, such as bitcoin […]
The Dallas Police Department issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice for his role in a traffic accident in Texas in March. Rice, 23, is a wide receiver for the Chiefs and won the Super Bowl with the team in February. The Dallas Police Department’s investigation into the crash […]
One person was killed and five people were injured in a shooting in Washington, D.C.’s northeastern quadrant on Wednesday evening, police said. The age of the man who was killed has not been released, but he was pronounced dead on the scene. The injured victims include two children, one 9 years old and one 12. […]
The White House hosted its glitzy state dinner for the Japanese prime minister on Wednesday night, and some star-studded names are on the guest list. Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, movie star Robert De Niro, and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon were […]
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) has been banned from some 10% of South Dakota, the state she governs. On Tuesday, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council voted to ban Noem from areas under its control. Combined with bans from the Oglala Sioux Tribe in February and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe last week, the Republican governor […]
Multiple House members have exited the halls of the 118th Congress before their terms were up for more high-paying jobs that should not see as much drama as the lower chamber. Although nearly all lawmakers in the House of Representatives make a good $174,000 each year, the amount of money is drastically less than they […]
Former President Donald Trump’s allies are seeking to bolster support for third-party candidates, particularly Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in an effort to draw voters away from President Joe Biden. Marketing Kennedy as a “champion for choice” for abortion and an environmental activist, Trump allies plan to highlight to Democrats that they have another choice on […]
A Republican senator publicly scolded Alejandro Mayorkas, the Biden Cabinet official who has overseen the Department of Homeland Security throughout the border crisis, adding that people did not need a Senate impeachment trial to know he was guilty. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) delivered a solemn rebuke of Mayorkas during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday […]
Democrats appear to have the votes needed to dismiss an impeachment trial for Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but Republicans plan to make that dismissal as painful as possible with a series of maneuvers designed to slow down business on the Senate floor. The chamber will receive the two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, who stands […]
