Sports betting during this year’s March Madness might break records as more states legalize wagers on the most-anticipated tournaments in college basketball. Adults will legally bet some $2.72 billion on the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments, which started Thursday and will run through early April, according to an estimate by the American Gaming Association. […]
One of President Joe Biden‘s judicial picks appears to be in serious trouble. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said Thursday that he thinks federal appellate court nominee Adeel Mangi has zero chances of confirmation in the Senate after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) backed out of supporting the Biden administration‘s pick, marking the second Democrat to do […]
The 2024 presidential race will likely be decided by seven swing states, accounting for less than one-fifth of the United States population. The swing states former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are eyeing to capture this year, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, are far fewer in number than in […]
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) rejected a bipartisan spending deal to avoid a government shutdown, taking particular issue with the Department of Homeland Security funding legislation. “I will be voting no tomorrow,” Gonzales wrote Thursday morning in a text message to the Washington Examiner. The lawmaker said the so-called “minibus” of six appropriations bills did not […]
The number of illegal migrants “paroled” into the United States under President Joe Biden’s open border system has surpassed those who are granted green cards and are legally allowed into the United States. A new review of federal data showed that 545,419 migrants entered legally during the first two quarters of fiscal year 2023. By […]
A nationwide technology problem briefly interrupted services Thursday at state offices that handle driver’s licenses, officials said. The outage, which lasted from approximately 9:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST, was “due to a loss in cloud connectivity,” the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators said. “This prevented a number of motor vehicle agencies from issuing […]
The Georgia state Senate hosted Laken Riley’s father, Jason Riley, in its chambers, and he asked it to act on the over a million immigrants “making families nervous.” The University of Georgia student’s body was discovered on campus on Feb. 22. Riley was allegedly murdered by Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant living near campus who […]
Russia aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station moments before they were scheduled to lift off Thursday, but the crew was safe, officials said. The Russian Soyuz rocket was to carry NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. The […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland dismissed the idea that he should have withheld then-special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. Speaking at a press conference, Garland said his release of the full report was in line with the traditional approach and necessary for transparency. He said his actions reflected his […]
Hours after Donald Trump announced he is suing ABC News and This Week host George Stephanopoulos for comments made during an interview with Rep. Nancy Mace, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel referred to the former president as “the great white supremacist.” Kimmel made the remark as he was discussing Trump’s civil fraud case Wednesday night. Judge […]
