New Jersey real estate developer Fred Daibes and businessman Wael Hana might have given Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) expensive gifts, including a car, cash, and gold bars, but they weren’t bribes, a New York jury heard on Thursday. There is “nothing criminal about being generous,” Daibes’s lawyer, César de Castro, said. He added that the senator and real […]
Wisconsin election officials are working on ways to clear up confusion about a ballot that will allow voters to vote for both a special election and a regular election. Following former Rep. Mike Gallagher’s sudden resignation from Congress last month, Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District has remained vacant. Under Wisconsin law, if Gallagher had resigned before […]
A Republican who was running for West Virginia secretary of state has been hospitalized after suffering multiple snake bites while he removed campaign signs on Wednesday. Doug Skaff, originally a Democrat in the state’s House of Delegates who switched his affiliation to Republican to run, finished second in the Republican primary and is currently in […]
The House passed a resolution condemning President Joe Biden for his threats to withhold weapons shipments to Israel in a Republican-led vote that put Democrats at a crossroads on an issue that is set to become increasingly relevant ahead of the 2024 election. Lawmakers voted 224-187 to pass the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, which […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani thanked those who have supported his new show amid a recent shake-up, which involved him getting fired from his radio show on WABC in New York City. Giuliani’s recent firing occurred when John Catsimatidis, the owner of WABC, fired the former mayor due to his repeated claims that […]
Donald Trump’s defense attorney accused Michael Cohen on Thursday of lying on the witness stand during the former president’s hush money trial, saying phone records discredited Cohen’s prior testimony. Trump attorney Todd Blanche presented evidence of call logs and text messages while cross-examining Cohen and compared them to details Cohen gave prosecutors two days ago […]
A new poll revealed young registered voters trust former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden when it comes to reducing prices and securing the border, two defining issues of the 2024 general election. The polling released on Thursday by Democratic-aligned public opinion research group Blueprint found most young voters trust Biden over Trump to […]
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated the declassification of marijuana Thursday, as it will no longer be a Schedule I drug with heroin and LSD. “So currently, marijuana is classified on the same level as heroin and more dangerous than fentanyl,” Harris said in a video. “We are finally changing that. I […]
Former President Donald Trump doesn’t appear to be stressed by Nikki Haley‘s continued success in GOP presidential primaries more than two months after she dropped out of the 2024 race. In an interview with Scripps News on Thursday, the former president dismissed perceptions that Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., posed a serious threat […]
Florida welcomed over 140 million tourists to the Sunshine State last year, setting a new record for the largest number of visitors it has received in a year. Of the 140.6 million, 129.1 million were domestic travelers. Meanwhile, 8.3 million travelers visited from overseas, and 3.2 million tourists were visiting from Canada, according to statistics […]
