President-elect Donald Trump will come into office next year with four extra slots to fill on the federal bench, thanks to a deal Senate Republicans struck with Democrats. Republicans agreed to relent on their procedural warfare waged in recent days in an attempt to thwart the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees to lifetime […]
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) is leading a bipartisan “Yes, in my backyard,” or YIMBY, caucus of 25 House members to address housing affordability and shortages. With origins in San Francisco, California, one of the worst cities for housing availability and affordability, the YIMBY movement advocates ending exclusionary bans for building apartments and student housing in […]
Donald Trump Jr. pushed back against former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley after she claimed that his father’s top administration picks sympathized with dictators and were too liberal. With Haley denouncing Trump nominees Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this week, the president-elect’s eldest son suggested the real reason she […]
The Ukrainian government is warning that Ukraine has been struck by a Russian intercontinental ballistic missile, but observers in the United States are not convinced. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Thursday video address that “a new Russian missile” with properties similar to an ICBM was fired into the country. The Ukrainian Air Force […]
DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania — Courts across Pennsylvania are starting to weigh in on more than a dozen lawsuits tied to the contentious U.S. Senate race between incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Republican challenger David McCormick. Late Wednesday, the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County denied a petition from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Casey’s […]
Companies across the United States are preparing for the brunt of President-elect Donald Trump‘s proposed tariffs. Some retailers are coming up with plans to protect their imports from skyrocketing tariffs, but other retailers are unabashed about the effect the duties will have on consumers. Tariffs are calculated by the U.S. Customs Service after a U.S. […]
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Thursday that he was removing himself from consideration to become President-elect Donald Trump‘s attorney general, ending a weeklong fixation in Washington on Trump’s surprise choice to lead the Justice Department. Gaetz said in a statement that after meeting with numerous senators and attracting a barrage of media attention over his […]
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) was elected to be the next chairman of the Republican Governors Association, a powerful group that handles funding and direction of governor races across the United States for the GOP. Kemp’s chairmanship is a considerable power position within the Republican Party after he helped President-elect Donald Trump win Georgia in the […]
Three years after he was convicted of staging an attack against himself in downtown Chicago, the ruling against Jussie Smollett has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. Smollett was convicted on five counts of felony disorderly conduct and acquitted on a sixth for filing a false police report. The Empire actor claimed in 2019 […]
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) warned against releasing the House Ethics Committee’s investigative report on former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, suggesting Congress needs to be “careful” about leaks and other effects releasing the report could have. Since Gaetz’s nomination by President-elect Donald Trump to be his attorney general, many have demanded the release of the House […]
