Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called for a short-term funding extension on Tuesday as Washington stares down a Jan. 19 deadline to fund the government. The statement puts McConnell, the Senate’s top Republican, in conflict with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who swore off short-term funding measures, known as continuing resolutions, in November. Johnson may […]
A federal judge on Tuesday placed limits on what Donald Trump and his lawyers can say during the former president’s trial for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, which is slated to start next week. Trump will head to trial on Tuesday for comments he made in 2019, when he said Carroll accused him of raping her to promote […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission‘s X, formerly Twitter, account was hacked and issued a fake announcement approving the use of bitcoin on registered national securities exchanges, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler announced. On Tuesday afternoon, the SEC’s X account announced that bitcoin had been approved for listing and regulation by the agency. “Today the SEC grants […]
A flour company is hosting a baking contest that will only allow people of color to participate. King Arthur Baking Company is partnering with Project Potluck for this contest, with the winners receiving mentorship to help them grow their businesses and baking skills along with a grand prize of $10,000. However, in order to enter, […]
A Las Vegas judge has set a $750,000 bail for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former gang leader accused of ordering late hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder. Davis can be under house arrest until his June trial with electronic monitoring as long as he can post bail, the judge decided Tuesday, the Associated Press […]
Idaho households that have not yet received payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can expect to collect on Wednesday, when the program wraps up for January. Households in Idaho receive food stamps based on the last number of a recipient’s birth year. SNAP benefits are sent out from the first through the 10th of each month in the state. […]
President Joe Biden did not learn about Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin‘s cancer diagnosis until this morning, the White House said Tuesday. Austin’s prostate cancer diagnosis was disclosed publicly Tuesday afternoon, mere hours after the president learned, even though Austin reportedly received the diagnosis himself last month. “[Biden] was not informed until last Friday that […]
A majority of Democrats support schemes by liberal election officials to erase former President Donald Trump’s name from 2024 primary and caucuses ballots, but Republicans warn that it could come at a steep price — civil war. In the latest demonstration of how divided the nation and political parties are a week before the 2024 […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speculated that the Democratic Party might be planning to replace President Joe Biden with former first lady Michelle Obama. The Georgia Republican said in a Tuesday interview with Benny Johnson on The Benny Show that Biden’s “faculties” have been failing and that one person who may be tasked with taking […]
The National Rifle Association distanced itself on Tuesday from longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre and two other senior executives on trial for corruption and fraud in New York City. NRA attorney Sarah Rogers told jurors that while some higher-ups at the nonprofit organization may have betrayed the NRA’s central mission, the organization itself should not be […]
