A New Mexico grand jury indicted actor Alec Baldwin on a charge of involuntary manslaughter on Friday after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on the movie set of Rust in 2021. The indictment revives the investigation into the incident after prosecutors dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin in April. They later changed their […]
The Kentucky House Judiciary Committee advanced a crime reform bill on Thursday that includes a three-strikes provision, meaning those convicted of three violent felonies would face life in prison. In a 13-5 vote, the Republican-led committee sent an amended version of the 72-page bill, called the Safer Kentucky Act, to the full House for consideration. […]
The House will no longer have its two-week recess at the end of next month in order to buy time for lawmakers to finalize their must-pass spending bills for fiscal 2024, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)’s leadership team announced on Friday. Lawmakers were scheduled to adjourn for two weeks at the end of February but will […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) promoted a healthcare system and an American “culture that cherishes and protects life” as ways to advance abortion opponents’ cause during an appearance at the largest anti-abortion gathering in the United States. The speaker addressed a crowd weathering snow and cold at the 51st annual March for […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is expected to force a vote on a resolution next week that would ban lawmakers who are indicted on national security matters from attending classified briefings. The legislation is a response to Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), who was indicted on federal bribery charges in September last year. The Pennsylvania senator has […]
A new book exploring the future of the Democratic Party details how former President Barack Obama helped President Joe Biden secure the 2020 nomination after backing Hillary Clinton in 2016. Hunter Walker and Luppe B. Luppen, authors of The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party, said sources told them Biden called […]
AMHERST, New Hampshire — Four days before the critical New Hampshire primary, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is lowering expectations for how well she will do in the battle against her onetime boss, former President Donald Trump. For months, Haley had signaled New Hampshire was the early nominating state that would boost her campaign into […]
Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney prosecuting former President Donald Trump, went on trips with the taxpayer-funded special counsel she appointed to the case, according to records revealed Friday in a divorce case involving his former spouse. A motion filed last week by a defense attorney for one of Trump’s co-defendants accused Willis of […]
The House tax-writing panel advanced the major bipartisan proposal that would expand the child tax credit and renew key business investment deductions. The Ways and Means Committee advanced the bipartisan proposal on Friday in an overwhelming 40-3 vote. The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, which was negotiated between Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron […]
President Joe Biden signed on Friday the continuing resolution to fund the government through March and avoid a weekend shutdown, according to the White House. The legislation extended four government appropriations packages through March 1 and the remaining eight appropriations packages through March 8. Both the Senate and House of Representatives voted to pass the […]
