Law enforcement officers used pepper spray on some protesters taking part in a pro-Palestinian rally outside the White House on Saturday. Protesters clad in keffiyeh began gathering outside the presidential residence in Washington, D.C., Saturday morning. Their signs called on President Joe Biden to “free Palestine” and “end the siege on Gaza now.” Others stood […]
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar‘s (D-TX) federal corruption trial has been delayed until after Election Day, a Texas judge ruled on Friday. Judge Lee Rosenthal approved the request made by both Cuellar’s defense team and federal prosecutors. The trial will take place sometime next year in Houston. Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, were indicted on […]
Cannabis sales in San Francisco have failed to hit the $50 million mark for the quarter for the first time in five years, California tax officials said. The city recorded $46.7 million in taxable cannabis sales in the first three months of 2024. The figure represents a $5.6 million decrease from the last quarter and a […]
Washington Examiner National Political Correspondent Mabinty Quarshie joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss the 2024 campaign between a convicted felon, former President Donald Trump, and President Joe Biden — what would be the dynamics? Many Democrats are still supporting Biden — insisting that, behind closed doors, he is sharper — but Republicans believe otherwise. […]
A New Jersey businessman testified Friday that he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) by giving his wife a Mercedes-Benz convertible on the condition the sitting senator would “stop and kill” any criminal investigation looking into his company. Jose Uribe, the prosecution’s star witness in Menendez’s federal corruption trial in Manhattan, told jurors he made the deal with […]
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden gave “proof positive” that he “owns this border catastrophe, and he’s had the authority to secure the border the entire time,” says a 20th-year North Carolina congresswoman. Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx said, “Americans are not easily fooled by what the president is doing – they are incredibly smart […]
(The Center Square) – Now law is the $750 million in tax increases to fund Illinois’ largest spending plan in state history. But so is a measure increasing the state’s debt by $8 billion while giving schools more taxing authority. Pritzker signed the $53.1 billion budget Wednesday. Friday, he signed the tax measure that includes […]
(The Center Square) – Vermont is the first state to enact a law requiring the fossil fuel industry to pay for “climate change cost recovery.” The bill became law without Republican Gov. Philip Scott signing it. In a May 30 letter to the Vermont General Assembly, he explained why. “Vermont – one of the least […]
(The Center Square) – Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to protect the state’s Israeli financial holdings despite mounting public pressure to cut ties amid the ongoing war with Hamas. Sens. Steve Santarsiero, D-Doylestown, and Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-Jacobus, said they’ll soon introduce legislation to “uphold Pennsylvania’s steadfast support for Israel” by banning from […]
(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden by five percentage points among Nevada voters, new polling from Fox News finds. The poll was conducted from June 1 to 4, after a Manhattan jury convicted Trump of 34 counts in the hush money case. Trump received 50% of support compared to 45% for Biden in the hypothetical matchup between the […]
