Billionaire hedge fund owner Ken Griffin purchased a stegosaurus fossil for $44.6 million at Sotheby’s Wednesday, making it the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction. The 161-million-year-old stegosaurus, named “Apex,” was only expected to sell for around $6 million. Griffin, founder and CEO of the hedge fund Citadel, beat out six other bidders for […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republican lawmakers are already looking past the 2024 election and exploring ways they can circumvent their Democratic foes to expedite former President Donald Trump’s agenda should they control the White House and Congress. House GOP leaders have already begun discussions about how Republicans can use certain legislative tools to advance key pieces of […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) wrote a letter President Joe Biden asking him to hear out his Democratic supporters and colleagues about whether to suspend his reelection bid, arguing that there is “no shame in taking a well-deserved bow.” The letter, which was sent to Biden over the Fourth of July weekend, makes references to baseball […]
A federal appeals court upheld Mississippi’s lifetime voting ban for those with certain felony convictions on Thursday. A majority of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution, which disenfranchises those convicted of certain felony offenses, does not violate the U.S. Constitution. Holding Section […]
MILWAUKEE — Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is planning an aggressive travel schedule that includes campaign stops for the slate of Republicans running for Senate this year, according to GOP senators who met with him on Thursday. Following a meeting with Vance at a Milwaukee brewhouse outside the Republican National Convention, just days after former President […]
A Democratic group that spent thousands of dollars backing a since-failed tax proposal supported by Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) will soon disclose its donors and pay a fine as part of a settlement over campaign finance law violations, according to documents. Boldly Forward Colorado, a group that, as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, is not required […]
It’s the last day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, and former President Donald Trump is set to accept his nomination for president. On the first day of the convention, Trump announced Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), who is serving his first term in office, as his vice president pick. Lara Trump, Trump’s daughter-in-law and […]
Lawyers for Hunter Biden on Thursday asked a federal judge to toss his criminal gun case conviction, citing a recent concurrence by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the dismissal this week of the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Biden’s legal counsel pointed […]
The sprawling federal investigation that came to light last month with the FBI raids of Oakland, California, Mayor Sheng Thao’s house as well as two others close to her has now expanded to the Oakland Police Department. The U.S. attorney’s office has ordered the OPD to turn over all internal phone number directories since the […]
Iconic stand-up comedian Bob Newhart has died at the age of 94. Newhart’s publicist, Jerry Digney, announced the news Thursday, saying he died after a series of short illnesses, per Variety. Newhart first gained nationwide fame in 1960 through the release of his stand-up routine titled, The Button-Down of Bob Newhart, which earned him a Grammy […]
