Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) son was arrested on multiple felony counts in connection with a string of thefts, police said. Tyler Jay Boebert, 18, the oldest of Lauren Boebert’s four children, was arrested by the Rifle Police Department on Tuesday, it announced in a Facebook post. He is facing four felony counts of criminal possession […]
An Illinois judge has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot. Citing the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” and relying on the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision as precedent, Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter ruled that Trump was ineligible for office and could not appear on the state’s ballot. However, the decision is paused, […]
The House passed a bill on Wednesday that will transfer ownership of the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium land to the District of Columbia to revitalize the area, paving the way for district leaders to draw the Washington Commanders NFL team back to the district. The D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act, co-sponsored […]
House Republicans revealed on Wednesday that they plan to hold a public hearing on their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, an announcement that came just as a closed-door deposition with their most high-profile witness, Hunter Biden, concluded. The first son made “some contradictory statements that I think need further review,” House Oversight Committee Chairman […]
The House gained its newest Democratic member on Wednesday, bringing the party’s caucus back to 213 members and narrowing Republicans’ slim majority to just two votes amid a tense government spending showdown. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) was sworn into the lower chamber after winning a special election to fill the seat once held by former […]
The co-chairwoman of Harvard University’s newly formed antisemitism task force stepped down this week, reportedly citing concerns the school would not commit to implementing the group’s recommendations. Harvard Business School professor Raffaella Sadun resigned Sunday as co-chairwoman of the task force formed by interim Harvard president Alan Garber, marking another stumble in the school’s widely […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) expressed his admiration for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), singling out his resilience in keeping the filibuster despite criticism. McConnell announced that he would be stepping down from his leadership position in November, ending his long tenure as top dog among Senate Republicans. Manchin thanked McConnell for his actions during […]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) announced Wednesday that he will introduce legislation that will protect access to in vitro fertilization in the wake of a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court. The recent decision made by the Alabama Supreme Court declared cryogenically frozen embryos to be “extrauterine children.” While it does not prohibit obtaining IVF, the court […]
The oldest family-owned bar in Madison, Wisconsin, shut its doors earlier this month after a decadeslong battle with Hovde Properties, co-owned by Eric Hovde, a Republican businessman running to unseat Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). Silver Dollar opened its doors in 1933, just steps away from the state Capitol, and became a staple in the community. […]
An appellate court in New York on Wednesday denied Donald Trump‘s effort to halt the judgment in his civil fraud case, forcing the former president to post a bond to cover more than $454 million in the weeks ahead. The ruling by Judge Anil Singh requires Trump by default to post a bond for the […]
