The California Supreme Court is set to weigh in on whether a ballot measure, which would be another step before allowing tax increases, can be placed before voters in November as Democrats in the state voice their opposition. The Taxpayer Protection Act would require that any new taxes passed by the state legislature would need […]
An appeals court in New York ruled on Thursday that a state commission investigating ethical violations was created unconstitutionally. This ruling comes from a lawsuit filed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo against the state’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government; the lawsuit concerned the watchdog agency’s attempt to force him to forfeit $5 million […]
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, is facing scrutiny from ethics watchdog groups for accepting a trip to the Masters golf tournament from a business mogul with investments in the district — who also happens to be a Bowser donor. Bowser flew to the exclusive Augusta, Georgia-based tournament in April with CEO Jodie McLean […]
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are upping the pressure for the Biden administration to disclose the extent to which it has allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants to bypass the southern border and fly directly into the United States from abroad. Missouri lawmakers in the House sent Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a letter Thursday requesting […]
House Republicans are demanding testimony from Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters after she blocked Congress from speaking with former Trump official Peter Navarro. On Monday, House Judiciary Committee member Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was denied a request to speak with Navarro by Peters on the grounds that he was “too notorious” to meet with […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) survived an attempt to strip him of the speaker’s gavel in a resounding rejection of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motion to vacate. But it’s not necessarily an endorsement of his leadership. The motion to oust Johnson was shot down by a majority of both Republicans and Democrats largely due to […]
The Maryland Democratic primary is closing in, and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks isn’t pulling any punches on rival Rep. David Trone (D-MD). In an interview with WTOP, Alsobrooks continued her recurring attack on Trone that he and his business have donated to “radical Republicans” who support “anti-choice” policies. Alsobrooks cited Gov. Greg Abbott […]
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump said Thursday they will renew a motion for a mistrial in his New York hush money trial after the second round of testimony from porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told Judge Juan Merchan before the lunch break that they want to raise three issues regarding recent […]
A bill introduced to the New York Assembly will allow prosecutors to use a defendant’s prior sexual assault history to be used as evidence in a sexual assault proceeding, allowing prosecutors to establish a pattern of behavior of a defendant’s “bad acts.” Sponsored by Democratic Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, who has openly shared her experience as […]
An appellate court on Thursday denied Hunter Biden‘s requests that his gun charges be dropped, clearing the way for a trial to begin in less than one month. A three-judge panel in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals did not entertain the merits of Biden’s appeals but instead said none of the challenges the first […]
