President Joe Biden called for tripling the tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, a policy proposal timed for his meeting with union workers in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. While speaking before the United Steelworkers Union, Biden will call upon U.S. trade representative Katherine Tai to triple the tariffs from their average level of 7.5%. A White […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is pushing forward with her motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), but she argues her motion is more “respectful” than the vacate motion that ousted former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The Georgia Republican filed a motion to vacate against Johnson prior to the House’s Easter recess last month, […]
House Democrats may consider not showing up to a vote in order to save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) threaten to oust him. It is expected that when the vote is called, House Republicans will postpone or even cancel it, essentially killing it. Democrats, however, instead […]
Former President Donald Trump will not be in court in Manhattan on Wednesday or subsequent Wednesdays for his hush money trial. The trial will not have proceedings scheduled on Wednesdays to allow Judge Juan Merchan to deal with other court proceedings he has outside of the hush money trial. The procedure to mark one day […]
Emmy Award-winning film director and producer Kyle Portbury said the goal behind his latest film, The Hopeful, is to be a “bringer of hope and healing.” The Hopeful opened in more than 900 theaters on Wednesday. The faith-based film is a historical drama set in 19th-century New England and based on the true story of […]
An arrest warrant was issued for Pennsylvania state Rep. Kevin Boyle, according to multiple reports, with the Democratic lawmaker having been in trouble with the law previously. On Tuesday, an arrest warrant was issued for Boyle for allegedly violating a protection from abuse order, a Philadelphia Police spokesperson told NBC 10 Philadelphia News without giving […]
The House Oversight Committee plans to detail the Chinese Communist Party‘s ability to “infiltrate” and influence the United States through “political warfare” at a hearing on Wednesday. In remarks provided ahead of the hearing to the Washington Examiner, Chairman James Comer (R-KY) will discuss China’s work to “weaken America” by targeting U.S. infrastructure, food supply, […]
An abortion rights activist was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for firebombing an anti-abortion building in Madison, Wisconsin, in May 2022. Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, pleaded guilty in December to throwing two Molotov cocktails through the windows of Wisconsin Family Action on May 8, 2022. The attack happened shortly after the leak of […]
More than three years after the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Department of Justice is continuing to pursue those who participated through hundreds of aggressive prosecutions. That includes Donald Trump, whose political future and personal freedom may depend on whether a jury believes he is to blame for the violence. But […]
One was a fan of The Apprentice in middle school. One opposed a travel ban he implemented. One thought he was “fascinating and mysterious.” Most had one thing in common: They came into the Manhattan courtroom with opinions about the most famous criminal defendant in the country. Choosing 12 jurors and six alternates in former […]
