The Transportation Department issued a subpoena to New York as federal investigators probe a deadly Interstate 95 bus crash in Virginia, accusing the state of failing to provide records related to the commercial driver’s license of the driver involved in the wreck. The subpoena, issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and obtained by […]
Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) suggested she could restart her Maine Senate campaign after suspending it in April against Democrat Graham Platner as the embattled progressive insurgent faces fallout from his latest scandal involving sexts to women who were not his wife. “People have the impression that I ‘withdrew’ or ‘dropped out,’” Mills told the Portland […]
Gov. Tina Kotek (D-OR) on Monday ordered the Oregon DMV to continue halting the issuance of undercover license plates to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in resistance to the Trump administration, which has deemed it unconstitutional. A May 28 press release from the Department of Justice said the department filed lawsuits against Maine, Washington, Oregon, […]
A federal court unsealed a battle between Fulton County, Georgia, and the Justice Department over a grand jury subpoena seeking information about individuals who helped administer the 2020 election. The newly public docket offers the clearest look yet at a legal dispute stemming from a federal grand jury investigation in which the DOJ sought the […]
Gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) took a rare position countering President Donald Trump by disagreeing with him on artificial intelligence policy. Donalds secured his top spot in Republican polling after scoring an early coveted endorsement from the president. As such, he’s been cautious not to cross Trump on any major issues, but broke ranks […]
President Donald Trump has a nearly 100% success rate with endorsements this year in GOP primaries, yet Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman are convinced they can beat the commander in chief’s preferred pick to be the next governor of South Carolina. Trump endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette late last week, dealing a blow to […]
President Donald Trump is pausing plans for the Justice Department’s $1.776 billion “weaponization” fund amid opposition from Republicans in Congress, at least for two weeks. The Justice Department announced the move Monday after Trump met with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). “The Department of Justice disagrees strongly with the decision on the Anti-Weaponization Fund put […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is sticking by Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner in the face of controversy as he announced a get-out-the-vote rally with Platner in Maine for Friday. Platner’s campaign was hit with another scandal this weekend, as news broke that he sent sexually explicit text messages to multiple women while married to his […]
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) are working to strip a provision in the annual defense bill that would integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries. A provision in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act requires War Secretary Pete Hegseth to appoint a lead official to coordinate joint U.S.-Israel defense efforts, including technology research, […]
Tina Peters, a former Mesa County Clerk, reignited her election-rigging narrative just hours after being released from prison in Colorado, where she was serving a nine-year sentence for election interference in 2020. Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) commuted Peters’s sentence at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo last month following public pressure from President Donald Trump. […]
