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Appeals court wipes out $8.2 million award for Alabama Supreme Court justice Roy Moore

A federal appeals court overturned the $8.2 million in damages awarded to former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore in 2022. Moore launched a lawsuit in 2019 against the Senate Majority PAC over their ad that cited claims of Moore “soliciting sex from young girls” during his 2017 run for U.S. Senate. The PAC’s ad […]

Maryland Republican challenges Wes Moore over military record transparency

A Republican challenger to Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) demanded more transparency over the governor’s military records. Federal contracting consultant John Myrick sought to force Moore’s hand by releasing his own detailed military records. He told Fox Baltimore that he granted full authorization to the military to make public all his records connected to his time […]

Russian attacks kill 5 and wound more than 40 in Ukraine’s Dnipro as 1 dies in Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least five people and wounded 46, authorities said Saturday. The bodies of four people were found in the ruins of a house destroyed in overnight attacks, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said. “The Russians have been hitting Dnipro […]

Senate vote to confirm Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair scheduled for next week

Kevin Warsh’s confirmation vote to be the next Federal Reserve chairman is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, according to a Senate banking committee notice. The committee sent the notice out Friday evening, hours after the Department of Justice announced it dropped an investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member […]

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick still running for reelection after resignation

Former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) is running for reelection, despite having resigned from her seat ahead of her likely expulsion from Congress. Cherfilus-McCormick resigned on Tuesday, ahead of a House Ethics Committee sanctions hearing over allegations she stole $5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Though her political career looked to be over, the former […]

Gunfire and blasts rock Mali as attackers hit capital and other cities, residents say

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities early Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said. Mali’s army said in a statement that “unidentified armed terrorist groups targeted certain locations and barracks in the capital.” It added that soldiers were “currently engaged in eliminating the attackers.” […]

How the SPLC, once a defender of civil rights, became a liberal attack dog

This week’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center on federal fraud charges for allegedly abusing donor dollars to foment “hate” on the Right has left observers wondering how the SPLC, once a legitimate civil rights advocacy organization, morphed into a left-wing attack machine. In its early days, the SPLC worked to ensure women had […]

Trump’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner homecoming

President Donald Trump may be speaking to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner for the first time as commander in chief, but his appearance Saturday really goes back to where it all started while continuing a feud with the media that goes back more than a decade. Long before Trump took his famous ride down […]

Supreme Court sitting on several key Second Amendment cases

The Supreme Court has yet to decide on whether to take up a litany of gun cases, ranging from challenges of “assault weapons” bans to gun rights for 18-to 20-year-olds, as the justices sift through petitions for its next term. In his 2022 majority opinion in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, […]

Texas defeats Houston’s play to stop helping ICE, align with ‘sanctuary’ cities

A fight decades in the making came to a head this week as Texas defeated Houston’s push to stop cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sealing the Democrat-run city’s fate for the time being. The administration of Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), an incumbent seeking a fourth term in November, delivered a blow to Democrats in the nation’s fourth […]
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