A Tennessee man was awarded a sweeping settlement after he was targeted for posting a controversial meme following conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year. Larry Bushart was jailed for 37 days, and his bail was set at $2 million before authorities dropped a felony charge against him in October, over a month after he […]
The race to succeed Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) won’t be settled for another month after Republicans failed to coalesce around a candidate in Tuesday’s Senate primary in Alabama. Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL), backed by President Donald Trump, and ex-Navy SEAL Jared Hudson will advance to a June 16 runoff after failing to clinch an outright […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced a settlement with a grocery store chain to ban synthetic pesticides from being sprayed on organic produce. Paxton touted the victory as a win for the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement, spearheaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which strongly opposes pesticides […]
Senate Republicans are shrugging off President Donald Trump’s demands to fire the chamber’s parliamentarian, a nonpartisan official refereeing which provisions of the GOP’s $70 billion immigration enforcement bill violate Senate rules. Trump made his latest case against Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, accusing her of a liberal bias on Wednesday. The criticism comes as MacDonough has […]
Former Cuban President Raul Castro was indicted in the United States on Wednesday in a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Cuba’s communist government. Prior to the indictment’s formal unsealing, a request by the Justice Department emerged on the federal court docket asking for an indictment against Castro and five others to […]
President Donald Trump slammed Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico during a press gaggle on Wednesday, falsely accusing him of being vegan. “He’s a vegan in Texas. You can’t get elected as a vegan in Texas,” Trump said. The comments come a day after the president endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for the […]
President Donald Trump purchased between $1 million and $5 million of stock in Kura Sushi USA, a Japan-linked conveyor-belt sushi chain, helping send the company’s shares up by more than 5%. Kura Sushi USA, tied to the Japan-based Kura Sushi chain, stood out among roughly 3,700 trades disclosed in the president’s latest filings with the […]
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass bipartisan housing legislation designed to boost supply and help with affordability amid a clash with the Senate. With a vote of 396-13, the House passed the revised 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which had previously sailed through the Senate but faced a gauntlet of amendments in […]
The Trump administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Minnesota, seeking to block its new ban on prediction markets. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) signed a controversial bill into law earlier this week that imposes criminal penalties for operating or advertising a prediction market in the state. The Commodities Futures Trading Commission sued to block its implementation, […]
Former police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration’s newly created $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” arguing it could compensate rioters who assaulted law enforcement during the riot. The lawsuit contends the fund violates constitutional protections and federal law by potentially […]
