While acting as outside counsel for ActBlue, its then-law firm, Covington & Burling, wrote memos to the Democratic payment processor warning that it may have misled Congress regarding its efforts to block foreign donations, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Back in 2023, Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) and then-Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) raised concerns […]

The leader of a British association was detained this week on allegations of harassment for hanging national flags in public against the local council’s orders. Ryan Bridge, the founder of the U.K.-based group Raise the Colours, was arrested on Tuesday by Thames Valley police “on suspicion of causing racially and religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or […]

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) declared an energy emergency in Michigan counties on Thursday, citing the Iran war’s impact on gas prices.  “As governor, I can’t end a war overseas or undo bad policies at the federal level that led to higher gas prices, but I will do what I can to try to give families […]

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) joked that Pam Bondi’s firing as attorney general was over the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling below $50,000 on Thursday. Boebert’s post on X referenced a memorable moment from Bondi’s congressional hearing in February, when the then-attorney general said, “The Dow is over $50,000,” while discussing the administration’s handling of documents […]