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 […]

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 […]

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.” […]

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 […]