Washington — Five years after Neil Gorsuch joined the Supreme Court, nearly four years after Brett Kavanaugh replaced a retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy and 20 months after Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed days before the 2020 election, the Supreme Court’s expanded conservative majority exerted its power across a blockbuster term …
Read More »Giuliani faces professional ethics charges over Trump voter fraud claims
Rudy Giuliani, one of Donald Trump’s primary lawyers during the then-president’s failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, must now answer to professional ethics charges, the latest career slap after law license suspensions in New York and the District of Columbia. The Office of Disciplinary Counsel, the …
Read More »Upcoming Supreme Court ruling in major Second Amendment case looms over calls for new gun laws
Washington — As lawmakers at the state and federal level mount renewed efforts to enact stricter gun control laws in response to the latest mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the Supreme Court is poised to issue its most significant Second Amendment ruling in more than a decade. The decision from …
Read More »Blinken says China is greater long
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is aiming to lead the international bloc opposed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into a broader coalition to counter what it sees as a more serious, long-term threat to global order from China. In a speech outlining the administration’s China policy Thursday, Blinken laid out …
Read More »Former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook says Clinton agreed to give Trump
Robby Mook, the former campaign manager for Hillary Clinton, testified on Friday that the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee agreed to provide information about a link between her opponent Donald Trump and Russian Alfa Bank to a reporter, despite the fact that her campaign was not certain about the truth of the …
Read More »Biden to travel Tuesday to Buffalo following mass shooting
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel Tuesday to Buffalo, New York, “to grieve with the community that lost ten lives in a senseless and horrific mass shooting,” the White House said Sunday. Ten people were killed and three injured Saturday in what officials are calling a hate …
Read More »Cole Emhoff, Kamala Harris’ stepson, is engaged
Cole Emhoff, the son of second gentleman Doug Emhoff, is engaged to his longtime girlfriend Greenley Littlejohn. The proposal took place in front of a bonfire, according to a video Littlejohn shared on her Instagram account. “Surrounded by friends and family in my favorite place I said yes to the …
Read More »Minnesota State Senate candidate delivered convention speech while in labor and having contractions
A Minnesota State Senate candidate was in labor while giving a speech at a convention to secure her party’s nomination and had to leave early to give birth. Erin Maye Quade went into labor at about 2 a.m. on Saturday, the morning of Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party convention. She still showed …
Read More »Two men accused of posing as federal agents set to be released to home confinement
Two men accused of pretending to be federal agents to dupe Secret Service and other federal officials are set to be released to home confinement pending trial, but District of Columbia Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey granted the Justice Department’s request to stay the ruling until 9 a.m. Wednesday to …
Read More »Sarah Bloom Raskin withdraws nomination to Federal Reserve board
Washington — Sarah Bloom Raskin has withdrawn her nomination to a key position on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, President Biden announced Tuesday afternoon. Bloomberg first reported her withdrawal, which came the day after Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said he will not support her confirmation. All 50 Democrats needed …
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