Jimmy Williams A federal jury has ruled that Rudy Giuliani must pay $148 million in damages to Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, former Georgia election workers. The jury found Giuliani liable for defamation and causing emotional distress after falsely accusing Freeman and Moss of manipulating ballots in the …
Read More »Amarillo, Texas Is Set To Reconsider Banning Travel To Access An Abortion
Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune Near the tip of the top of the state, Amarillo is far from the Capitol in Austin, Dallas’ busy downtown, and Houston’s congested highways. The “floating” city in the Panhandle is often forgotten by much of the state, residents say. Most of the country …
Read More »Eleven Years After Sandy Hook, McBath Continues To Push For Congressional Action On Gun Safety
Tim Wesselman, Georgia Recorder This week will mark 11 years since a massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary forever changed the lives of more than 20 families. A young man with military-style firepower killed 20 children and six adults in less than five minutes. The mass shooting in Connecticut came three …
Read More »Senate Postpones Winter Break As Lawmakers Try To Craft An Immigration Deal
Jennifer Shutt, Kentucky Lantern Members of the U.S. House headed home Thursday for a three-week winter break without completing work on several must-pass bills, but senators are now scheduled to return to Capitol Hill on Monday as leaders in the upper chamber and the White House look for an agreement …
Read More »The US Avoided A Recession In 2023. What’s The Outlook For 2024?
Casey Quinlan, Georgia Recorder Next year is packed with potential shifts in the economy but many economists and investment analysts expect that the country will likely avoid a recession in 2024 even as growth slows in the first half of the year. States Newsroom talked to economists about their expectations for some key …
Read More »House Oversight Chairman Comer Faces Scrutiny Over Financial Dealings Amidst Biden Probe
Jimmy Williams Rep. James Comer, a wealthy farmer and chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is under scrutiny for his financial dealings, particularly regarding six acres of land co-owned with a campaign contributor. Comer, a vocal critic of the Bidens’ use of shell companies, is accused of treating these six …
Read More »Supreme Court To Hear Case On Access To Mifepristone Abortion Pill
Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the future of mifepristone, a drug used in more than half of all abortions in the United States, setting up another major dispute over abortion rights less than two years after the court’s …
Read More »White House Says Funding For Ukraine Is Running Out, With No Deal In Sight In Congress
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The Biden administration said Wednesday there’s roughly $1 billion left in military aid for Ukraine and predicted that funding will last less than a month if Congress doesn’t approve another supplemental spending bill. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during the daily briefing that “the …
Read More »House Republicans Back Formal Impeachment Inquiry Against President Biden
Jacob Fischler, Rhode Island Current The U.S. House voted along party lines Wednesday to officially proceed with an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. The Republican-controlled chamber approved a resolution, 221-212, with Illinois Democrat Brad Schneider not voting, to allow three committees to continue their investigation into whether Biden benefited …
Read More »Massive Defense Bill Advances In Senate, But Faces Objections From House Conservatives
Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Senate took an important step Tuesday on the nation’s annual defense policy bill, but the reliably bipartisan legislation is expected to hit the same hard-right opposition in the U.S. House that has dogged lawmakers since the beginning of this Congress. The Democratic-led upper chamber …
Read More »President Biden Issues Blunt Warning to Israel Over Handling of Conflict
Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden issued a pointed warning to Israel during a closed-door fundraiser in Washington, criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the conflict with Palestine. Biden mentioned that U.S. and European support for Israel was softening due to concerns about “indiscriminate bombing.” He expressed that Netanyahu faced …
Read More »Zelenskyy Pitches Congress On Ukraine Military Aid, But It’s Tied To Stalled Border Talks
Jennifer Shutt, Maine Morning Star Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struggled Tuesday to convince members of Congress to approve billions in additional aid to his country at a crucial moment in the nearly two-year war with Russia. But the outlook was grim as lawmakers remained deadlocked on another piece of a …
Read More »Hunter Biden Seeks Dismissal of Gun Charges, Citing Alleged DOJ Deal
Jimmy Williams Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, is seeking the dismissal of gun charges against him, citing a deal negotiated with the Justice Department this summer. Hunter Biden’s legal team argues that the deal, which allegedly shields him from criminal charges, was finalized, despite the Justice Department’s claim …
Read More »Supreme Court Asked To Quickly Rule On Trump Claims Of Presidential Immunity
Jacob Fischler, South Dakota Searchlight Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to expedite a decision on former President Donald Trump’s claims of presidential immunity in the 2020 election interference case. Smith asked the justices to rule on a matter that ordinarily would …
Read More »Dems Press Biden Administration to Expand Student Debt Relief Plan
Seven members of Congress on Monday sounded the alarm about the Biden administration’s evolving student debt cancellation plan and called on U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to use his authority to provide broad relief. After the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court in June struck down President Joe Biden’s initial debt …
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