Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner As Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz took the stage at her election victory party Tuesday night, the three current members of the liberal minority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court watched from off stage, arm-in-arm, as they took in the moment they became a majority. Protasiewicz, a …
Read More »Trump Hit With 34 Felony Counts Of Falsifying New York State Business Records
Jacob Fischler, New Jersey Monitor Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 New York state felony offenses related to what prosecutors say were hush money payments to an adult film star. In a brief but historic appearance in a Manhattan trial court, Trump, the first former president …
Read More »Trump Indictment Won’t Keep Him From Presidential Race, But Will Make His Reelection Bid Much Harder
Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump. The specific state charges, reports The New York Times, “remain a mystery” but will be related to the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation of Trump for making hush money payments to a porn star …
Read More »White House Calls On Financial Regulators To Bring Back Safeguards For Regional Banks
Ashley Murray, Ohio Capital Journal The Biden administration, placing blame on Trump-era rollbacks, last Thursday called on federal banking regulators to reinstate safeguards for regional banks after the record-setting collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank of New York earlier this month. The White House wants the agencies to …
Read More »Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Permitless Carry Bill
Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix With little fanfare, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday making Florida the 26th state in the nation to allow residents to legally carry concealed weapons without having to obtain a permit through the state. The signature came in DeSantis’ office, where he was surrounded by GOP …
Read More »Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Says He Will Run For President
Hunter Field, Arkansas Advocate Asa Hutchinson, who served as Arkansas’ governor from 2015-2023, announced during a Sunday morning interview on ABC that he will run for the Republican nomination for president of the United of the States. Hutchinson, who has been a prominent critic of former President Donald Trump, has …
Read More »CDC Officers Became Sick While Assessing Contamination in East Palestine
Julia Conley, Common Dreams Reports that several investigators with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention became ill earlier this month when they visited East Palestine, Ohio offered the latest evidence on Friday that the air and water in the town is less safe than state officials and rail …
Read More »Social Security Trustees Predict Benefit Cuts In 2033 Without Congressional Action
Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix Social Security will no longer be able to pay full benefits in 2033, a year earlier than previously expected, according to a report released Friday. The updated projections, in the annual trustee report, mean that without action to stabilize the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, Social …
Read More »DA’s Office Tells House GOP to Cease ‘Inflammatory Accusations’ About Trump Case
On the heels of former President Donald Trump’s historic indictment, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office on Friday told three top Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House that their “attempted interference with an ongoing state criminal investigation—and now prosecution—is an unprecedented and illegitimate incursion on New York’s sovereign interests.” U.S. …
Read More »Biden DOJ Sues Norfolk Southern for ‘Unlawfully Polluting the Nation’s Waterways’
The Biden administration on Friday took its latest step to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for the disaster continuing to unfold in East Palestine, Ohio and the surrounding area, filing a lawsuit against the rail company for sending toxic chemicals into the environment. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the …
Read More »Here’s The Deal With Gov. DeSantis’ Obligations In Any Trump Extradition
Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix A twice-elected public official stands accused of violating his duty to enforce the law, casting doubt upon his legitimacy. No, we’re not talking about Democrat Andrew Warren, removed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as state’s attorney in Hillsborough County for alleged incompetence and neglect of duty for …
Read More »House Passes Sweeping Energy Bill Pushing Back Against Biden Climate Policies
Jacob Fischler, Florida Phoenix The U.S. House on Thursday approved a bill packed with Republican energy priorities meant to counteract the Biden administration’s approach and boost U.S. oil and gas production. Numbered H.R. 1 as a signal that energy policy is the House majority’s top legislative priority, the bill includes a package …
Read More »Judge Rules Insurers Don’t Have To Cover Many Free Preventive Health Services
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Health insurance companies may no longer need to cover a wide swath of preventive health care services that were required by the 2010 Affordable Care Act, under a federal judge’s ruling issued Thursday in Texas. The decision could affect millions of Americans’ access to no-cost preventive …
Read More »Trump Indicted By Manhattan Grand Jury
Jacob Fischler, Nebraska Examiner A New York criminal grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office confirmed following news reports. A former president has never been indicted before. Trump is also a Republican candidate in the 2024 race for the presidency. “This evening we contacted …
Read More »Homeland Security Chief Calls Ted Cruz’s Comments “revolting” In Heated Border Hearing
Julia Forrest, The Texas Tribune Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas exchanged heated barbs during Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary hearing over border issues, with each official referring to one another as “revolting.” At the hearing, Mayorkas was grilled by Republicans — as he …
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