A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, will go to trial. The trio made allegations that the company rigged voting machines to convert votes. In a 44-page opinion, Judge Carl Nichols, laid out the trio’s …
Read More »Biden Pushes Plan To Lower Prescription Drug Costs
President Joe Biden is pushing a plan to lower prescription drug costs for Americans covered by the federally-funded Medicare program. Yesterday, the White House released its initiative to lower healthcare costs that include the ability for Medicare to negotiate prices for prescription drugs. In a fact sheet released by the White …
Read More »Judge Orders Firm To Hand Over Some Of Trump’s Financial Documents
A federal judge is ordering former President Donald Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, to release financial documents related to House Oversight Committee’s investigations. United States District Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Wednesday that the Committee is entitled to records of President Trump’s lease of the Trump Hotel in the nation’s …
Read More »Former President Trump Wants Tax Returns Blocked From Congress
Former President Donald Trump does not want the House Ways and Means Committee to have access to his 2019 tax returns. The former President’s attorneys are asking a federal judge to block the release of the documents because it will expose “private tax information” for “political gain.” For two years, …
Read More »Justice Department Directs IRS To Turn Over Trump’s Tax Returns
The Department of Justice on Friday directed the United States Department of the Treasury to turn over former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the House Way and Means Committee. “The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former President’s tax information,” …
Read More »Trump Urged DOJ Officials To Declare Election Results “Corrupt”
New documents released by the House Oversight and Reform Committee details former President Donald Trump’s attempt to get Department of Justice officials to declare the 2020 Presidential election as “corrupt” and “illegal.” Former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue took notes during a call with the …
Read More »Department of Justice Launches Task Force To Protect Election Workers
The Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a new task force on Thursday to help protect election workers against violent threats. The DOJ will work with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), criminal, civil rights, and national security divisions within the agency to ensure that election …
Read More »McCarthy Pulls GOP Members From January 6 Committee After Pelosi Rejects Two
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pulled out all of the members he selected for the January 6 select committee after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of his choices. McCarthy accused Pelosi of an “egregious abuse of power” during a news conference on Wednesday and said that the House Speaker …
Read More »Former Trump Aide Says They Hired Actors For Campaign Announcement
A former aide of Donald Trump says the former president did actually pay actors to appear in his 2016 presidential campaign announcement. Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, previously denied that people were paid to be featured as supporters in Trump’s 2016 campaign launch. But now, he’s reportedly walking back his …
Read More »Florida Man Receives First Felony Sentence For Capitol Attack
A Florida man was sentenced to eight months in prison and 24 months of supervised release on Monday for participating in the deadly January 6 Capitol attack. He is the first person to be charged and sentenced for a felony offense. Paul Hodgkins was charged with one felony count of …
Read More »Federal judge says DACA ‘Violates the Law’, blocks new applications
A federal judge has issued a decision Friday that blocks new DACA applications, after Texas and several other states filed a lawsuit against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen sided with the states in his ruling, agreeing that then-President Barack Obama had overstepped his …
Read More »President Biden Gives Voting Rights Speech In Philadelphia
During a speech on voting rights at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, President Joe Biden implored Americans to rise up against new voter laws meant to make it harder for people to vote– and easier for partisan actors to reject votes they don’t like – to stop …
Read More »Senate confirms Jen Easterly as Cybersecurity director
The US Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Jen Easterly as the new director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security. The agency, established in 2018, is responsible for the security, resiliency and reliability of the nation’s cybersecurity and communications infrastructure. CISA has not …
Read More »President Biden fires Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul
President Joe Biden fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul — who was appointed by former President Donald Trump — after he refused to resign, White House sources announced Friday. Unnamed White House sources told NBC News, The Washington Post, and The New York Times that Biden had previously asked Saul to …
Read More »Arizona’s Secretary of State Wants Trump Investigated Over Election Efforts
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs wants the state Attorney General to investigate former President Donald Trump and his allies for pressuring Maricopa officials to interfere with the 2020 Presidential election. Hobbs wrote a letter to Arizona Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich expressing her concern about phone calls and texts …
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