Washington – Federal prosecutors have filed a redacted version of the underlying evidence that prompted the Aug. 8 search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence, court records showed Thursday. The sealed submission is now before a magistrate judge who will consider whether to take the unusual step of releasing …
Read More »Trump allies on House Judiciary Committee ask Biden officials to save records related to Trump search warrant
Trump allies on the House Judiciary Committee are now asking the Biden administration to do what it appears former President Donald Trump failed to do: save and hand over sensitive records to another part of government. House Republicans have sent letters to top officials in the Biden administration demanding they …
Read More »Kinzinger thinks it’s “quite possible” there are other audio tapes of Trump from post
The Jan. 6 House select committee hearings may be over for the summer, but even as the committee works on its interim report on the U.S. Capitol assault, and what led up to it, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican member of the committee, said the investigation is still going “full-steam …
Read More »Getting student debt forgiveness could be easier under new rules proposed by Biden administration
New rules proposed by the Biden administration on Wednesday would make it easier for borrowers to get their federal student debt forgiven through several existing programs. The action is intended to overhaul relief programs that have been criticized for their burdensome paperwork requirements and long processing times. It builds on …
Read More »Senator Kevin Cramer says he suffered “serious” hand injury that could require finger amputation
Republican Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota has suffered a serious hand injury that could require the amputation of part of a finger on his right hand, the senator tweeted Wednesday. Cramer suffered the injury during while doing yard work over the weekend, and required immediate surgery. Cramer clarified that …
Read More »Former Fox News editor Chris Stirewalt to testify before Jan. 6 select committee
Former Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt will testify before the Jan. 6 select committee Monday, he announced on Newsnation Friday. Stirewalt was let go by Fox News soon after his work on the team that projected on election night 2020 that Joe Biden would win Arizona, ahead of other …
Read More »Supreme Court says Boston violated First Amendment by refusing to fly group’s Christian flag
Washington — The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that the city of Boston violated the First Amendment when it rejected a request from a Christian civic organization to fly a flag bearing a cross on a flagpole outside of City Hall. Justice Stephen Breyer delivered the opinion for the court, …
Read More »Once challenged by House Republicans, proxy voting becomes tool for both parties
Washington — On a Tuesday afternoon in early February, Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, participated in an event with the Philadelphia Inquirer from the inside of a vehicle parked outside the U.S. Capitol. But at the same time, his colleagues were in the House chamber, casting votes on …
Read More »Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signs bill allowing guns to be carried without license
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed a law allowing residents to carry handguns in public without a license or background check. Kemp, a Republican, backed a similar proposal when he ran for governor in 2018, and expanding gun rights was a key part of his platform. He urged the …
Read More »Biden announces Ketanji Brown Jackson as his Supreme Court pick
Washington — President Biden will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, he announced Friday, fulfilling his campaign pledge to name the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court. Mr. Biden formally announced Jackson, 51, as his pick …
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