One of the most influential Democrats in Congress and a pioneering openly gay lawmaker… Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman who became a leading architect of post-2008 Wall Street reform and one of the first openly gay members of Congress, has died at age 86 after entering hospice care at his home in Maine last […]
A sudden resignation at the Treasury Department is fueling new questions about one of the Trump administration’s most politically explosive legal initiatives yet: a nearly $1.8 billion Justice Department fund aimed at compensating Americans who claim they were unfairly targeted by the federal government during the Biden administration. Brian Morrissey, the Treasury Department’s general counsel, […]
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi officially endorsed San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan on Monday in the increasingly competitive race to succeed her in Congress, injecting new momentum into one of California’s most closely watched Democratic primaries. The endorsement comes as Pelosi prepares to retire after nearly four decades representing California’s 11th Congressional District — a […]
Good morning. In New York, a federal judge has partially blocked a major immigration enforcement tactic after government attorneys admitted a critical factual error in court. In Washington, a controversial settlement tied to President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS is drawing scrutiny over unprecedented protections shielding tax filings from future examination. And in Texas, Trump […]
