Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is under federal investigation over alleged campaign finance violations involving campaign-funded family travel and other expenses, according to multiple reports. ABC News, citing a person familiar with the matter, confirmed Tuesday that the Justice Department is investigating whether Gallego improperly used campaign funds for personal expenses. The probe was first reported […]
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is turning over the reins of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to one of President Donald Trump’s most notorious enemies while he takes a two-month hiatus from the show. Kimmel announced this week that actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell will serve as one of several guest hosts filling in during his absence. Other […]
A leading pro-life organization is demanding the United States commissioner of food and drugs be fired for protecting the manufacture and shipment of abortion pills. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America reports in a statement it “is calling for the immediate removal of FDA Commissioner Marty Makary following The Wall Street Journal’s report of the commissioner’s […]
In 2007, just before Apple unveiled the iPhone, Google announced something that sounded almost reckless. It called the contest the Android Developer Challenge, and it dangled a prize pool of $10 million for the best applications written for a phone that did not yet exist, a phone scheduled to launch in 2008. I was running […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Republicans and advocates for women’s sports a major legal victory, ruling that states may bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports without violating the Constitution or federal civil rights law. In a pair of closely watched cases—West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox—the Court upheld […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down an executive order on Tuesday that sought to end birthright citizenship, affirming that the Constitution guarantees citizenship to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil. The landmark 6-3 ruling blocks denial of citizenship to children of illegal immigrants and some temporary visitors, with dissents from Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and […]
WASHINGTON — A growing number of politicians from Mexico’s ruling Morena party are reportedly offering to cooperate with U.S. investigators as the Trump administration expands its corruption and cartel probes into current and former Mexican officials. According to The New York Times, at least a dozen elected officials — including governors and members of Congress […]
The New York Post editorial board delivered a sharp rebuke Monday to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump over their financial ties to a U.S.-backed tungsten mining project in Kazakhstan, arguing the arrangement raises many of the same ethical questions Republicans spent years asking about the Biden family. The Murdoch-owned newspaper compared the business venture […]
The communications director for Maine’s largest labor federation is facing criticism after suggesting that Democrats unwilling to support the party’s United States Senate nominee would be “first up against the wall when the revolution comes.” Andy O’Brien, communications director for the Maine AFL-CIO, made the remark on social media while responding to an opinion piece […]
Good morning. Colorado’s Supreme Court has dealt a major blow to efforts to redraw one of the nation’s key battleground maps, the Justice Department is joining a high-profile legal challenge to a race-based reparations program in Illinois, and the United States Supreme Court has declined to hear President Donald Trump’s appeal in the E. Jean […]
A new Economist/YouGov survey found sharp partisan divides over American pride as the country approaches its 250th anniversary. According to the poll, only 8% of Democrats said the United States is the “greatest” country in the world, compared with 52% of Republicans who gave that answer. Overall, Americans were more positive than negative about the […]
Justice Department Sues Four Democrat-Led States For Hiding SNAP Data From Fraud Investigators
The Department of Justice is suing four Democrat-led states for hiding from fraud investigators data on a popular but often abused, federal food aid program. The federal government has now “filed lawsuits against Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Minnesota, seeking injunctions requiring their state SNAP agencies to turn over their last five years of SNAP applicant […]