A handful of current and former U.S. Secret Service officials are set to testify on Friday before a Washington, D.C., grand jury as part of the special counsel investigation into last year’s FBI search at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in which classified documents were seized, a source familiar with the …
Read More »Washington — Congress on Wednesday approved a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for the nation’s waterways that Republicans have criticized as a burden on business, advancing a measure that President Biden has promised to veto. Republicans have targeted the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands …
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Washington — President Biden issued the first veto of his presidency on Monday, rejecting a bill that would have nixed a Department of Labor rule that gives room for retirement plan managers to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment decisions. “There is extensive evidence showing that …
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Washington — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was discharged from the hospital on Monday after suffering a concussion and rib fracture, but he will continue being treated at an inpatient rehabilitation facility, his office said. “Leader McConnell’s concussion recovery is proceeding well,” his spokesman David Popp said in a news …
Read More »Washington — House Republicans on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to release more information about its handling of documents marked classified found in a private office once used by President Biden. The request from Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer came after the committee interviewed Gary Stern, the …
Read More »Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were reactivated Thursday after they were suspended in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it would not be making any statements on the matter. The former president’s …
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Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill Saturday that bans hormone replacement therapy and gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth, making Utah the first state in 2023 to ban such care. Senate Bill 16 provides new restrictions on trans youth seeking medical care in Utah, specifically banning “hormonal transgender treatment to new …
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President Biden told reporters in California Thursday that he “has no regrets” on the handling of documents marked classified that were discovered at a former office and his Wilmington home, including the administration’s decision to not confirm or disclose the existence of the documents until they were reported two months later. Mr. …
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Karen Bass has been sworn in as the 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles in a historic inauguration at the Microsoft Theater, and she quickly declared homelessness in the city to be her top priority. The ceremony was initially scheduled to take place outside City Hall but was moved indoors due …
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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy over the Republican’s threat to remove her and Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff from their committees when Republicans control the House come January. On Fox News Sunday, McCarthy said he’ll stick with a promise he made earlier this …
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