Politics

(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed a federal rule to “curb excessive credit card late fees” and plans to go after the Apple and Google app stores for what it says are “barriers to competition.” The rule, proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, would reduce typical late fees from roughly $30 to […]

(WASHINGTON) — Kicking off its investigations into the Biden administration, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Wednesday held a hearing on the billions of dollars that were apparently scammed from COVID-19 relief programs. Republicans argued the programs were a “prescription for waste, fraud and abuse” and haven’t been investigated thoroughly enough by Democrats over the last […]

(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump turned to New York Attorney General Letitia James and smiled briefly as she began to depose him Aug. 10, newly released video obtained by ABC News shows. The video represents the first time the public can see portions of the hours-long deposition that preceded James’ $250 million civil […]

(REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.) — The FBI conducted a “planned search” Wednesday of President Joe Biden’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, according to Biden’s personal lawyer amid an ongoing probe into the potential mishandling of classified documents. Biden’s attorney Bob Bauer said no documents with classified markings were found, but “DOJ took for further review some […]

(REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.) — The Department of Justice is conducting a “planned search” Wednesday of President Joe Biden’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, according to Biden’s personal lawyer. “Today, with the President’s full support and cooperation, the DOJ is conducting a planned search of his home in Rehoboth, Delaware,” wrote Bob Bauer, personal attorney for […]

(WASHINGTON) — A Boston attorney and former colleague of U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts’ wife, Jane, has filed a complaint with Congress and the Justice Department alleging her work as a legal recruiter poses a conflict of interest at the Supreme Court. The confidential complaint, first obtained and reported by The New York Times on […]

(WASHINGTON) — The House could vote as soon as Wednesday on a resolution to keep Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The House Rules Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday night, 9-4, to advance a resolution to effectively block Omar from the panel — by removing her once she is […]

(WASHINGTON) — Kicking off its investigations into the Biden administration on Wednesday, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on COVID relief money spent during the pandemic, which Republicans argue was a “prescription for waste, fraud and abuse” and has been ignored by Democrats for the last two years of Biden’s administration. “We […]

(WASHINGTON) — Republicans on Wednesday will take their first opportunity of the new Congress to illustrate what they call a protracted migration crisis across the southwestern border caused by overly lax policies of the Biden administration. “How many illegal aliens will cross the southern border this month?” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, who will […]

(WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden sits down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the Oval Office Wednesday, he says he’ll tell the GOP leader: “Show me your budget; I’ll show you mine.” The highly anticipated meeting, the first the two men will hold since McCarthy narrowly won the speakership last month, comes amid an […]