Politics

(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A federal judge has called Florida policies restricting gender-affirming care for minors and adults “unconstitutional,” blocking the state’s policies from being enforced. “Transgender opponents are of course free to hold their beliefs,” Judge Robert L. Hinkle said in the 105-page decision on Florida’s SB 254 and similar Boards of Medicine rules. “But […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is speaking Tuesday before a congressional subcommittee about his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, including its highly-scrutinized handling of nursing homes. The transcribed interview is taking place behind closed doors with the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The GOP-led panel issued a subpoena in […]

(WASHINGTON) — An extensive search of Justice Department records uncovered no contacts between senior DOJ officials and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office relating to their state prosecution of former President Donald Trump, a top department official informed House Republicans in a letter Tuesday. “The Department does not generally make extensive efforts to rebut conspiratorial […]

(WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts had no comment Tuesday after a woman posing as a conservative Catholic allegedly secretly recorded them at a black-tie event last week. Lauren Windsor — seeking out the justices at the Supreme Court Historical Society’s annual gala — apparently attempted to engage them […]

(WASHINGTON) — Taxpayers will front the majority of first lady Dr. Jill Biden’s travel between Paris, France, and Wilmington, Delaware, last week when she broke away early after D-Day commemorations to attend Hunter Biden’s trial, only to return to Paris a day later. When officials travel, they fly on military planes, which are paid for […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will appear Tuesday before a congressional subcommittee to speak about his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, including its highly-scrutinized handling of nursing homes. The transcribed interview will take place behind closed doors with the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at 10 a.m. ET. The […]

(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans this week plans to move ahead with a full chamber vote on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur on his handling of classified documents. The Rules Committee will meet Tuesday afternoon to […]

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at Sunset Park on June 09, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Federal Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, has just denied one of a series of defense motions to dismiss many of the […]

(WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden’s support for Hunter Biden during his trial in Delaware continued on Monday, as she appeared at the courthouse for closing arguments before jury deliberations. The first lady sat with her daughter Ashley Biden, Hunter’s half-sister, and Melissa Cohen, Hunter Biden’s wife. The three women were dressed in all-black. The […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was involved in a crash on a Maryland interstate over the weekend, police and his office confirmed on Monday. The two-vehicle crash occurred on Interstate 70 near Hagerstown shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday, according to Maryland State Police. Fetterman, 54, was driving a Chevrolet Traverse west […]