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The man accused of spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with apple cider vinegar during a January town hall in her Minnesota district has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, according to court filings. Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, is expected to change his plea to guilty during a May 7 hearing in U.S. District Court in St. Paul,...
The recall covers roughly 207,800 pairs of 32 Degrees-branded socks which the CPSC says are tied to at least 14 "heat-related incidents." Thirteen of those incidents involved burns.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Friday dropped his lawsuit against Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte after Swalwell was accused of mortgage fraud. Swalwell sued Pulte in November, accusing him of abusing his authority in forwarding a criminal referral regarding the lawmaker’s mortgage to the Department of Justice. Swalwell asked the courts to demand Pulte...
Comedian Bill Maher on Friday outlined his list of ways that he thinks the U.S. "f---ed up" its strategy in attacking Iran. "You know where we f---ed up? A few places," he told guests Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Democratic strategist Paul Begala on his HBO show "Real Time." "One, we're blowing up each...
Senate Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to reaching a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Saturday, following weeks of negotiations with the White House. President Trump's border czar Tom Homan has been meeting with centrist Democrats over the past few days to try to find a path forward on a...
The U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran stretches out for another week after President Trump said he is considering "winding down" military operations as the U.S. gets "very close" to its military objectives. Trump made the remarks on Friday, citing Iran's diminished missile capacity, destroyed defense response and "Never allowing Iran to get even close to Nuclear...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a leading Senate conservative, is proposing to colleagues the idea of splitting off Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from the rest of funding for the Department of Homeland Security to end growing chaos at airports around the country. The proposal appeared to be gaining momentum...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) are locked into their Senate primary runoff fight as they court President Trump's coveted endorsement. Trump teased days after the rivals advanced to a runoff that he’d back one candidate and ask the other to exit the race. But Tuesday, the formal dropout date, passed without that...
President Trump reacted to news of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s death on Saturday by writing on Truth Social that he was “glad he’s dead,” reflecting his continued disdain for Mueller’s probe into Russian interference and the Trump campaign in the 2016 presidential election. “Robert Mueller just died," he wrote. "Good, I’m glad he’s dead....
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are expected to skip work or quit as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown stretches on, causing long lines at airports and more headaches for travelers. The lack of funding for DHS has left many of its employees unpaid, which has prompted those absences and departures. Travelers have been...
Senate Republicans on Saturday voted against an unusual procedural gambit by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to suspend the Senate rules and advance a bill through the Rules Committee to fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The motion failed by a party-line vote of 41 to 49. It needed 60 votes to succeed. Senate...
Congress and the administration must prioritize rooting out federal waste by leveraging federal data to prevent benefit fraud and mandating the use of three key databases to ensure that only eligible individuals receive benefits.
Senate Democrats voted Saturday to defeat a Republican-sponsored amendment to the SAVE America Act that would prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls' or women’s sports, an issue that Republicans plan to play up in this year’s midterm elections. The Senate voted 49-41 along party lines to block the amendment sponsored by Sens. Tommy Tuberville...
