Former President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are teaming up to promote a bill to keep non-citizens from voting in federal elections, according to a report by USA Today. Johnson is set to visit Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence Friday to drum up the proposal, amid tensions with his Trump-aligned right flank over bipartisan proposals in the...
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who is a key vote on the question of whether the Senate will hold a full impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, confronted Mayorkas about the southern border at a hearing this week. Tester, who is also one of the most vulnerable senators up for reelection, directed some of...
The wife of Julian Assange said President Biden’s recent comments that his administration is considering dropping charges against her husband are a “good sign.” Stella Assange was encouraged by Biden's recent remarks regarding her husband's case, she said. Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, is currently being held in London's high-security Belmarsh Prison. "It looks like...
Renowned football star and infamous criminal defendant OJ Simpson died Wednesday at the age of 76, his family announced. Simpson "succumbed to his battle with cancer," his family said in a Thursday statement posted to his account on the social platform X. Coming from a rough upbringing in 1950s San Francisco, Simpson’s career took him...
The Biden administration is conducting a multistate investigation into illnesses with potential links to injections of botulinum toxin, also known as Botox, in at least two states. The Botox injections were conducted in “non-medical settings,” and the source of the products are not yet known, a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) will make a run for the House Financial Services Committee chair, his office announced Thursday. A handful of Republicans have put their names in the running for the position since the current chair of the committee, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), announced he would be retiring at the end of his term...
Salt Lake City topped the list of cities with the hottest job markets in 2023, according to a new ranking and analysis published in The Wall Street Journal this week. The next five slots included four Florida cities: Jacksonville, Fla., placed in second, followed by Orlando, Fla.; Tampa, Fla.; Oklahoma City; and Miami. The rankings,...
O.J. Simpson, the famed football player who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in a case that became a media sensation and was called the "trial of the century," has reportedly died. The 76-year-old former Buffalo Bills star "succumbed to his battle with cancer," his family said in a statement posted on...
A Georgia prosecutor has been assigned to criminally investigate the state’s Republican lieutenant governor, Burt Jones, for his alleged role in former President Trump’s attempt to subvert the state’s 2020 election results. Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, tasked himself with the probe 21 months after the Fulton County district...
