Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Sunday left the door open to not backing acting Attorney General Todd Blanche if he is nominated to the official post over his position on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Blanche filed a motion to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions...
White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday said that energy shocks from the Iran war will affect airline profits for at least a quarter. “Certainly, it'll affect profits for the airlines for a quarter or so, but they're very, very healthy right now,” Hassett said following Spirit Airlines’ decision to cease operations....
The real estate market has been stagnant for two consecutive years due to soaring mortgage rates, leading to a decrease in homeownership and a decrease in wealth for middle-class Americans, as well as a decrease in civic engagement and an increase in populism.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said Sunday that she could resume a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell based on the findings of the central bank’s inspector general. Last month, Pirro closed her probe into Powell and his handling of renovations at the Fed and asked the central...
The Supreme Court’s decision to throw out Louisiana’s congressional maps — and weaken the Voting Rights Act in the process — is throwing a wrench into an already-turbulent midterm cycle as more states prepare to hold their primaries in the coming weeks. Louisiana officials announced they would be delaying congressional primaries — slated to start next month — in response to the high...
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Sunday slammed the Supreme Court for striking down Louisiana’s congressional maps this week, arguing the national redistricting push is allowing lawmakers to choose their voters rather than upholding the democratic process. “Gerrymandering turns our elections on its head, so that rather than the people picking their politicians or their public...
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch said the Supreme Court system is “working” in a Sunday interview where he reflected on the country’s founding principles. Gorsuch joined Fox News’s Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday" to discuss his new book, "Heroes of 1776: The Story of the Declaration of Independence," co-authored with Janie Nitze. In the...
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Sunday expressed reservations about the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey. “If this whole case is based on a picture in the sand of a North Carolina beach, it again makes no sense to me,” Tillis told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Comey, who...
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, affirmed Sunday that the bullet that hit a Secret Service agent at last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was fired by the alleged gunman. Pirro told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” that prosecutors have video of the suspect, 31-year-old Cole...
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Sunday said the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) lost about 1,100 employees over the course of the partial government shutdown this year. DHS was closed for 76 days over a Democratic-led push for federal immigration reform after the killings of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota by federal immigration...
