Bobby Pulido, Grammy-nominated Tejano singer, challenges Rep. Monica De La Cruz after controversial 2016 video showing him urinating on Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
A federal court ruled President Donald Trump and former lawyer Alina Habba must pay $1 million penalty for frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and James Comey.
Judge Boasberg is presiding over a long-stalled contempt inquiry centered on whether senior Trump officials, including DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, knowingly defied his court order.
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare — State Medicaid programs that choose to participate in the model will be able to purchase drugs included in the pilot at prices aligned with those paid in select other countries. {beacon} Health Care The Big Story Trump admin brings international drug pricing to Medicaid A new payment model from the Centers for...
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) on Thursday proposed that the city pay air traffic controllers as they go without paychecks because of the government shutdown. Johnston's proposal would need to be permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Politico reported. The city requested a waiver to pay air traffic controllers at Denver International Airport but...
Republican senators sunk a war powers resolution Thursday that would have blocked President Trump’s administration from potentially conducting military strikes inside Venezuela without the authorization of Congress, as the White House’s campaign against alleged drug-trafficking boats on both sides of South America persists. The joint resolution, which was introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) last...
West Virginia state Sen. Chris Rose (R) introduced a resolution Thursday inviting 30 counties in Virginia and Maryland to join his state. In a release Rose posted on Facebook, he called on 27 counties in Virginia and three in Maryland to join West Virginia to “strengthen regional ties and promote shared Appalachian values.” The release...
President Trump is hosting the leaders of five Central Asian nations at the White House on Thursday as the president seeks to deepen economic and security ties in the region while developing a rare earth metal supply chain. The metals are needed to develop high-tech devices such as smartphones and electric vehicles, as Trump pushes...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) announced Wednesday that former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan will co-chair his transition team. Khan will lead the transition team alongside former New York City First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer (D), former New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Melanie Hartzog, United Way...
Former White House senior adviser David Axelrod on Thursday found himself in agreement with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over the Democratic victories seen across the country in Tuesday's elections. "Well, I'm in the kind of astonishing position of saying I agree with every word that Marjorie Taylor Greene said," Axelrod told CNN's Kaitlan Collins...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed Thursday it had been hacked, saying it was taking action to contain the fallout. “The Congressional Budget Office has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems going forward,” CBO spokesperson...
Tesla shareholders on Thursday approved a new trillion-dollar pay package for CEO Elon Musk. The package — to which more than 75 percent of shareholders agreed — grants Musk about 423 million shares in the electric vehicle (EV) maker, which would be worth nearly $1 trillion if the company reaches a series of milestones as...
A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday slammed immigration officers’ use of force on members of the media and protesters, issuing an extensive injunction preventing federal law enforcement officers from continuing to use constraints. “I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said in an oral ruling from...
Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said he believes the Republican Party is beginning to move away from President Trump, citing pockets of dissent within the party and the recent poor performances of GOP candidates in downballot races. “In politics, migrations rarely happen all at once. They start quietly — one or two members of a...
All 50 states have submitted applications for their share of a $50 billion pot of money to transform rural health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz said Thursday. Wednesday was the deadline for states to submit a detailed application for the first tranche of the five-year fund created to help rural...
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments for November despite the government shutdown. U.S. District Judge John McConnell rejected the administration’s plan to provide partial payments without tapping additional funds, saying it failed to comply with his previous order. “This is a problem that...
The man who slung a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, D.C., and was unwittingly transformed into an opposition symbol of President Trump’s local crime crackdown has been found not guilty of misdemeanor assault after a trial. A jury handed down the not guilty verdict Thursday against Sean Dunn, a former Department of Justice (DOJ) employee who hurled a hoagie after confronting a group of officers patrolling a popular nightlife area of the nation’s capital. The acquittal marks an...
