Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned her House seat before she could face an expulsion vote for misappropriating pandemic relief funding, but that doesn't mean her political career is over.
Democrats are expressing outrage over a reported probe involving White House border czar Tom Homan and an undercover operation last year in which he was recorded taking $50,000. “Did Trump’s DOJ shut down this bribery investigation? Was it Attorney General Bondi or FBI Director Patel? The act was caught on camera. The administration must turn...
King County, Washington is leading a coordinated legal response against the Trump administration's attempts to impose political conditions on federal grants, which has resulted in a preliminary injunction to block the withholding of billions of dollars in housing, transportation and public health grants.
A male juvenile reportedly involved in a massive and “sophisticated” cyberattack on multiple Las Vegas casino properties, including MGM Resorts and Caesars, that cost the companies hundreds of millions of dollars, is in custody, authorities announced late last week.
"Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver urged his viewers on Sunday night to cancel any subscriptions to Disney+ after ABC pulled comedian Jimmy Kimmel off the air last week over his comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. "Disney needs to stand by Kimmel and his staff," Oliver said on his weekly talk...
Mike Waltz, the newly confirmed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Monday called on Russia to “urgently stop” violating NATO countries’ airspaces and pushed for de-escalation in the region. In remarks at his first U.N. Security Council briefing, Waltz condemned the Russian fighter jets’ intrusion into Estonian airspace on Friday, just more than a...
Federal Reserve board of governors member Stephen Miran on Monday criticized his fellow central bankers for setting interest rates too high and touted several Trump administration policies he believed justified steep cuts. In his first speech since leaving the White House to join the Fed board, Miran defended his consensus-breaking vote for lower interest rates...
Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson is facing blowback for comments he made while eulogizing Charlie Kirk on Sunday at a service for the activist who was assassinated earlier this month. Noting he considered Kirk to be a "Christian evangelist," Carlson said the killing reminded him of the death of Jesus Christ, as told through the Bible....
Ryan Routh, who is accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump last year at a Florida country club, is expected to call three witnesses as his defense begins on Monday. Routh, who is defending himself, said he plans on calling a firearms expert and two character witnesses. Prosecutors, who questioned 38 witnesses before resting their...
Charlie Kirk was remembered in a VIP-studded memorial service on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. President Trump, Erika Kirk and several high-level Trump administration officials offered their remembrances of the conservative pundit at the hours-long event. Kirk, 31, was assassinated on Sept. 10 in Orem, Utah. “He’s a martyr now for America’s freedom,” Trump said in...
Technology company Oracle will provide security for the new TikTok entity in the United States, following the President Trump-backed deal to allow the social media company to keep operating in the U.S. The proposal will “allow Oracle, as the security provider for this new entity, to inspect it, to study how it behaves and see...
ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) — A sizable earthquake jolted the San Francisco Bay Area shortly before 3 a.m. Monday. The quake, a magnitude 4.3, had its epicenter about a mile east of Berkeley. It was felt across the East Bay in Walnut Creek, Martinez, and Alameda, and across the Bay in San Francisco and Sausalito. Northward,...
