JPMorgan Chase acknowledged for the first time that it closed the bank accounts of President Trump and several of his businesses in the political and legal aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the latest development in a legal saga between the president and the nation's biggest bank over the issue known as "debanking."
The four candidates vying for the Republican nomination for Texas Attorney General — State Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, State Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz and U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas — agree on almost everything. However, that didn't stop them from attacking each other on their records and experience during Tuesday night's Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) debate.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is joining a growing group of Democrats who plan to boycott President Trump’s State of the Union address next Tuesday in favor of an alternative event, according to progressive media outlet MeidasTouch. The outlet reported that Schiff is set to speak at a counter rally on the National Mall, dubbed the...
President Trump on Friday nominated economist Brett Matsumoto to be commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) months after the president fired the previous agency head over substantial revisions to past jobs reports. "For many years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, under WEAK and STUPID people, has been FAILING American Businesses, Policymakers, and Families...
The group is also advocating for policies including those designed to encourage people to marry young and forgo education in favor of starting a family.
A California sheriff on Thursday called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be "transparent" with local authorities about any possible federal immigration operations around Levi's Stadium during Super Bowl LX. "So I urge our federal partners: if there is something that you're planning to do in our community, please be transparent and reach out...
Former CNN host Don Lemon, released a day after federal officers arrested him in Los Angeles, defended his career in journalism on Friday, saying he will never stop reporting. U.S. District Judge Patricia Donahue ordered Lemon to be released on no money bond, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lemon was accused of disturbing worshippers in...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Republicans he wants to utilize a special fast-track process that will require cooperation from Democrats to swiftly pass the funding package that the Senate is poised to send over and end what lawmakers hope will be a brief government shutdown. Johnson told Republicans about his desired play call on...
Democratic strategist David Axelrod on Thursday warned Democratic lawmakers and candidates to avoid calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished on the campaign trail. "Well, you know the problem that we’ve seen before when people said abolish the police or defund the police," Axelrod said after he was asked by CNN's Boris...
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and 15 other Senate Democrats sent a letter to the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers rebuking a proposed rule that would limit federal water protections, arguing that it ignores science and threatens drinking water for millions of Americans.
A former Google engineer was convicted Thursday of stealing AI-related trade secrets from the tech giant for Chinese companies, according to the U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of California. Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was found guilty of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of thefts of trade secrets,...
The government is likely to temporarily shut down this weekend after the Senate failed to pass a funding package on Thursday due to challenges from Democrats to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bill. Here’s what you need to know about the partial government shutdown. Why is the government temporarily shutting down? After federal agents...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney praised President Trump's nomination of former Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh to serve as its next chair in a post Friday on social platform X. “Kevin Warsh is a fantastic choice to lead the world’s most important central bank at this crucial time,” Carney said in the post. Carney...
The U.S. is lifting some sanctions on Venezuelan oil, seeking to allow American firms to trade and sell more oil that is produced there. The move comes as the administration has said it will sell Venezuelan oil following its capture of leader Nicolás Maduro. Previously, two commodities traders, Trafigura and Vitol, were given permission to help facilitate the...
