The Texas Supreme Court has sided with four former staff members of Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), making way for their whistleblower lawsuit to commence. The Republican court rejected Paxton’s request to dismiss the lawsuit on Friday after the case was put on pause for a possible settlement. The whistleblowers, Blake Brickman, Mark Penley, David...
The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee requested the State Department pause a portion of military financing for Egypt over concerns that Cairo has failed to deliver on improving its human rights record. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) said he is pushing for the Biden administration to withhold $320 million in military financing, saying...
The office in the IRS that helps regular taxpayers with tax-related financial issues will close in the event of a government shutdown, the agency warned on Friday. The National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) petitions the IRS on behalf of people who undergo financial hardships due to a tax bill, such as an eviction. But the service...
Congress has less than two days left to fund the government, and a shutdown is looking all but inevitable. House Republicans early Friday morning rolled out their latest stopgap funding measure and intend to vote on it later in the day. But it will get no Democratic support and faces conservative opposition. The Senate on...
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser on Friday refused to disclose the names of peers examining the potential impeachment of Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
Georgia Republican Rep. Austin Scott tore into the “Chaos Caucus" of the House GOP that are holding up the stopgap funding CR that would avoid a government shutdown.
Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday remained mum on the potential enforcement of a policy that would cap carbon emissions and charge manufacturers money based thereon.
Iowa's restrictions on sexually explicit reading material have led some "Little Free Libraries" to post disclaimers noting that they aren't funded by school districts.
A top former aide to Vice President Biden revealed to Hunter Biden that his CCP-linked business partner was willing to wire money to help him pay off several bills, according to WhatsApp messages.