Few exiting officials merit fiercer censure than FBI Director Christopher Wray, who is resigning three years early. In an extraordinarily scathing letter, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) rightly provided it. Wray has been a dissembler since he took over the bureau in 2017. He came into office promising transparency, candor, competence, depoliticization, and systemic reform. He has produced none of […]
President-elect Trump announced on Wednesday that he is tapping Leandro Rizzuto Jr., former Conair executive and consul to Bermuda, to be an ambassador for the Organization of American States. “It gives me great pleasure to announce Leandro Rizzuto as Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS),” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on...
A Jan. 6 rioter filed a letter showing that a retired Republican congressman invited him to attend President-elect Trump's inauguration in Washington, D.C, next month. Russell Taylor, a California native, pleaded guilty to an obstruction count of official government proceedings in 2023. After entering a guilty plea, he testified against a member of an anti-government...
President-elect Trump announced he is tapping Kari Lake, a former news anchor and staunch Trump supporter, to head the government-funded news outlet Voice of America. “I am pleased to announce that Kari Lake will serve as our next Director of the Voice of America,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday night. Lake will...
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) said on Wednesday he thinks it’s a mistake for President-elect Trump to replace Christopher Wray as director of the FBI. Ivey added, however, he understands why Wray felt compelled to announce his departure from the agency on his own terms on Wednesday. “I don't think he had much of a choice,”...
The U.S. House passed a mostly bipartisan bill to spend nearly $1 trillion on national defense, adding to the already growing $36 trillion national debt.