The costs of prosecuting former President Trump’s two federal cases has surpassed $12 million, with special counsel Jack Smith disclosing in the latest financial filings that his office spent over $7.3 million in the last six months. The required disclosure came alongside those of three other special counsels, including former special counsel John Durham. The...
Semaglutide, a diabetes and obesity treatment that has grown in popularity in recent years, can be associated with a lower risk of suicidal ideation compared to other medications, according to a recent analysis. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), found that semaglutide was associated with a 49 to 73 percent lower...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is recovering after a recent visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Pentagon said Friday. Austin was admitted to the Washington hospital Monday evening, according to Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder. Ryder said he went to the hospital for "complications following a recent elective medical procedure." "He is...
The Supreme Court agreed to take up whether former President Trump can be disqualified from appearing on Colorado’s ballot over his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, setting up a historic case that could upend the presidential election. The justices’ order sets the case up to be heard at a speedy pace, with...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) is calling on President Biden to reconsider the administration’s proposed soot pollution standards. In response to a request for comment from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Beshear took issue with the proposal’s use of a range of standards rather than a single standard. The proposed rule would set the pollution...
The National Rifle Association (NRA) announced on Friday that long-time CEO and executive vice president Wayne LaPierre will resign at the end of the month, marking an end of an era for one of the country’s most influential lobbying groups. “With pride in all that we have accomplished, I am announcing my resignation from the...
Former President Trump is set to give remarks Friday in Iowa, less than two weeks before the state's caucuses kick off the 2024 primary voting season. Trump will hold two separate "Commit to Caucus" rallies on Friday evening. The first will be in Sioux Center at 5 p.m. EST and the second event will take...
The mayor of Milwaukee sparred with a county executive over the sales taxes in the two areas after the executive invited Milwaukee residents to shop in the lower-tax area.