Donald Trump’s company and inauguration committee agreed Tuesday to pay $750,000 to the District of Columbia to resolve allegations that they illegally misused nonprofit funds while staging events surrounding Trump’s inauguration. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine had accused the Trump Organization of overcharging Trump’s inauguration committee for services at the Trump …
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Tallahassee, Florida — The Florida state senate voted to repeal a law allowing Walt Disney World to operate a private government over its properties in the state, the latest volley in a feud between the Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the entertainment giant over what critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say …
Read More »Washington — Former President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, in her bid for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House. Trump in a statement lauded Palin as a “wonderful patriot” and said her entrance into the …
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One of the prosecutors who had been leading the fraud investigation into the Trump Organization wrote in his resignation letter that he believes former President Donald Trump is “guilty of numerous felony violations.” The letter, confirmed by CBS News, was first published by the New York Times. In the letter …
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is seeking the Republican nomination in Pennsylvania’s Senate race, said Wednesday that he would renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected. David McCormick, one of his main GOP rivals, has been pressing Oz on the issue. “My dual citizenship has become a distraction in this campaign,” Oz …
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill that would have created the nation’s only government-funded universal health care system died in the California Assembly on Monday as Democrats could not gather enough support to bring it for a vote ahead of a legislative deadline. The bill had to pass by midnight on …
Read More »The Marine Corps has approved two requests to service members who are refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds, marking what are believed to be the first known religious exemptions granted across all the armed services — out of thousands of requests. The Pentagon has maintained the services would consider religious …
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On January 5, Congressman Jim Jordan sent a text message to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that argued that the certification of the 2020 election could be blocked by the vice president. “On January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence, as President of the Senate, should call out …
Read More »Congressman Peter DeFazio, the longest serving representative in Oregon’s history and chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced Wednesday he wouldn’t seek reelection in 2022. “It’s time for me to pass the baton to the next generation so I can focus on my health and well-being,” he wrote …
Read More »Butler, Pennsylvania — U.S. Senate candidate Sean Parnell took the stand Monday in his contentious custody case and denied allegations by his estranged wife that he had hurt her and their children, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Testifying under oath in Butler County court, Parnell said he never choked his …
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