Month: January 2025
January 23, 2025
Politics
Feds arrest freed Jan. 6 defendant on gun charges from nearly two years ago — one day after Capitol riot charges were dismissed
Daniel Ball was arrested on federal gun charges one day after he was freed as part of President Trump's Jan. 6-related pardons. Daniel Ball was arrested on federal...
January 23, 2025
Politics
Trump re-designates Houthis as foreign terror organization after Biden removed label in 2021
President Trump issued an executive order Wednesday re-designating the Houthis as a foreign terror organization after the Biden administration scrapped the label in February 2021. President Trump issued an...
January 22, 2025
Congress
Senate Dems block GOP’s first abortion bill
A GOP-led abortion bill failed in the Senate due to Democratic opposition on Wednesday, a sign of where the party is drawing the line on bipartisan cooperation. After a...
January 22, 2025
Congress
No recess till Trump gets his Cabinet, top GOP senators say
Top Senate Republicans are vowing to stay in session until all of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees are confirmed — a pledge that could keep senators in Washington for...
January 22, 2025
Congress
House sends first immigration bill to Trump’s desk
The House on Wednesday afternoon passed a bill that would mandate the detention of more undocumented immigrants charged with crimes, sending the first legislation of the new Congress to...
January 22, 2025
Congress
GOP leaders mull a big debt-and-funding deal with Democrats
The option would include an agreement that ties together government funding, border money, disaster aid and a debt-limit hike.
January 22, 2025
Politics
Hochul administration pitches woke alternative way to refer to drug abusers instead of ‘addicts’
Drug abusers could no longer be referred to as an "addict" in New York State, according to a proposal tucked into Gov. Kathy Hochul's $252 billion budget plan. Drug...
January 22, 2025
Politics
Hochul’s budget plan includes $1.2K in bonus cash for welfare recipients when they have a baby
Gov. Kathy Hochul's $252 billion budget plan provides a one-time $1,200 bonus to pregnant welfare moms when they have a baby. Gov. Kathy Hochul's $252 billion budget plan provides...
January 22, 2025
Politics
Trump raises eyebrows noting Joe Biden didn’t pardon himself — and ‘it all had to do with him’
President Trump generated intrigue Wednesday by noting that former President Joe Biden didn't pardon himself as he left office, despite pardoning his siblings and their spouses to head off...
January 22, 2025
Politics
Notorious Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes spotted near Capitol after being freed by Trump
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, one of the most infamous Capitol rioters, was spotted in a congressional office building on Wednesday, just days after being set free by President...