Year: 2025
January 07, 2025
Congress
Laken Riley Act gains steam — with Democrats
Some in the party’s ranks are moving in step with the electorate after last year’s political setbacks.
January 07, 2025
Congress
Durbin calls on DOJ to withdraw certain legal opinions on presidential war powers
Former Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin is asking the Biden administration to withdraw or release some 20 legal opinions regarding presidential war powers after Donald Trump indicated Tuesday that he...
January 07, 2025
Congress
Thune games out which Trump nominees he can confirm on Day One
Senate Republicans are strategizing how to land a top party priority in the next two weeks: getting some of incoming President Donald Trump’s nominees confirmed on Day One. News:...
January 07, 2025
Politics
‘Gold Bar Bob’ Menendez’ daughter does not ‘understand’ his ‘grace and forgiveness’ of wife Nadine: Letter
Former US Senator Bob Menendez 'scrappy kid' who grew up fast, according to letters from family, friends seeking lenient sentencing Former US Senator Bob Menendez 'scrappy kid' who grew...
January 07, 2025
Politics
Why does Donald Trump want Greenland? Behind the ‘strong, deliberate’ message to China
The United States considered making a bid for the North Atlantic island in 1867, when it also purchased Alaska from Russia. The United States considered making a bid for...
January 07, 2025
Politics
FBI requested ‘travel lookout’ records for terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar before deadly New Orleans attack: GOP reps
The FBI appears to have requested travel records on Jabbar the day before he killed 14 people in New Orleans, according to two House Republicans — despite the bureau...
January 07, 2025
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Republican governors head to Mar-a-Lago
The march through Mar-a-Lago (aka the “Winter White House”) continues this week with a dinner for Republican governors on Thursday, according to two people familiar with the plans. It...
January 07, 2025
Politics
Boca Raton mayor throws shade at NY over congestion toll in pitch for overtaxed locals to move to ‘sunny’ Florida
New Yorkers fuming over the new $9 congestion toll to drive into Midtown Manhattan should instead pack up move to sunny Boca Raton, Florida, the mayor of the beachy...
January 07, 2025
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Feds say they uncovered ‘additional criminal conduct’ by NYC Mayor Eric Adams in historic federal case
The shocking new claims — made with no further explanation — came Monday in a late-night filing in which prosecutors in the Southern District of New York say their...
January 07, 2025
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Biden FDA moves forward with rule to lower nicotine in cigarettes, a ‘gift’ to cartels, critic says
Opponents argue that the change could cause current smokers to use more cigarettes to compensate for the lower nicotine levels, negatively impacting their health, and that the plan could...