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23-02-2026 Vol 19

Month: January 2026

Judge rejects Trump DOJ bid to charge Don Lemon over Minnesota church storming

A federal magistrate judge in Minnesota rejected an attempt by the Justice Department to charge disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon over his participation in Sunday's invasion of a...

House votes to kill Senate data-seizure payouts

House lawmakers voted unanimously Thursday morning to overturn a policy Senate Republicans got enacted last year allowing senators to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal payouts if...

Final spending bills move closer to House passage

House Republicans sent the last four fiscal 2026 spending bills over a key procedural hurdle Thursday, setting up two votes later in the day to send them together to...

Trump: There is ‘probably’ going to be another government shutdown

President Donald Trump said Thursday that another government shutdown is likely as Congress approaches its Jan. 30 funding deadline, even as members work to hammer out funding agreements. “I...

Jim Jordan launches his attacks on Jack Smith

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is looking to paint former special counsel Jack Smith as the culmination of a yearslong campaign by Democrats to leverage law enforcement activities against...

Police: Woman trying to register child at Miami-Dade high school arrested after causing disturbance

A mother was arrested Wednesday at Miami Killian Senior High School after causing a disturbance while trying to register her child, authorities said. According to an arrest report from...

Officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 attend Jack Smith hearing

Several police officers who responded to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol are in the hearing room to watch former special counsel Jack Smith testify in public...

Here’s what Mikie Sherrill’s state of emergency on utility costs will do for New Jersey

Shortly after New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) is sworn into office, she plans to declare a state of emergency to freeze utility costs and rapidly ramp up power generation....

House to vote on 2 amendments to $1.2T funding package

House Republican leaders will allow floor votes on two amendments to the $1.2 trillion funding package they are trying to pass Thursday, including proposals to nix some earmarks and...

Newsom calls Trump ‘invasive species’ as he ramps up offensive against president

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called Donald Trump an "invasive species" during a lengthy rant against the president and his administration at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Thursday....