Jimmy Williams Brian Pritchard, the first vice chair of the Georgia Republican Party, was ruled to have illegally voted nine times while on probation for check forgery, according to a judge’s ruling this week. Administrative Law Judge Lisa Boggs ordered Pritchard to pay $5,000 in civil penalties and be publicly …
Read More »Federal Rebuild Of Baltimore Bridge ‘will not be quick or easy or cheap,’ Buttigieg Says
Jacob Fischler, Wisconsin Examiner U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg outlined Wednesday the immediate and longer-term priorities the Biden administration is pursuing in the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore that left six presumed dead. While many questions remained roughly 36 hours after a massive cargo ship …
Read More »Former Senator Joseph Lieberman Dies at 82, Remembered as a Statesman and Unifier
Jimmy Williams Former Senator Joseph I. Lieberman passed away at the age of 82, his family announced on Wednesday. Lieberman, who served as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 2000 election alongside Al Gore, died in New York after complications from a fall, surrounded by his loved ones. Lieberman’s …
Read More »Biden Pledges Federal Dollars For ‘entire cost’ To Rebuild Collapsed Baltimore Bridge
Jacob Fischler, Michigan Advance President Joe Biden called Tuesday for the federal government to foot the bill to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore following its collapse earlier in the day. The ongoing search-and-rescue operation led by the U.S. Coast Guard is the top priority for now, Biden …
Read More »NBC News Reverses Decision to Hire Ronna McDaniel as Analyst Amid Backlash
Jimmy Williams NBC News has backtracked on its decision to hire former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel as a political analyst following widespread criticism from on-air personalities and staff. The network’s chairman, Cesar Conde, announced the reversal in an email to staff members, acknowledging the concerns raised by many …
Read More »Texas AG Ken Paxton Agrees To Community Service, Paying Restitution To Avoid Trial In Securities Fraud Case
Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune Prosecutors on Tuesday agreed to drop the securities fraud charges facing Attorney General Ken Paxton if he performs 100 hours of community service and fulfills other conditions of a pretrial agreement, bringing an abrupt end to the nearly nine-year-old felony case that has loomed over …
Read More »Supreme Court Justices Seem Skeptical Of Limits On Access To Abortion Medication
Jennifer Shutt, West Virginia Watch The future of medication abortion access in the United States went in front of the U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday, where several justices appeared somewhat skeptical as anti-abortion organizations argued use of the pharmaceutical should be moved back to what was in place before …
Read More »Baltimore Key Bridge Collapses After Container Ship Slams Into It, Motorists Missing
Rescue crews continue to search the waters around the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge following a ship strike that caused the span over the Patapsco River to collapse. Officials believe multiple people were on the bridge when it was struck by a large container ship just after 1:30 …
Read More »Appeals Panel Reduces Trump’s Bond to $175 Million in Corporate Fraud Case
Jimmy Williams A panel of state appeals judges on Monday granted former President Donald Trump a reprieve by reducing the bond he must post to halt enforcement of a $454 million civil judgment for corporate fraud. The panel ruled that Trump can now post a bond of $175 million while …
Read More »Tammy Murphy Withdraws From U.S. Senate Race
Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor First lady Tammy Murphy withdrew her candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Sunday, ending her bid to become the first woman elected to represent New Jersey in the Senate. Murphy, who lagged chief rival Rep. Andy Kim in polls as they both sought to succeed …
Read More »The Senate Repealed Iraq War Authorizations A Year Ago. In The House, They’re Frozen.
Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance U.S. House Republican leaders have spent the last year holding up a broadly bipartisan, Senate-approved bill that would repeal the authorizations for use of military force from the 1990s and early 2000s that were intended for the wars in Iraq. The Senate approved the legislation following a 66-30 vote last …
Read More »Supreme Court To Hear Oral Arguments Tuesday On Abortion Pill Limits
Jennifer Shutt, Alaska Beacon The same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion will hear oral arguments Tuesday over access to mifepristone, a pharmaceutical used in both medication abortion and miscarriage care. The nine justices will then decide whether to leave access to the drug intact …
Read More »House GOP ‘Imploding’ as Gallagher Resigns and Greene Moves to Oust Speaker
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams The U.S. House of Representatives started a two-week recess on Friday, but not before a series of events that provoked fresh declarations of what has become a familiar phrase over the past few years: “Republicans in disarray.” Before leaving Capitol Hill, House members passed a spending …
Read More »Senate In Overnight Vote Sends $1.2T Government Spending Package To Biden
Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote early Saturday to approve a $1.2 trillion spending package, sending the measure to President Joe Biden for his signature with no time to spare after missing a midnight deadline. The 74-24 vote wraps up the government funding …
Read More »Massive $1.2 Trillion Spending Package That Would Avert A Shutdown Released By Congress
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Congress released the final six government funding bills early Thursday, starting off a sprint toward the Friday midnight deadline to wrap up work that was supposed to be finished nearly six months ago. The bipartisan agreement on the $1.2 trillion spending package, which emerged just before …
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