Florida resident Paul Hodgkins, who carried a Trump flag into the Senate chamber on January 6th and took a selfie, received an eight-month prison sentence for his involvement in the Capitol attack. He is the first participant to earn a felony sentence for the events of January 6th and may …
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Last year, the United States saw record numbers of gun sales, and it strained the FBI‘s background check process, meaning more background checks were left incomplete. If an FBI background check is delayed by more than three business days, gun dealers can legally sell a firearm without a completed background …
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A federal judge has overturned California’s assault weapons ban, a law that has been in place for more than three decades. Governor Gavin Newsome, a Democrat, has said he will appeal, calling the judge’s decision a “direct threat to public safety and innocent Californians.” U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez …
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With 12 states now reporting 70 percent of their adult population is vaccinated with at least one dose, medical experts are concerned about a possible surge of coronavirus cases in states and territories that have fallen behind. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert and chief medical adviser …
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing federal government agencies to assess the risks climate change brings to both public and private financial assets in the U.S., the White House announced on Thursday. The order, called the Climate-Related Financial Risk, mandates regulators including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who oversees …
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Walter Mondale, the prominent late-20th-century Democrat who served as Jimmy Carter’s vice president and lost to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 election, died Monday, April 19th, at his home in Minneapolis, The New York Times reports. He was 93. A spokesman for Mondale’s family confirmed his death but did not …
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Wyoming Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney ripped Trump once again, saying the former president not only used language in the past that ultimately led to the attack on the Capitol but that he continues to do so to this day. On Sunday, Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan asked Cheney about …
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order expanding voting rights on Sunday. Biden announced the signing during a remote video message to the Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast, marking the 56th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” during which voting rights marchers were brutally attacked by law enforcement on the Edmund …
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Former President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both received the Covid-19 vaccine. They just didn’t tell anyone about it. Maggie Haberman of the New York Times reported the news on Monday, noting that Trump and Melania got the vaccine all the way back in January, when they were still …
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WASHINGTON — Dark money, that torrent of anonymous cash unleashed by groups with mind-numbingly generic names such as Americans for Prosperity or Patriot Majority, is an ugly fixture of American politics, a weapon used to win elections, confirm (or defeat) judges, and pass (or defeat) legislation. Once dominated by ultra-wealthy …
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