Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, to a federal judgeship, over the loud protests of Democrats. The vote — in which all 12 Republican committee members voted to move Bove’s nomination forward — occurred as Democratic…
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Radio host Charlamagne tha God clashed Thursday with former CNN commentator Angela Rye over whether former President Joe Biden suffers from dementia and if the alleged cover-up of his decline cost Democrats the election. Charlamagne asked his progressive guest what she thought about Democrats who “all of a sudden have the courage…
Craig Joseph writes for NerdWallet. Email: cjoseph@nerdwallet.com. The article Point.me Review: Limited Features, But OK for Beginners originally appeared on NerdWallet. Read More
Maurene Comey, the Manhattan federal prosecutor who was fired from the US attorney’s office this week, has prosecuted a number of high-profile cases and followed in her father James Comey’s footsteps with her work at the Southern District of New York. Prior to Maurene Comey’s recent dismissal, she was a…
The US House on Thursday passed major bipartisan legislation that aims to regulate a type of cryptocurrency known as stablecoins, sending the bill to the president’s desk for his signature. Lawmakers gave final approval to the GENIUS Act, a first-of-its kind crypto regulatory legislation, in a 308-122 vote after a…
President Donald Trump “would not recommend” a special prosecutor to investigate the Jeffrey Epstein case, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday — despite some GOP calls to do so. “The president would not recommend a special prosecutor in the Epstein case. That’s how he feels,” Leavitt told reporters…
Twitter (X) is not the real world. Who knew? If you were on the social media site for the past week you’d have thought that the most important issue to American voters is the dead criminal Jeffrey Epstein. There´s a huge amount we still don’t know about the convicted sex offender.…
Attorney General Pam Bondi toured the former Alcatraz prison on Thursday as the Trump administration pushes the idea of re-establishing it as a prison more than 60 years after it was closed. Bondi was there with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to receive a briefing on the facility, a Justice Department…
The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the priorities it has said it values, multiple former and current department officials told CNN. Scores of personnel focused on issues the administration has said are no longer priorities were cut last week, including…
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The news was first reported by Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter, which said Trump discussed the plan with GOP lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday. Read More
A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized ruled by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports. Read More
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that President Trump’s trade policies pose “significant risks” to the US economy — even as the bank announced second quarter profits that were once again boosted by its trading. Dimon, at the helm of JPMorgan for nearly two decades, reiterated that the commander-in-chief’s tariff plans could upend growth, while praising… Read More
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Amazon joined a growing list of firms, including Microsoft, Meta, and CrowdStrike in announcing layoffs this year. Read More
Adam Neumann is back in the Manhattan luxury market — but this time, he’s taking a slightly leaner approach. The ousted WeWork founder has re-listed his sprawling triplex penthouse at 78 Irving Place for $22.75 million, marking a substantial discount from previous offerings. But the slimmer price tag is for…
As much as President Trump and the White House would like everyone to shut up and move on from the dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a new poll shows that the scandal isn’t going away. Rasmussen polling this week shows Trump has suffered a sharp drop in approval over the period…
The Justice Department is asking that a former police officer found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor in 2020 – when she was shot and killed by police in her Louisville home – be sentenced to one day in jail. The officer, Brett Hankison of Kentucky, was…
Crowded around a white board Monday night, members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus plotted over burgers their next big battle. They’d press to claw back more federal funding in line with the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts, maybe even draft up a deficit shrinking sequel to Trump’s “big, beautiful…
It’s difficult to overstate how unpopular President Donald Trump’s agenda is right now. On most key items and issues, it’s even more unpopular than the already unpopular president. For example: A new CNN poll released Wednesday showed Americans opposed Trump’s signature new domestic policy law by a 22-point margin. That…
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom was pressed to defend his COVID-19 record by podcast giant Joe Rogan on Monday. The Democratic leader, and likely 2028 presidential candidate, appeared on former U.S. Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan’s podcast for a wide-ranging interview about problems facing California as well as Newsom’s personal life…
The emails were requested in April by The Texas Newsroom as part of an effort to track Musk’s growing influence at the Texas Capitol. Read More
More and more Americans are ready to call it a day on city living. Whether it’s affordability, remote work or just plain restlessness, more city dwellers are motivated to take their house hunt farther afield. Close to 60% of urban home shoppers searched for listings outside of their metros last…
The United States is set to destroy nearly 500 metric tons of US-taxpayer funded emergency food meant for starving people around the world. The high-energy, nutrient-dense biscuits have been sitting for months in a warehouse in Dubai, according to a former USAID official. Now, because they expire this month, they…
