We need to have a talk about making the federal bureaucracy work better
One of the interesting things about being in Washington is that things happen here that don't happen anywhere else. For example, one day you might bump into a congressman at the airport or see last week's Sunday talk show guest at lunchtime — something that doesn't happen often in, say, Boston or Charlotte or anywhere […]
Federal prosecutors formally charge suspect Ryan Routh with attempted assassination of Trump
Federal prosecutors have formally charged Ryan Routh with attempting to assassinate former President Trump, Fox News Digital has confirmed. A federal grand jury in Miami handed up an indictment accusing Routh of plotting to assassinate the Republican presidential candidate on September 15 at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The enhanced charges […]
Federal Grand Jury Charges Routh with Attempted Assassination of Trump
A federal grand jury has indicted Ryan Wesley Routh, who was found hiding in bushes near the Trump International Golf Course where former President Donald Trump was playing golf, on charges of attempting to assassinate the president. In a press release on Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Announced Routh was indicted on charges of […]
Federal Prosecutors Officially Charge Ryan Routh With Attempted Assassination Of Donald Trump
This screenshot from AFPTV on September 16, 2024 shows Ryan Wesley Routh being interviewed at a rally calling on foreign leaders and international organizations to provide a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians and Ukrainian military personnel from Mariupol in central Kyiv on April 27, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to US media, Routh, […]
New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks to step down amid federal investigations
New York City Superintendent of Education David Banks, the head of the nation's largest education system, offered to resign at the end of the year on Tuesday. Banks' decision to resign came after federal agents seized his cellphone and other devices earlier this month. Associated Press Other New York City officials also reportedly Subject to […]
Embattled top Mayor Adams aide no longer overseeing NYC migrant contracts as federal probes tighten
A shadow aide to Mayor Eric Adams has stepped down as head of the city's immigration contracting efforts, the latest senior personnel changes to come amid growing federal scrutiny surrounding City Hall. The mayor revealed during his weekly question and answer session on Tuesday that his chief of staff, Camille Joseph Verlach, has taken over […]
Harris calls for eliminating filibuster to pass ‘Roe’ abortion bill into federal law
Vice President Kamala Harris said in the Wisconsin legislature that she supports reinstating Roe v. Wade and eliminating the 60-vote filibuster requirement to federalize abortion access nationwide. Tuesday in an interview with WPR. Eliminating the filibuster, a Senate rule that allows the minority to block legislation while awaiting a supermajority vote, would make it easier […]
Another commissioner leaves Adams admin amid turmoil, federal investigations
City Health Director Ashwin Vasan announced Monday he would step down at the end of the year, becoming the latest to leave the Adams administration as several city officials become targets of federal investigations. Vasan, who has served as New York City's top physician since March 2022, informed City Hall and his own staff of […]
Federal Jury Clears Most ‘Trump Train’ Drivers In 2020 Voter Intimidation Case
A federal jury in Texas on Monday dismissed most of a voter intimidation claim against a group of Trump supporters who surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on Interstate 35 days before the 2020 presidential election, the Associated Press reported. A jury found Eliazar Cisneros liable and acquitted five others in a civil lawsuit over the […]
Interim NYPD commissioner says federal agents searched homes, seized materials
Federal agents had searched his home and seized materials, the New York Police Department's interim commissioner said in a statement posted on social platform X on Saturday. “On Friday, September 20th, federal authorities executed a search warrant at my residence,” Thomas G. Donlon It said in a statement “They took materials I acquired about 20 […]