EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Trump Advisor Purged From Federal Elections Board After Left-Wing Pressure Campaign, Emails Show
A federal agency did not reappoint a former Trump advisor to an elections advisory board after a left-wing activist group threatened to launch a public criticism campaign, according to emails obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who is now the senior legal fellow at the Conservative Partnership Institute, was appointed […]
Top lawmaker shares ‘biggest fear’ about her kids’ data online as Congress eyes federal privacy rules
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) said her “biggest fear” as a parent is that her child’s sensitive data would be misused online, and that it would harm herself and millions of others. He said he aims to allay those fears among Americans. New federal data privacy standards. “There’s very dangerous activity […]
Supreme Court to debate ‘sleeper’ case that could affect Trump federal prosecution
The “sleeper” case could upend the nation’s most high-profile criminal prosecution. And how the U.S. Supreme Court decides the fate of the unnamed Capitol riot defendant will have immediate legal and political implications for the former president and perhaps future presidents. The justices on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the appeal of Joseph Fisher, one […]
Less than 1-in-4 U.S. adults hold favorable view of federal government: poll
A new poll shows less than a quarter of the U.S. population has a positive opinion of the federal government. The Pew Research Center released a report Thursday based on research from the American Trends Panel, pointing to a shift in the public’s perception of government at the local, state and federal levels. The survey […]
Judge rejects Hunter Biden’s ‘nonsensical’ bid to dismiss federal gun case
A federal judge in Delaware on Friday denied an effort to have the firearms charges against Hunter Biden dismissed, rejecting his eldest son’s claims that the incident was politically motivated. Lawyers for the 54-year-old son of President Biden’s embattled president told U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika in December that he was a felon in possession […]
A judge denied a motion to dismiss federal gun charges against Hunter Biden
A federal judge on Friday rejected Hunter Biden’s request to dismiss a firearms case that his lawyers said was politically motivated. U.S. District Judge Mariellen Noreika upheld all of Biden’s motions, citing retaliatory and selective prosecution, thereby allowing the case to proceed to trial. President Biden’s son is accused of lying about drug use on […]
Biden rids COVID executive order requiring masks in federal buildings
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Friday rescinded several COVID-19 executive orders. That includes one imposed on his first day in office to require people to wear masks inside federal facilities. Biden’s Executive Order 13991 The document, titled “Protecting Federal Employees and Requiring Mask-Wearing,” states that outgoing President Donald Trump and his aides rarely wear masks […]
Tennessee requires law enforcement to report illegal migrants to federal authorities under new law
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed a bill Thursday that requires local law enforcement agencies to report illegal immigrants to federal authorities. Associated Press report. While other Democratic-controlled cities and states across the country have chosen to continue implementing so-called “sanctuary” policies that prohibit local and state police from working with U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
House passes bill to reauthorize federal spying power on foreign targets until 2026
House of Representatives passed invoice On Friday, an amendment that would have reauthorized the federal government’s spying powers against foreign targets through 2026 but required a warrant to search data on American citizens collected in the process failed. At least 126 Republicans and 147 Democrats voted in favor of reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign […]
CISA confirms Russian-linked hackers tapped into correspondence between federal agencies, Microsoft
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday I checked the previous report Russian-linked hackers reportedly intercepted communications between federal agencies and Microsoft. The agency issued an emergency directive on Thursday that requires government agencies affected by the breach to “identify the full content of agency communications related to compromised Microsoft accounts and conduct […]