Biden moves to protect federal workers from Trump ‘deep state’ purge
The Biden administration has finalized rules that could protect the jobs of millions of federal employees as former President Donald Trump promises to “destroy” what he calls the “deep state” if he wins a second term in the White House. President Joe Biden says the new rule will combat corruption and partisan interference to ensure civil servants […]
Border Patrol must care for migrant children it locks up, federal judge rules
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the federal government is responsible when it locks up immigrants, regardless of whether they have been formally processed. Migrants crossing the Mexico-Southern California border have overwhelmed local detention facilities, leaving thousands of people camping in the desert, sometimes for days on end. In the pending case, Flores v. Garland, […]
Biden administration rule makes firing federal workers harder as Trump promises ‘deep state’ revamp
President Biden’s administration is introducing new rules that will make it more difficult to fire federal workers, as former President Trump promises to overhaul the workforce to root out the “deep state.” The White House released the Democratic incumbent’s statement on the “Final Rule to Protect Nonpartisan Public Employees” early Thursday morning. Biden said his […]
Eight nonprofits to administer $20 billion in federal climate funds
Eight nonprofit agencies will administer $20 billion in federal funds designated to combat climate change and reduce pollution. The Biden administration previously announced that these funds, included in Democrats’ 2022 Climate Change, Taxes and Health Care Act, would be administered by a combination of large national agencies and smaller local agencies. But it was unclear […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex Cassie cooperating with federal investigators amid sex trafficking probe: report
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex, Kathy, is reportedly cooperating with authorities as a federal sex trafficking investigation has been launched against him. Cassie, who was in a relationship with the music mogul for 10 years before they split in 2018, began cooperating with law enforcement a few weeks ago, sources said. told TMZ. This suggests that […]
Former federal prosecutor says Trump could be jailed if convicted for falsifying business records
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Wiseman said Tuesday that former President Trump could be sentenced to prison if he is convicted of falsifying business records in his hush money trial in New York, which begins later this month. Ta. President Trump faces 34 felonies for falsifying business records to hide hush money he paid to conceal […]
Federal judge slaps Hunter Biden with major legal defeat in decisive ruling: ‘Defendant offers no facts’
A federal judge handed Hunter Biden a decisive legal defeat on Monday. Earlier this year, Hunter’s lawyers filed eight motions to dismiss criminal tax charges against him. Among other reasons, they argued that the nine indictments should be quashed because: Hunter has immunity stemming from a pretrial diversion agreement that was part of a controversial […]
Michael Avenatti tweets support for Trump’s free speech after gag order from federal prison
Michael Avenatti on Tuesday expressed support for former President Donald Trump’s First Amendment rights in a message posted to the now-incarcerated lawyer’s X account. “When it comes to the First Amendment, don’t be a hypocrite,” the disgraced lawyer wrote. Michael Avenatti was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2022 after being convicted of financial […]
Federal judge rips FDNY members for heckling Letitia James with boos, ‘Trump!’ chants, says incident is about ‘race’
Last month, after New York City Fire Department personnel booed and jeered state Attorney General Letitia James, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said the case was about politics. He said it was about race, not about things. New York Daily News reported. “I’ve lived in New York City all my life. I know what the […]
COVID subcommittee chair asks top science journal editors to testify on relationship with federal government
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, sent a letter Tuesday to the editors of three major scientific journals, warning that their publications and the federal government asked to testify regarding their relationship. Wenstrup wrote to the editors-in-chief of the journals The Lancet, Science, and Nature, requesting them […]