Former state House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges were convicted Thursday in a $60 million bribery scheme that federal prosecutors have called the largest corruption case in state history. A jury in Cincinnati found the two guilty of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering …
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The Veterans Justice Commission, led by onetime Pentagon chiefs Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta, are recommending that the government come up with new ways to make sure that courts take military service into account when former service members are prosecuted. That suggestion came after reports that a concerning number of …
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The U.S. Capitol Police investigated about 7,500 cases of potential threats against members of Congress in 2022, an agency spokesperson said Tuesday. That number is historically high, but slightly down from 2021, when there were 9,600, and 2020, when there were 8,600 cases of potential threats against federal lawmakers. The …
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Washington — Doctors successfully removed cancerous skin tissue from first lady Jill Biden’s chest and face during a scheduled procedure Wednesday, according to a letter from Kevin O’Connor, the White House physician. O’Connor said the first lady was “feeling well” and would return to the White House later Wednesday. Surgeons …
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Phoenix — An Arizona death row inmate has withdrawn his request to be executed. In a handwritten motion dated Wednesday and addressed to the Arizona Supreme Court, Aaron Gunches cited three recent executions he said were “carried out in a manner that amounts to torture,” noting that Arizona Department of …
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Washington — The $1.7 trillion spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown unveiled early Tuesday includes a ban on the use of TikTok on federal government devices, in what would be the most significant restriction on the app to date. The 4,155-page spending bill, which was released overnight and has …
Read More »Rep. Lee Zeldin will not challenge Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, putting McDaniel one step closer to reelection despite a disappointing midterm cycle for Republicans, although she still faces two challengers so far. Zeldin, the 2022 GOP gubernatorial nominee in New York whose campaign is credited with helping flip …
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are spending Thanksgiving on Nantucket with other members of their extended family, as per their family’s tradition. The Bidens, along with their two-year-old grandson Beau, visited firefighters at a Nantucket firehouse to thank them for their hard work. The White House said …
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With the House Judiciary Committee’s gavel and subpoena power close at hand, Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, is getting ready to launch his first investigations of the Biden administration, starting Friday with what he has recently referred to as the administration’s “anti-parent directives.” It’s the type of request from …
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Former President Donald Trump is at the center of trials holding proceedings in three different New York City courtrooms Monday. The cases range from civil to criminal, state and federal. Trump is named in one lawsuit in the Bronx, his company is named in a Manhattan criminal case and a …
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