For his part, Judge Boasberg praised Judge Howell, who will stay on the bench as a regular district court judge after the conclusion of her legally prescribed seven-year term as its chief. In addition to supervising grand juries, the chief judge administers the Federal District Court system in the capital. …
Read More »John Oliver Wrecks The Entire Fox News Primetime Lineup
The internal messages and texts from Fox News primetime anchors Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham are the gift that keeps on giving to HBO’s John Oliver. Video: Oliver said after reading Rupert Murdoch suggesting that Hannity and Ingraham went too far, “Of course, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham …
Read More »‘History Will Hold Donald Trump Accountable’ for Jan. 6, Pence Says
Former Vice President Mike Pence, delivering his strongest public rebuke yet to the president who made him his running mate, said on Saturday night “that history will hold Donald Trump accountable” for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, which he called “a disgrace.” The annual Gridiron Club Dinner …
Read More »Even On Friendly Fox News, Kevin McCarthy Crumbles When Asked About Giving Tucker Carlson 1/6 Tapes
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) could not come up with anything resembling a sensible answer when asked by Maria Bartiromo if he had any regrets about giving Tucker Carlson the 1/6 tapes. Video: Kevin McCarthy claims to be transparent on the 1/6 tapes, but then adds, “My goal here is transparency …
Read More »Can the United Farm Workers Rise Again?
While the impact of the law remains unclear, it has buoyed the spirits of some farmworkers. Asuncion Ponce started harvesting grapes along the rolling green hills of the Central Valley in the late 1980s. Through the decades, Mr. Ponce has worked on several farms with U.F.W. contracts. Bosses on those …
Read More »Dr. Fauci Isn’t Putting Up With Republican Insanity
Dr. Anthony Fauci said that Republicans have gone off the deep end and asked what he could be prosecuted for. Video: Subscribe To Our Newsletter: CNN’s Jim Acosta asked Fauci for a response to Republican calls for his prosecution, and he answered: There’s no response to that craziness, Jim. I …
Read More »Inside Ron DeSantis’s Politicized Removal of an Elected Prosecutor
A memo that Ms. Lopez sent out days later mirrored that plan, saying, “The legislature makes the law and we, as prosecutors, enforce it.” (She testified that she did not recall consulting with anyone other than her chief of staff.) Two aides to the governor were dispatched to the state …
Read More »Trump Weakened Regulations Then Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed
Banking experts are pointing out that Silicon Valley Bank might have been able to handle interest rate pressures if Trump and congressional Republicans hadn’t rolled back Dodd-Frank banking regulations. The New York Times reported:Some banking experts on Friday pointed out that a bank as large as Silicon Valley Bank might …
Read More »Chinese-Brokered Deal Upends Mideast Diplomacy and Challenges U.S.
The agreement negotiated in Beijing to restore relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran signaled at least a temporary reordering of the usual alliances and rivalries, with Washington left on the sidelines.
Read More »D.C. Data Breach That Included Members of Congress Affected More Than 56,000
WASHINGTON — The data of more than 56,000 people, including Social Security numbers and other personal information, was stolen in a hack of the online health insurance marketplace for members of Congress and Washington, D.C., small businesses and residents, officials said in a statement on Friday night. The D.C. Health …
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