A federal district court rejected two Republicans’ challenge to a redistricting plan in November 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court decided Jan. 13 against hearing an appeal in a racial gerrymandering case where North Dakota took the unusual step of asking the justices to reconsider its own lower court victory. A gerrymander is the political manipulation
‘He’s not liberal or conservative. He’s just a commonsense person, which is beautiful,’ the president-elect told the Washington Examiner. President-elect Donald Trump said he was very impressed with Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) following their meeting over the weekend, calling him a “fascinating man” with common sense. Trump touted his hourlong visit with the Pennsylvania Democrat
Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, will begin the Senate confirmation process on Jan. 14. The U.S. Senate is set to begin hearings on Jan. 14 to consider the first of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Much of the attention during the hearings is likely to focus on Pete Hegseth, a former Minnesota Army National
Weeks after President Joe Biden pardoned his son back to 2014, David C. Weiss disputed Biden’s assertion that ‘raw politics’ influenced his prosecution. The special counsel assigned to investigate Hunter Biden defended his work and criticized President Joe Biden’s pardon for his son in a final report made public days before the president is slated
Biden maligned DOJ prosecutors ‘based solely on false accusations,’ special counsel report says Special counsel David Weiss savaged President Joe Biden for his attacks on the Justice Department’s prosecution of Hunter Biden for tax and gun crimes, writing in a report delivered to Attorney General Merrick Garland and made public on Monday that the president’s
‘We have zeroed in on an American offering outrageous prices,’ CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt wrote PANAMA CITY, Fla.—CNN chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt refused to apologize Monday for falsely accusing a Navy veteran of operating in a “black market” to profiteer off Afghans fleeing their homes. Instead, Marquardt gave conflicting testimony, boasted about his
House Speaker Mike Johnson said alleged failures of state and local leaders should be a factor that determines any conditions on federal aid. WASHINGTON—Any disaster relief funding issued by Congress in response to recent wildfires in Los Angeles may come with policy conditions, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Jan. 13. The wildfires, which began