Rick Scott jumps into Senate GOP leader race to replace Mitch McConnell
Rick Scott entered the Republican Senate leadership election on Wednesday, setting the stage for a potentially crowded race.
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Ex-Fauci top adviser offers apologies and excuses after COVID email revelations
Amid damning COVID emails, Fauci adviser Morens apologizes but offers few answers in tense congressional hearing.
Trump aide Walt Nauta at center of contentious hearing in documents case
Washington — As former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial in New York proceeds to closing arguments next week, the legal focus is moving south. His attorneys and longtime aide Walt Nauta appeared before Florida federal Judge Aileen Cannon, where they sparred with prosecutors during two contentious, day-long hearings on Wednesday. Nauta was charged
Biden Campaign Holds More Than $141 Million in Cash: Filings
In April, the campaign’s top ally, FF PAC, collected $10 million from Future Forward Action USA. President Joe Biden’s fundraising slowed down somewhat in April, but he is not in danger of losing his cash advantage yet. On May 20, two of the funds associated with President Biden’s reelection campaign issued monthly disclosure statements to
Senators grill Biden judicial nominee over transgender inmate transfer request despite sex crimes convictions
Republican Sens. John Kennedy and Ted Cruz grilled judicial nominee Sarah Netburn over her recommendation that a transgender female inmate be transferred to a female prison.
House Passes Landmark Crypto Regulation Bill
The bill would give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission primary jurisdiction to regulate the crypto sector. The House on May 22 approved a key bill that would set up a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency. While the White House has expressed opposition to the legislation, President Joe Biden did not indicate he will veto it. The
Judge agrees to delay Hunter Biden trial in California tax fraud case
Washington — A federal judge in Los Angeles agreed Wednesday to postpone Hunter Biden’s federal criminal trial on tax fraud charges until September. The case was originally scheduled to go to trial on June 20, but Biden’s legal team asked the court for the delay. In court filings, his attorneys argued that a series of