One of former President Donald Trump’s lawyers said Thursday that his client is ready to appeal. One of former President Donald Trump’s lawyers said Thursday that his client is ready to appeal as he was found guilty in his New York criminal trial on Thursday. Will Scharf, an attorney for the former president, told CNN
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday against two attempts to use the federal courts to force Congress to comply with access requests for records about official activities. In a pair of unanimous opinions, the same three-judge D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned down journalist Jason Leopold’s effort to make public more than 100 Capitol
Sen. Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, is pushing an aggressive plan to build up the Pentagon budget, a blueprint he says is the “generational investment” needed to keep pace with worldwide threats. As part of the sprawling plan unveiled Wednesday, the Mississippi Republican is proposing a $55 billion increase in
A group of four Democratic and Republican U.S. Senators is renewing calls for the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate claims private military contractors are ripping off the department with unreasonably high invoices for parts and services. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), working with fellow Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa),
Republicans say the ‘Bidenbucks’ executive order is unconstitutional. A group of 12 Republican federal lawmakers urged the Supreme Court this week to consider Pennsylvania state Republicans’ challenge to President Joe Biden’s executive order that escalates government involvement in the voter registration and voter mobilization process. Because the programs outlined in the executive order put federal
The Latino woman is facing five charges in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. A Latino woman active in Florida’s Republican party has been indicted over her alleged actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Barbara Balmaseda, 23, of Miami Lakes, Florida, and the daughter of Cuban immigrants, was indicted
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says Trump verdict will mark an ‘important day’ in U.S. history. The Biden administration has weighed in on former president Donald Trump’s business records falsification criminal trial in New York as jury deliberations are underway in the historic case. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One while en route