Washington — Top Democrats in Congress called for President Trump to be “condemned forcefully” after he said on social media that Democratic lawmakers who urged members of the military to disobey illegal orders should be arrested and face trial for “seditious behavior.” The president said in a later post, “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” He
Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida was indicted in federal court Wednesday for allegedly stealing millions of dollars in federal emergency funds and routing some of it to her campaign account. The Justice Department alleges that in 2021, a year before Cherfilus-McCormick was elected to Congress, a company that she ran called Trinity Healthcare Services was
A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump’s months-long deployment of thousands of National Guard forces to the streets of Washington, D.C., violates federal law. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb sided with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, who sued the federal government over the Guard deployment, arguing it exceeded the president’s legal authority. But the
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a cardiologist of Cheney’s for 27 years, and a friend, spoke first. Cheney suffered his first heart attack at the age of 37, during his first campaign for Congress. Reiner said that Cheney’s doctors at the time wanted him to quit the campaign trail. “They didn’t know Dick Cheney. Or more likely,
One day after a Trump-appointed federal judge helped toss out Texas’ redistricting effort, a Reagan-appointed judge penned a heated and invective-filled dissent accusing his fellow jurist of “cherry-picking of the highest order.” A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 on Tuesday that Texas must set aside the new congressional maps that it drew earlier this year, with
President Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will have a meeting at the White House on Friday, the president said Wednesday in a post on Truth Social. Mr. Trump said the meeting will take place at the Oval Office, with “further details to follow.” Mamdani’s team confirmed the meeting. “As is customary for
Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida was indicted in federal court Wednesday for allegedly stealing millions of dollars in federal emergency funds and routing some of it to her campaign account, the Justice Department said in a statement. The Justice Department alleged that in 2021, a year before Cherfilus-McCormick was elected to Congress, a health