NEW YORK CITY—New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and community organizers and activists have vowed legal action in response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s freeze on the implementation of congestion pricing. The policy of charging commuters entering Manhattan below 60th St. a $15 toll was set to take effect June 30 pursuant to a 2019 statute.
The American Civil Liberties Union and several migrant rights groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday targeting President Biden’s recently announced crackdown on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, challenging the legality of his restrictive immigration policy change just a week after it was enacted. The 29-page lawsuit is the first legal action against Mr. Biden’s attempt to
Washington — A Senate Democrat blocked a Republican-led effort to pass legislation aimed at protecting access to in vitro fertilization on Wednesday amid dueling pushes to safeguard access to the procedure after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling brought the issue center stage earlier this year. Two Senate Republicans, Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Katie Britt
House Republicans sought audio tapes of the president’s interviews with special counsel Hur. Biden has invoked executive privilege over the tapes. WASHINGTON—The House on June 12 voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena to produce audio tapes of President Joe Biden’s interviews with special
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday would not rule out the possibility of President Joe Biden commuting his son Hunter Biden’s sentence after he was convicted this week on three felony charges in a federal gun trial. Speaking to the press aboard Air Force One en route to Italy for a G7 summit,
President Biden plans to sign a bilateral security agreement with the Ukrainian president in Italy during the leaders’ summit. PUGLIA, Italy—President Joe Biden is heading to Europe on Wednesday to attend the Group of Seven (G7) Summit, which will take place in southern Italy from June 13–15. The summit will be held in Puglia, also
The Trump campaign and its closest allies raised nearly $370 million in May, according to Taylor Budowich, CEO of a major PAC. Former President Donald Trump is closing the financial gap between himself and President Joe Biden with the help of billionaire donors. In a June 4 memo, Taylor Budowich, the CEO of the super