Bob Menendez Hit With Obstruction of Justice Charges in New Indictment

U.S. senator Bob Menendez and his wife were charged with obstruction of justice in a new, 18-count indictment unsealed on Tuesday, adding to corruption charges the New Jersey Democrat already faces. Menendez has pleaded not guilty to earlier charges of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from businessmen to impede law enforcement probes they faced, and

Private Jets and Lobbyist Dance Parties: How Letitia James Uses Campaign Funds To Live the High Life

New York’s attorney general has come under fire for misusing campaign funds New York attorney general Letitia James (C) with Gov. Kathy Hochul (R) at the 2022 Somos conference (Twitter). New York attorney general Letitia James has used her campaign war chest to finance a life of luxury, a Washington Free Beacon review of state

Super Tuesday 2024 live coverage as 16 states vote in today’s primaries

It’s Super Tuesday, and voters are casting their ballots in presidential primaries and caucuses in over a dozen states, awarding over a third of all of the delegates that are available in both the Republican and Democratic nomination primary process.  It won’t be mathematically possible yet for former President Donald Trump to amass enough delegates to

Bill Would Make Maine a Mecca for Transgender Surgery and Abortion

‘It is legislating for all 50 states. No one can interfere with this legal right that will be granted in Maine,’ said a legislator who opposes the measure. A Democrat proposal to make access to “gender-affirming health care” and “reproductive services” a legal right in the state of Maine is being fast-tracked through the State

Rep. Jordan Investigating Whether Eventbrite, GoFundMe Helped Feds Monitor Trump Supporters After Jan. 6

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has issued records requests from the crowd-funding platform GoFundMe and the event-organizing platform Eventbrite, asking whether either organization helped federal authorities keep tabs on supporters of former President Donald Trump. Mr. Jordan sent letters to GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan and Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz on Monday, seeking communications

VA Scraps Plan To Ban WWII Kiss Photo From Facilities After Backlash

The Department of Veterans Affairs is reversing its plan to ban the display of the iconic Times Square kiss photo from World War II after the move elicited backlash on social media.  Veterans Affairs assistant undersecretary RimaAnn Nelson announced in an internal memo late last month that the department would ban from all its health