Washington — Abbe Lowell, a criminal defense attorney who has represented a number of high-profile political clients, is launching a new law firm to push back on President Trump’s crusade against several major practices. Lowell & Associates has hired multiple attorneys who left firms that cut deals with the Trump administration as the president sought
The cost of Medicaid, which covers 90 million low-income Americans, has doubled in 10 years, making it a key issue in spending negotiations. WASHINGTON—House Republicans have yet to reach an agreement on Medicaid spending as a possible committee vote on the matter is less than a week away. Medicaid has emerged as a central issue
She’s the queen of Capitol gains. New Jersey congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (D.) has banked millions of dollars since coming to Congress in 2019, a review of her financial disclosures by the Washington Free Beacon shows. In her 2019 financial disclosures, Sherrill reported assets totaling between $733,209 and $4,321,000. By 2024, those figures had ballooned to
The University of California, Berkeley, received donations from a blacklisted Chinese research university, Chinese Communist Party officials, and a Beijing state-owned chemical company, according to records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The news comes days after the Trump administration launched an investigation into UC Berkeley for allegedly failing to disclose funding from China, including
‘I dropped out of Harvard and came here to serve my country, and it’s been unfortunate to see lost friendships,’ the staffer says. A staffer of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said on May 1 that he dropped out of Harvard University to join the advisory commission and described losing friends and facing social
Supporters of the Salvadoran illegal immigrant held multiple rallies across Washington, alleging that his deportation by the Trump administration was unlawful. WASHINGTON—Protesters held multiple rallies across Washington on May 1, demanding that the Trump administration have Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the United States from confinement in El Salvador. Abrego Garcia, 29, is a Salvadoran
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect