Bush paid her husband, Cortney Merritts, more than $150,000 in campaign funds to work as her ‘bodyguard’ Cori Bush, Cortney Merritts (X) Former left-wing congresswoman Cori Bush’s husband was charged on Thursday with defrauding the federal government to illegally collect tens of thousands of dollars in loans under COVID-era small business relief programs. Cortney Merritts,
Department cannot be officially shuttered without Congress Donald Trump, Linda McMahon; Education Dept. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education, a move that he says will strip power from federal bureaucrats and give parents greater control over their children’s education. The order “directs
The only Israel-based reporter on the byline has long pushed anti-Netanyahu bias An Israeli army convoy moves along the border with the Gaza Strip (Amir Levy/Getty Images) ABC News retracted its claim that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) dropped leaflets containing “harrowing messages” in Gaza. An editor’s note said the outlet couldn’t confirm the leaflets’
An agreement to comply would not restore $430 million in federal funding but rather unlock ‘long-term’ negotiations (Getty Images) The Trump administration gave Columbia University a one-day extension to respond to its series of demands, which include a ban on masked protests and the enforcement of disciplinary policies, the Department of Education confirmed to the
‘We want you to show some of the backbone,’ one voter shouted Democrats held a flurry of town halls this week, expecting their voters to rally around them in protest of the Republican agenda. But the move backfired: They faced fiery backlash from liberal constituents who accused the lawmakers of lacking a backbone. “We are
The Biden administration waited nearly a year before designating George Glezmann as wrongfully detained (@jamesfoleyfoundation Instagram) The Trump administration has secured the release of Taliban captive George Glezmann, an American citizen whom the Biden administration failed to designate as “wrongfully detained” for nearly a year, the State Department announced Thursday. “Today, after two and a
The University of California has ended the years-old practice of requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion statements in faculty hiring, its governing board announced Wednesday. “To be clear, stand-alone diversity statements will no longer be permitted in recruitments,” UC provost Katherine S. Newman said in a letter to campus leaders. While applicants may still choose to