California Attorney General Rob Bonta received a letter last year warning that an East Bay businessman under federal investigation possessed a recording of him “in a compromising position,” according to documents obtained by the Bay Area News Group. The May 2024 letter was sent by Oakland political operative Mario Juarez, who claimed businessman Andy Duong — later … Read more
A federal judge ruled Friday that the IRS likely broke the law when it agreed to share confidential taxpayer information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and she ordered the practice to halt immediately. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee serving on the federal district court in Washington, D.C., said the agreement amounted to “unlawful … Read more
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) has revealed that the Biden Justice Department secretly collected his phone records for more than two years as part of an expansive investigation known as Operation Arctic Frost. In an interview with Newsmax, Jordan said federal prosecutors subpoenaed his phone metadata from January 2020 through April 2022, an unprecedented span that he … Read more
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) has introduced legislation that would temporarily suspend nearly all immigration to the United States until the federal government enacts sweeping reforms to what he called a “broken and exploited” system. The proposal, known as the PAUSE Act — short for Pause on Admissions Until Security Ensured — would freeze legal immigration … Read more
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries grew visibly upset at a CNBC host this week as she pressed him over extending taxpayer-provided subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as “Obamacare,” which was passed without any Republican support during then-President Barack Obama’s first term. On Friday, Jeffries got into a heated debate with CNBC … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday met the man who once called himself “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” but he found a very different tone inside the Oval Office. Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani were warm and complimentary, focusing on shared goals instead of the sharp public clashes that defined their rise. Trump, who … Read more
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Friday evening that she is resigning from Congress, following a contentious split with President Trump. Greene posted a nearly 11-minute video and a four-page signed resignation letter on X, formally marking the end of her five-year tenure representing Georgia’s 14th District. Her departure follows weeks of escalating tensions with the … Read more
In many respects — from their backgrounds and policy positions to their ages — President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani are starkly different. Yet the parallels in how both men built their political appeal set the stage for their first face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office on Friday. In a remarkable shift … Read more
Texas’ newly redrawn Republican-friendly congressional map is back in place, at least for now, after Justice Samuel Alito temporarily restored the map while the full U.S. Supreme Court considers whether a lower court was correct in striking it down. The map is expected to net Republicans up to five additional seats in the 2026 midterm … Read more
It’s not often that a Grammy-winning artist finds himself at the center of one of the largest campaign-finance scandals in modern American politics. But that is exactly where Prakazrel “Pras” Michel — rapper, producer, and founding member of the iconic group the Fugees — landed. After years of investigations, hearings, and legal twists, Michel has … Read more