Top Justice Department official orders firing of some prosecutors who worked on cases against Jan. 6 rioters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Justice Department official orders firing of some prosecutors who worked on cases against Jan. 6 rioters.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Justice Department official orders firing of some prosecutors who worked on cases against Jan. 6 rioters.
Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada has been terminated, nearly three decades after she was appointed in 1997.The federal government's official publication posted the notice Friday evening, indicating that Governor General Mary Simon ordered the termination of Sainte-Marie's appointment on Jan. 3.The National Post first published the story.Sainte-Marie is only the ninth person to be expelled from the Order of Canada in its more than 50-year history, the Office of the Secretary to the Governor G
A loyalist of President Donald Trump misgendered Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who is a transgender woman, on the House floor. While presiding over the House on Thursday, Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) introduced McBride as “the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride.” Rather than take the bait, however, she opted to eviscerate the Trump administration from a policy standpoint.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she will be asking for an expedited review from the province's auditor general, who said this week that he is examining "concerns or allegations related to contracting and potential conflicts of interest" within the province's health authority."We need to get to the bottom of this issue quickly to identify any potential wrongdoing, correct it, and address it appropriately," Smith said in a statement Saturday morning. This marked Smith's first comment on the is
We sifted through reports and read through every day of Biden's public calendar to assess the claim that he spent 40% of his presidency on vacation.
President Donald Trump called House Democrats “lunatics” at an exclusive Mar-a-Lago dinner attended by top GOP Senate leaders on Friday. The New York Post reported that the president made the remark in reference to Friday morning reports that over a dozen Democratic lawmakers attempted to enter the Department of Education’s building. The representatives, including Reps. Mark Takano, Suzanne Bonamici, Maxine Waters, and Greg Casar, went to request a meeting with acting education secretary Denise
MAGA diehard Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is mulling a run at both Georgia’s governorship and the U.S. Senate. The conspiracy theorist, who has made a name for herself as one of President Donald Trump’s loudest supporters in the House of Representatives, was pressed on Thursday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about whether she would take a stab at Democrat Jon Ossoff’s Senate seat, which is in play next year. “Of course, I’m considering all possibilities,” she said on the outlet’s “P
The Trump administration announced a $7 billion arms sale to Israel, including munitions and missiles, just days after Congress blocked an initial deal. The State Department said Friday that it approved $6.75 billion in munitions, guidance kits, fuzes and munitions support, including 2,166 GBU-39/B small-diameter bombs, for sale to Israel. In the other part of…
Multiple members of Congress were denied entry to the Department of Education on Friday, according to videos and social media posts from lawmakers. “They are blocking members of Congress from entering the Department of Education! Elon is allowed in and not the people? ILLEGAL,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said in a post on the…
Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ellen Weintraub declared Thursday evening that a lay-off notice she received from President Donald Trump will not be enough to remove her from her position. “Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair of @FEC,” Weintraub wrote on X Thursday. “There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners—this isn’t it. I’ve been lucky to serve the American people & stir up some good trouble along the way. That’s not changing anyt
Lawmakers rallied around the HALT Fentanyl Act on Thursday, successfully passing the legislation in the House to classify the opioid as a Schedule I controlled substance in an effort to solidify harsher punishments for using or selling the drug. Republicans asserted their majority to usher in the new bill with a 312-108 vote, earning significant…
House GOP and Democratic leaders have initiated a war of preemptive blame, each faulting the other’s party if Congress can’t prevent a government shutdown next month. “Republicans have been busy. There’s an ongoing internal GOP Civil War around the budget,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Friday. “We have to get serious about sitting down with Senate Republicans, Senate Democrats, House Democrats, and the administration in order to reach an agreement in advance of March 14.” House S
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the swing state’s nonpartisan top elections official, who has been targeted for removal by Republican lawmakers over the 2020 presidential election, can remain in her post despite not being reappointed and confirmed by the state Senate.
CHICAGO (AP) — Shortly after he was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy circulated a memo that instructed his department to prioritize families by, among other things, giving preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average when awarding grants.
Speculation is once again mounting that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ wife, first lady Casey DeSantis, is considering running to succeed him in 2026. The topic was brought up at a gathering of Republican donors in Palm Beach County last week, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing five people “directly familiar” with the event and the Florida first lady’s thought process. The Florida governor is set to leave office in early 2027 as he faces term limits, and his wife, a former news anchor, has often
NASA’s acting administrator said in a Friday email to staff that employees should take an open-minded approach to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s efforts to gain efficiencies.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress can enact much of their legislative agenda, they have to deal with some unfinished business — completing work on the current budget year's spending bills. It's a task that by all accounts is not going well.
A federal judge early Saturday blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team from accessing the Treasury Department payment system, the latest in a series legal orders against the Trump administration.
The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who was recorded violently tackling and pepper-spraying a woman while she filmed a man being handcuffed was found guilty of excessive force Thursday, according to federal prosecutors.
The B.C. Supreme Court has found Mounties in Vernon, B.C., committed "numerous and flagrant breaches" of an accused drug dealer's Charter rights, using a hit-and-run investigation as a "ruse" to ensnare him for trafficking.