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Former Presidential Candidate Arrested By ICE To Remain In Detention
A prominent Haitian businessman and former presidential candidate accused of working with armed gangs in Haiti will have to remain in US immigration custody for the time being. Pierre Reginald Boulos recently appeared in immigration court and will have to return next month because a judge at the Krome North Service Processing Center determined he could not be freed, the…
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Mamdani’s Socialist Allies To Primary Hakeem Jeffries, Other N.Y. House Dems
considering primary challenges next year against several congressional Democrats in New York City, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. However, a senior political advisor to Jeffries has vowed that anyone attempting to unseat the top Democrat in the House during next year’s primaries will face a “forceful and unrelenting” response, Fox News is reporting. Mamdani, the 33-year-old Ugandan-born democratic socialist…
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Military Pay at Risk as Shutdown Drags On Despite Trump’s Temporary Fix: Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson warned Wednesday that the Trump administration’s effort to keep military families paid during the ongoing government shutdown is only a temporary fix that could soon expire. During a press conference at the Capitol, Johnson said the administration’s move to reroute Pentagon funds to cover military paychecks is a short-term measure that cannot continue indefinitely, Politico reported. “The…
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White House: Shutdown Layoffs Will Be ‘North Of 10,000’
White House budget director Russ Vought is projecting that over 10,000 federal employees will be terminated due to the current government shutdown. Vought pledged to “continue the RIFs,” alluding to the reduction-in-force notifications issued by agencies to terminate government employees on Friday. Shortly after Vought’s statement, a federal judge in California introduced ambiguity into Vought’s commitment by prohibiting the layoffs…
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Indicted Letitia James Reportedly Housing ‘Fugitive’ Relative In Va. Home
Embattled New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is herself under indictment, is now facing fresh scrutiny after reports surfaced that she has been housing a fugitive relative in her Virginia home for the past five years. According to the Daily Mail, James’s grandniece, Nakia Thompson, has been living with her three children in the attorney general’s three-bedroom property in…
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James Comey Seeks to Toss Criminal Case Due to Trump-Appointed Prosecutor
Former FBI Director James Comey is challenging the legality of President Donald Trump’s appointment of Lindsey Halligan as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, arguing that her installation was ‘unlawful’ and that any actions taken under her authority — including his indictment — should be dismissed. In a notice filed Tuesday, Comey’s attorneys informed the U.S. District Court in…
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Trump Refuses to Take Question From ABC Reporter, Citing Vance Interview
President Donald Trump refused to take a question from an ABC News reporter at a White House event Tuesday, denouncing the network as “fake news” in response to a recent interview between ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos and Vice President JD Vance. “After what you did with Stephanopoulos and the vice president of the United States, I don’t take questions from…
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Supreme Court Declines To Hear ‘Fake 2020 Elector’ Case From Michigan
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from Clifford James Frost, a Michigan Republican charged in connection with efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Frost was among 16 individuals who signed documents falsely claiming that then-President Donald Trump won Michigan, despite the state’s certified results showing Joe Biden’s victory. He argued that Michigan…
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CNN’s Bash Belittles Jeffries On-Air Over ‘Schumer Shutdown’
CNN anchor Dana Bash took House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to task during an interview this week over the “Schumer Shutdown.” At one point during the interview, Bash suggested that, based on what the New York Democrat previously said, there is room for negotiation between what his party and majority Republicans want in terms of what it will take to…
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House Dems March on Speaker Johnson’s Office, Demand Grijalva Be Sworn In
Several dozen House Democrats marched to Speaker Mike Johnson’s office Tuesday evening, demanding the immediate swearing in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, three weeks after she won the special election to fill the seat left vacant by her late father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona. Chanting “swear her in,” members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and other lawmakers walked into Johnson’s…
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