Judge Allows Texas Attorney General Paxton’s Trial to be Moved to Houston

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday upheld a decision that allows embattled state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s securities fraud trial to be moved to Houston from his hometown near Dallas. The charges reach back to 2015. Paxton has spent years fighting to keep the trial on his home turf in Collin County, where […]

White House Kicks off Juneteenth Celebration with South Lawn Concert

President Biden on Tuesday denounced racism as “still too powerful” during the White House’s kick-off of this year’s Juneteenth holiday celebrations, which included a concert on the South Lawn.  In 2021, President Biden signed the legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday. Though President Lincoln had announced the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, it was […]

Judge Allows E. Jean Carroll to Pursue Amended Lawsuit Against Trump

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday ruled that writer E. Jean Carroll can pursue a $10 million defamation suit against former President Trump. Carroll had filed her most recent complaint in Manhattan federal court almost exactly two weeks after a jury awarded her $5 million on May 9 in her initial suit against Trump. […]

Blinken to Travel to China This Weekend

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to travel to China this weekend on a diplomatic mission to try to tamp down heightened tensions. The trip is one that had initially been scheduled for the weekend of February 4-5. However, the revelation of a Chinese spy balloon crossing the continental U.S.—which was eventually shot down […]

Buttigieg Promises Federal Help to Repair Collapsed Section of I-95

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday promised a variety of federal aid to help repair a collapsed portion of Interstate-95—the East Coast’s main north-south highway.  “We are here to help with funding, technical expertise, and anything else needed to rebuild quickly,” Buttigieg said following a tour of the rebuilding site.”Emergency relief funds have been made […]

White House Stresses Biden Not Involved in DOJ Decisions amid Trump Arraignment

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stressed on Tuesday that President Biden is categorically not involved in any decisions by the Department of Justice to indict former President Trump.  “That is why we have been very, very consistent,” Jean-Pierre added. “When it comes to criminal cases, we just do not comment.” Her insistence came as […]

Delivery of Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons to Belarus Begins

President Alexander Lukashenko late Tuesday said Belarus has begun taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons. The warheads are shorter range and on the less powerful scale, but still three times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945, Lukashenko said.  “We have missiles and bombs that we have received from Russia,” […]

Trump Booked and Arraigned on Federal Charges in Miami

Donald Trump was booked and arraigned on federal criminal charges at the U.S. Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday—a first for a former President ever in U.S. history. He did not have his mugshot taken (an existing photo was submitted), but he was fingerprinted electronically, without ink. He also had his birthdate and social security number […]

U.S. Lawmakers Call to Punish South Africa over Support for Russia

A bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers are calling for the U.S. to punish South Africa for its continuing to support Russia despite Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. In a letter dated June 9 that was first revealed Monday by the New York Times, the lawmakers call on Secretary of State Antony Blinken and top U.S. trade […]

DHS to Reinstate Temporary Protected Status for Thousands of Immigrants

Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it was reinstating the policy of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of immigrants that had been ended under the Trump Administration. The renewed policy impacts immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua and “the extension of TPS for these for countries for 18 months,” DHS said in […]

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