George Santos not running for reelection following Ethics report
Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-NY) won’t be running for reelection after all, following a scathing report from the House Ethics Committee. After months of investigating the freshman Representative by a special legislative subcommittee, the Ethics Committee released a 56-page report, which can be read here. Among its many findings, the subcommittee uncovered a “complex web of […]
Fani Willis seeks to revoke Trump co-defendant’s bond
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Wednesday asked a judge to revoke the bond of Harrison Floyd, a co-defendant in the Georgia 2020 election interference case. Floyd, along with former President Trump, is among 19 initial co-defendants who were indicted by a grand jury on racketeering charges related to attempts to overturn Georgia’s Presidential […]
Biden & Xi Jinping craft agreements on military, fentanyl
During a meeting outside San Francisco on Wednesday, President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to resume military-to-military communications and work to curb fentanyl production. In the two world leaders’ first face-to-face discussions in a year, Biden and Xi also agreed to open a presidential hotline, with Biden telling reporters that if either he […]
Starbucks workers strike on Red Cup Day
Members of Starbucks Workers United (SBWU), the coffee giant’s biggest union, were set to strike on Thursday, “Red Cup Day” at the company’s stores. “Red Cup Day (November 16th) is Starbucks’s biggest sales event of the season —and also one of the most infamously hard, understaffed days for the baristas that work them,” SBWU wrote […]
Senate passes House’s stopgap measure, averting shutdown
The Senate voted late Wednesday night in favor of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) stopgap spending measure, averting a government shutdown in less than three days. The vote in the Senate was 87-11 with one Democrat and 10 Republicans voting against it. The bill next heads to Biden to be signed. Johnson’s measure extends funding […]
Biden and Xi Jinping meet in California
President Biden was meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Woodside, California, near San Francisco, on Wednesday, where the two leaders would seek to cool tense U.S.-China relations. During a bilateral meeting Wednesday, Xi said, “The China-U.S. relationship, which is the most important bilateral relationship in the word, should be perceived and envisioned in a […]
European Union to ban Russian diamonds under new sanctions
The European Commission—the executive arm of the European Union—proposed on Wednesday to extend its sanctions against Russia to include a ban on Russian diamonds. The move is part of the 12th round of measures against Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Due to come into effect in January, the latest sanctions are linked […]
FBI Director Wray tells of “multiple investigations” into people “affiliated” with Hamas
FBI Director Chris Wray on Wednesday told the House Homeland Security Committee there have been “multiple investigations into individuals affiliated” with Hamas by federal law enforcement since the terrorist organization’s October 7 attack on Israel. Wray told the committee that the most immediate concerns included Hamas-inspired “homegrown violent extremists” and “domestic violent extremists targeting Jewish […]
NJ First Lady Tammy Murphy to run for Menendez’s Senate seat
Tammy Snyder Murphy, New Jersey’s first lady, announced Wednesday that she’s running for the Senate seat currently held by legally embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D). On social media, Murphy touted her efforts to successfully reduce the maternal mortality rate and improve maternal health in New Jersey during the tenure of her husband, Gov. Phil Murphy […]
Fani Willis seeks emergency seal of evidence following witness video leaks
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday said he would draft an order protecting some evidence from pre-trial disclosure in the Georgia 2020 election interference case. McAfee’s decision followed hearing Wednesday afternoon after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis requested an emergency seal of evidence in the Georgia 2020 election subversion trial. Willis […]
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