Virginia becomes 8th state to withdraw from anti-voter fraud program
Virginia on Thursday became the eighth GOP-led state to withdraw from a non-partisan voting-integrity partnership. In the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), member states share voter registration and identification data with the aim of preventing any people registered in multiple states from voting in more than one. However, the partnership has been undermined by unsubstantiated […]
Suspects arraigned in Michigan fake electors case
Arraignment was underway Thursday morning for 10 of the 16 suspects charged in Michigan’s alleged fake electors scheme related to the 2020 Presidential Election. Thursday’s arraignment occurred via Zoom from the courtroom of Magistrate Judge Laura Millmore. As of 10:15am ET Thursday, all suspects had pleaded not guilty and were released on $1,000 bond. Each […]
2 Trump aides back in court in classified documents case
Trump aides Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta were back in federal court in Florida Thursday on charges related to the former President’s handling of classified documents. The arraignment of De Oliveira, the property manager at Trump’s Florida country club residence, Mar-a-Lago, was postponed yet again. His Thursday appearance before a magistrate judge, on charges […]
ProPublica publishes “fullest accounting yet” of gifts to Justice Clarence Thomas
Non-profit news outlet ProPublica published Thursday what it called the “fullest accounting yet” of how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas “has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons.” According to ProPublica, the Justice’s network of patronage “is far more extensive than previously understood,” and includes a “cadre of industry titans […]
Presidential candidate and anti-corruption crusader assassinated in Ecuador
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated while leaving a campaign event at a stadium in Quito on Wednesday. The 59-year-old anti-corruption crusader had complained of receiving threats ahead of his murder, which current President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, has blamed on organized crime. On Thursday Lasso declared a two-month state of emergency in the […]
Biden issues executive order restricting investments in Chinese tech
President Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday to restrict high-tech U.S.-based investments going toward China. The order covers advanced computer chips, micro electronics, quantum information technologies and artificial intelligence. “The Biden Administration is committed to keeping America safe and defending America’s national security. That includes appropriately protecting technologies that are critical to the next […]
Special Counsel obtains search warrant for Trump’s Twitter account
A newly-unsealed court filing revealed Wednesday that prosecutors in the office of Special Counsel Jack Smith had obtained a search warrant for former President Trump’s Twitter account. The account was initially suspended two days after the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol “due to risk of further incitement of violence,” according then-Twitter […]
U.S. Capitol Police launch recruitment push
The U.S. Capitol Police kicked off a recruiting campaign on Tuesday amid staffing shortages within the sectors of the agency that protect leadership and investigate threats against Congress members. The sectors, called the Dignitary Protection Division and the Investigations Division, have only previously hired internal candidates. The new recruitment campaign will open the applicant pool […]
Updated version of Covid vaccine to roll out this fall
Updated versions of the Covid-19 vaccine and booster are set to be available by the end of September, after the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention green light them. Three pharmaceutical companies—Moderna, Pfizer and Novavax—are set to offer the updated shots this fall. Both adults and children will be […]
Senator Feinstein briefly hospitalized after suffering a fall
A spokesperson for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she was briefly hospitalized Tuesday after suffering a fall in her home. Spokesperson Adam Russell told the San Francisco Chronicle that the Senator has since returned home. At 90, Feinstein is the oldest member of Congress. She was hospitalized for more than two months earlier this year […]
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