Tag Archives: Politics

Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, will appear at the U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware, on July 26, after reaching a tentative deal with the U.S. attorney in Delaware to enter guilty pleas to two misdemeanor tax charges and admitting to felony gun possession, according to a Justice Department filing.  …

Walt Nauta, an aide to former President Trump, has been indicted along with the former president, according to the federal indictment unsealed Friday.  The 38th count in the indictment against Trump alleges Nauta made false statements and representations during a voluntary interview with the FBI on May 26, 2022.  Specifically, …

Sailors assigned to ships undergoing years-long maintenance periods appear to be at a heightened risk of death by suicide due to inadequate living conditions, a Navy report found.  The chances of a sailor aboard an aircraft carrier committing suicide are approximately two times higher in the shipyard than at sea, …

Washington — Hip-hop star and Fugees member Pras Michel picked up a different kind of microphone as he took the witness stand in Washington, D.C.’s federal courthouse to defend himself in a multimillion-dollar international fraud trial.  “Mic check 1, 2. Mic check 1, 2,” he aptly said at the start …

Amid a series of investigations into allegedly mishandled classified documents, two members of Congress are proposing a series of new, large civil penalties against people in power who fail to properly handle classified records.    Top officials, including U.S. presidents, could have their pensions garnished, their security clearances stripped and face …

Washington — Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, fractured his femur Saturday during a parade celebrating the UConn Huskies’ NCAA men’s basketball title, he said. Blumenthal said on Twitter that he suffered the injury after a fellow parade attendee tripped and fell on him. “Routine surgery tomorrow just to …

Tennessee Republican lawmakers took the first steps Monday to expel three Democratic members from the GOP-dominant House for their role in a recent gun control protest at the state Capitol. Resolutions have been filed against Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after they led chants from the House floor …

U.S. intelligence leaders told lawmakers Wednesday that the Chinese Communist Party remained the “most consequential threat” to U.S. national security, as President Xi Jinping consolidates power and his government takes steps to fuel divides both within the U.S. and between Washington and its allies. Testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee …

Washington — Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York may have “accepted impermissible gifts” related to her appearance at the prestigious Met Gala in 2021, a congressional oversight body said in a report released Thursday. The Office of Congressional Ethics found in a report prepared last June that there was “substantial …

Washington — The leaders of a new House select committee on China defended Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday, saying it was abhorrent and unacceptable for a GOP lawmaker to question her loyalty to the United States based on her Chinese heritage. “One of my colleagues, unfortunately, attacked Judy Chu, …