Anti-Israel agitators shut down Senate cafeteria; around 50 arrested
More than 50 people were arrested Tuesday after the Senate cafeteria was shut down by anti-Israel protesters chanting "Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats!"
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Pence worries TikTok bill could get lost in 'fog of presidential politics,’ urges Senate vote
Former Vice President Mike Pence is concerned that a bipartisan effort to force popular social media app TikTok to cut ties with China will fall victim to presidential politics ahead of the November election, which promises to be fiercely competitive.
Parents are struggling with high prices this year. It may shape how they vote
Any parent will tell you it's the hardest job, and many say it's gotten more difficult because everyday expenses have increased in recent years.
Democrats Pitch Renaming Federal Prison After Donald Trump
In response to a Republican proposal to rename an airport near Washington, D.C., after former president Donald Trump, a trio of House Democrats on Friday pitched renaming a federal prison after Trump instead.
Georgia inmate serving life mailed bombs from prison to D.C. office building, Alaska court, feds charge
A man serving a life sentence for kidnapping and other crimes while in a Georgia prison built two bombs which he mailed to a District of Columbia office building and the federal courthouse and building in Anchorage, Alaska, prosecutors allege. The accused bomb maker, 55-year-old David Cassady, allegedly put the two explosive devices into the mail at his prison in Tattnall County on Jan. 24, 2020, according to an indictment issued by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Statesboro, Georgia. The bomb that went to Washington, D.C., was mailed to the Bond Building, whose office tenants include the Department of Justice. The indictment alleges Cassady made and sent the bombs with the intent to "to maliciously damage or destroy, by means of fire or explosive, a building in whole or in part owned or possessed by, or leased to, the United States," and "created substantial risk of injury to a person." Neither bomb exploded. Cassady is charged with one count of m
Kevin McCarthy Gets Mocked Hard Over Georgetown University Speaking Event
Kevin McCarthy’s stint as House speaker will forever be notorious for the way he backed up former President Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election that led to the 2021 insurrection and aided the Republican Party in opposing a peaceful transfer of power to President Joe Biden.
Judge in Trump hush money case rejects attempt to delay trial with immunity defense
The judge presiding over Donald Trump's falsifying business records case shot down his bid to use presidential immunity as part of his defense, finding the former president waited too long to raise the issue.
Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.