A furious Republican senator wants answers from FBI Director Kash Patel, according to a new report. MS NOW reported Thursday that Republican Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley “demand[ed] that Patel turn over information about his flights on FBI aircraft and about the FBI’s purchase of BMW vehicles, which was first reported in December.” Grassley, the … Read more
A bipartisan group of senators will launch Thursday a new effort to force President Donald Trump to restore a popular and critical program his administration cut, according to a new report. Sens. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno (R-OH), and Andy Kim (D-NJ) will introduce a new bill to bring back a … Read more
A D.C. judge refused to bar three-time Olympian David Hearn from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Thursday, rejecting a government demand hours after he pleaded not guilty to a felony charge. Hearn, 67, faces up to 10 years in prison on a single count of destruction of property — a charge U.S. Attorney for … Read more
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was called out by name after the Justice Department violated a federal judge’s sealing order by discussing a sealed case at a press conference, a magistrate judge ruled Thursday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally had ordered U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros, of the Northern District of Illinois, into court after … Read more
Friends, This week, on their first day of trading on the Nasdaq-100 stock index, SpaceX’s shares dropped 6.8% to $149.47. That’s above their IPO price of $135, but down from a peak above $200, and below the $150 price where shares began trading on June 12. SpaceX’s decline disappointed investors who wagered that inclusion … Read more
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) is harassing a Virginia prosecutor by dragging her into a closed-door deposition—and she’s refusing to go quietly, according to a new report. Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, the top prosecutor for Arlington County and Falls Church, is calling out Jordan for subpoenaing her to answer questions about her handling of a … Read more
The White House’s top spokesman went after one of the reporters behind a story on President Donald Trump’s abrupt Air Force One switch, branding her a liar and questioning whether she even counts as a journalist. Communications director Steven Cheung, known for his fiery outbursts, wrote on X that “Carol Leonnig is a liar … Read more
A “giant tarp” printed to resemble the columns it now covers has been quietly draped over an area of the White House one Trump appointee wants to redo so it will resemble Mar-a-Lago, witnesses reported on Thursday. Scaffolding at the White House’s North Portico entrance was covered Wednesday as construction crews continued a makeover … Read more
President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the Holy See personally called a Vatican cardinal to ask for an apology and help identify “who was lying about this meeting” after a leak cast the United States as strong-arming the pope. Brian Burch, a longtime conservative Catholic activist and former CatholicVote president, disclosed the episode in a … Read more
New court documents allege that pro-MAGA podcaster Steve Bannon was a secret operative helping President Donald Trump and the White House extort nearly $1 billion from the nation’s top law firms. Trump’s personal lawyer, Boris Epshteyn, is also named alongside Bannon. Bloomberg Law reported on Tuesday that Epshteyn connected at least two firms to … Read more
