Wisconsin Dem fighting re-election battle under fire for blasting same tax loopholes exploited by her partner
Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin has a long history of criticizing tax loopholes for the rich, despite her partner’s career reportedly helping ultra-high-net-worth clients pay less in taxes. Labeled by Morgan Stanley as one of its “private wealth advisors,” Maria Brisbane, Baldwin’s partner since 2018, works to deliver “tax minimization strategies” for her clients at Read More
New Louisiana law requires display of Ten Commandments in classrooms, civil rights groups plan to challenge
Louisiana is the first state to require the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law Wednesday. Under the legislation, H.B. 71, a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” is required in all public classrooms, from kindergartens to Read More
Fox News Politics: Clinton Bash Rakes in Biden Cash
Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington, D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. What’s happening… – Fox News crushes CNN, NY Times and other competitors in news-heavy May – Biden’s senior aides are concerned that he has no serious plans to beat Trump – Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes Read More
Indiana Republican says US attorney ‘declined’ to prosecute threat against his daughters and wife
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is questioning why a federal prosecutor declined to bring charges against a man who threatened his family while the Justice Department has prosecuted similar threats against Democrats – but the DOJ is denying a double standard. Aaron Thompson, 33, of Fort Wayne, pleaded guilty in October to felony and misdemeanor charges Read More
Accused migrant rapist passed through border hot spot at the center of Texas, Biden feud
The rape of a 13-year-old girl in New York City, allegedly by an Ecuadorian illegal immigrant, has put one of the most controversial areas of the southern U.S. border back in the spotlight. Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi, a 25-year-old illegal migrant from Ecuador, was arrested in connection with the rape of the young girl Thursday, with Read More
Bill and Hillary Clinton tap into their money men for Biden’s battle against Trump
President Biden is adding to his campaign war chest, thanks to help from the Clintons. The president’s 2024 re-election campaign says Biden hauled in $8.1 million at a fundraiser where he was joined by former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State and former Sen. Hillary Clinton, who was the Democrats’ 2016 standard-bearer. The Read More
As GOP calls Biden’s oil reserve depletions election-year politics, figures show he’s sold off the most
In April 2022, the White House celebrated the Biden administration’s sale of the first 30 million of an eventual 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which seemed an unprecedented election year move at the time. In May, the Energy Department similarly celebrated a planned liquidation of 1 million barrels from Read More
High-level US-Israel meeting ‘canceled,’ per source, as WH official says details not ‘fully finalized’
A high-level meeting planned between U.S. and Israeli officials regarding Iran’s nuclear program was canceled after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized a lack of U.S. military aid, a source told Fox News, while a White House official pushed back on the claim. Senior officials had planned to meet Thursday following new revelations about Iran’s Read More
Jan 6 subpoenas against Trump aides would be revoked under new bill
There is a new House GOP-led effort to revoke subpoenas that the House select committee on Jan. 6 sent to key aides of former President Trump. Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Eric Burlison, R-Mo., introduced a resolution on Tuesday to rescind subpoenas that the now-defunct committee sent to Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows, Read More
Texas court finds Kerry Max Cook innocent of 1977 murder, ending decades-long quest for exoneration
The Texas Criminal Court of Appeals cited stunning allegations of prosecutorial misconduct that led to Cook spending 20 years on death row.