(Associated Press) New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday appointed a former federal prosecutor and an employment lawyer to investigate allegations that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed female aides.
Joon Kim, who was the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York for parts of 2017 and...
(Headline USA) The Republican National Committee is defending its right to use former president Donald Trump's name in fundraising appeals after he demanded they put an end to the practice.
In a Monday letter to Trump attorney Alex Cannon, RNC chief counsel J. Justin Riemer said the committee “has every...
(Headline USA) Georgia’s state Senate narrowly passed a bill to end no-excuse absentee voting Monday, as Republicans move to restore traditional safeguards and accountability measures that state officials had unilaterally ignored during the 2020 election.
Setting aside questions over whether Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger violated the state constitution in...
(Headline USA) Hundreds of people gathered Monday outside the fortified courthouse for the first day of the trial of a former police officer charged in George Floyd's death, with chants of “No justice, no peace!” and speakers imploring the jurors to “do the right thing.”
In the wake of the...
(Headline USA) Two men wanted in the Jan. 6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol were arrested over the weekend, including one who reportedly served as a bodyguard to former president Donald Trump's longtime political confidant Roger Stone, federal authorities said Monday.
Roberto Minuta allegedly breached the Capitol grounds and “aggressively...
(Associated Press) The Supreme Court is reviving a lawsuit brought by a Georgia college student who sued school officials after being prevented from distributing Christian literature on campus.
The high court sided 8-1 with the student, Chike Uzuegbunam, and against Georgia Gwinnett College.
Uzuegbunam has since graduated, and the public school in...
(Headline USA) Americans who have been fully-vaccinated for coronavirus can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials.
Ironically, today marks the anniversary of a "60 Minutes" interview in which the legacy media-anointed virus expert, Dr. Anthony...
(Headline USA) Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri will not seek a third term in the U.S. Senate, he said Monday in a surprise announcement.
Blunt, who turned 71 in January, was widely expected to seek a third term in 2022.
Before election to the Senate he served seven terms in the...
(Headline USA) Republican state lawmakers are pushing for social media giants to face costly lawsuits for censoring content on their websites, taking aim at a federal law that prevents internet companies from being sued for removing posts.
GOP politicians in roughly two dozen states have introduced bills that would allow...
(Headline USA) A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps to deteriorate election integrity, a move that comes as congressional Democrats press for sweeping voting changes.
His plan was announced during a recorded address on the 56th commemoration of "Bloody Sunday,"...
(Headline USA) The two top Democrats in New York's legislature withdrew their support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment and undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins became the first senior Democrat in the state to say the three-term governor...
(Headline USA) With President Joe Biden on the verge of his first big legislative victory, a swing-vote Democrat said Sunday he's open to changing Senate rules that could allow for more party-line votes to push through other parts of the White House's agenda.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said major...