The D.C. Beat
Congressman Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) announced his run for re-election in March for Idaho’s 1st Congressional District. Fulcher has held the seat since 2018. He was re-elected to his latest term in 2022 by winning a three-way general election 71% to 26%, with a third-party candidate garnering 2%. Fulcher said in a statement announcing his re-election […]
The New York Court of Appeals will not hear former President Donald Trump’s gag order appeal. In a very short opinion from the court, they said, “Appeal dismissed without costs, by the Court sua sponte, upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved.” Citation Trump, who was convicted last month by a […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out a case that sought to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s expansion of the abortion pill mifepristone. In a 9 to 0 opinion, the highest court in the United States said that the doctors and medical groups challenging the FDA’s expansion of the drug lacked standing in the […]
Update on 6/14/2024 at 5:30 p.m. MT: ATF Director Steven Dettlebach director released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court striking down the bump stock ban: “As the 2017 massacre of nearly 60 people at a concert in Las Vegas made clear, weapons equipped with bump stocks pose an unacceptable level of risk to public […]
The U.S. House voted 216 to 207 to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress yesterday. Garland has so far refused to turn over the audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Investigator Robert Hur. He has said he has no legal requirement to do so, while GOP House members say that […]
President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was convicted on three felony gun charges today, making him the first child of a President of the United States to be convicted of a felony. Biden’s defense team said they intend to pursue all legal remedies, including appealing the conviction. Biden also faces another trial in September for […]
President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was convicted on three felony gun charges today, making him the first child of a President of the United States to be convicted of a felony. Biden’s defense team said they intend to pursue all legal remedies, including appealing the conviction. Biden also faces another trial in September for […]
Hunter Biden has been found guilty by a Delaware jury on three felony gun charges. It is the first time in U.S. history that a child of the President of the United States has been convicted of a felony. Prosecutors spent the trial reviewing Biden’s past statements from his memoir and text messages. They told […]
Update on 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time on June 10th, 2024: Jury deliberations began this afternoon as Hunter Biden did not end up testifying in the trial. Original Story Below. President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is on trial in Delaware, where he is facing three felony gun charges from a revolver he bought in October […]
Judge Merlan notified counsel in former President Donald Trump’s case that a hearing would be today at 10:00 a.m. ET regarding a comment made on Facebook a day before the Trump verdict was read. Trump was convicted by a New York Jury on 34 felony counts, making him the first former President of the United […]
Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says that Congress must act after a judge ordered Steve Bannon to go to prison on July 1 for not complying with a congressional subpoena issued by the “January 6th Committee” in September 2021. In November of 2021, Bannon was charged for not appearing before Congress after he claimed executive privilege. […]
This article contains Republican reactions (for Democrat reactions, click here, or Trump’s initial reaction, click here) to former President Donald Trump’s felony convictions after a Manhattan, New York jury found him guilty last week. It was the first time in United States history that a former president was convicted of a crime. In the aftermath […]