Giorno: 28 Agosto 2023

Internal House GOP memo paints red lines for McCarthy in Congress’ spending fight

EXCLUSIVE: An large, influential bloc of House Republicans is urging Speaker Kevin McCarthy to muscle in key conservative priorities in any short-term spending deal made to avoid a government shutdown.  The 175-member-strong Republican Study Committee (RSC), led by Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., sent an internal memo to lawmakers on Monday calling on them to oppose […]

Nev. Cop Plows Through Burning Man Protesters’ Blockade

A Nevada Ranger drove his police pickup truck through a blockade set up by environmental activists who caused mileslong gridlock in protest of the annual Burning Man event in the state’s Black Rock Desert.

DeSantis directs $1M to secure historically Black college, $100K for families of Jacksonville shooting victims

GOP presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday directed $1 million to bolster security at a historically Black college near the site of what authorities deemed a racially motivated shooting that killed three Black people at a Dollar General in Jacksonville over the weekend. The governor also pledged $100,000 to help the families of […]

White House suggests DeSantis education reform may contribute to racial violence: ‘Don’t think it’s a stretch’

White House officials suggested Monday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ education bills may contribute to the type of racial violence seen in Jacksonville this week. White House Director of the Office of Public Engagement Stephen Benjamin made the statement during a press briefing on Monday. Benjamin addressed the recent “racially motivated” shooting in Jacksonville, and […]

Audit: FEMA Misspent Nearly $27M in COVID Funeral Funds

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials approved enormous amounts of unallowed COVID-19 funeral expenses, according to a newly released internal audit.

Mark Meadows Takes Stand at Hearing to Move Georgia Case

Mark Meadows took the witness stand Monday at a hearing in Atlanta over whether the Trump White House chief of staff should be allowed to fight the Georgia indictment accusing him of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election in federal court.[#item_full_content]

UNC Warns of Armed Person on Campus

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sent out an alert Monday warning of an “armed, dangerous person on or near campus” and urging people to go inside and avoid windows.

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Renowned Astrophysicist: ‘We Would Know’ About UFOs

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson told TMZ that while he supports the Pentagon using some of his tax money to investigate Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, he does not think the U.S. government is secretly covering up the existence of extraterrestrials.

Ex-Ohio Speaker Householder begins 20-year federal prison sentence in Oklahoma

Convicted former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been transferred to Oklahoma to begin his time in federal prison. The 64-year-old Republican had been held in the Butler County Jail in southwestern Ohio since he was sentenced June 29 to 20 years for his role in the largest corruption scheme in Ohio history. He was […]