Giorno: 16 Maggio 2024

House committee demands Biden agency staff reveal travel history amid electioneering claims

EXCLUSIVE: Republican leaders in the House and Senate sent a joint letter Thursday morning to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) demanding travel schedules, official calendars and other documents from the cabinet agency amid allegations it is involved in partisan voter registration outreach in key swing states like Michigan. Republican Rep. Roger Williams of Texas […]

Trump Asks New York’s High Court to Intervene on Merchan Gag Order

Donald Trump is seeking to have New York’s highest court intervene in his fight over a gag order that has seen him fined $10,000 and threatened with jail for violating a ban on commenting about witnesses, jurors, and others connected to the trial.[#item_full_content]

RNC’s Tommy Pigott to Newsmax: Trump Called Biden’s Bluff on Debates

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “is a fighter” and “called the bluff on the Biden campaign,” Republican National Committee Communications Director Tommy Pigott told Newsmax on Thursday.

Report: Biden Planning Executive Order to Close Border

President Joe Biden is planning to announce executive action allowing him to close the U.S.-Mexico border when the number of immigrants coming into the United States climbs to 4,000 per day, according to a new report.[#item_full_content]

Slovakia: Leftist ‘Lone Wolf’ Charged With Shooting PM Fico

The Slovak interior minister said Thursday that a “lone wolf” has been charged in the shooting that seriously wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico and prompted soul-searching among leaders in the deeply divided society.[#item_full_content]

‘Let Trump Speak Act’ to ban gag orders on defendants put forward by House GOP

FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Andy Ogles is introducing the “Let Trump Speak Act” on Thursday to prohibit judges from issuing gag orders to defendants, like former President Trump, in any criminal or civil proceeding.  “We have watched for years as a politically-weaponized Department of Justice and Democrat activist judges have gone after President Donald J. […]

Hunter Biden Benefactor Running Low on Cash

The Hollywood entertainment lawyer who has financially supported Hunter Biden told people he’s running out of resources to help fund the first son’s legal defense, Politico reported.[#item_full_content]

Georgia’s leader vows to veto ‘Russia law’ aimed at curbing foreign influence, calling it unacceptable

A controversial media bill passed this week by Georgia’s parliament is “unacceptable” and will be vetoed, President Salome Zourabichvili said Thursday, reaffirming her opposition to a measure that critics say is a threat to free speech. In an interview with The Associated Press, Zourabichvili harshly criticized the ruling Georgian Dream party for pushing the bill […]

Thai pro-cannabis advocates rally as government moves to recriminalize

Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates gathered Thursday at the health ministry on the outskirts of the Thai capital, Bangkok, to oppose the government’s plan to relist the plant as a narcotic, two years after it was decriminalized. The rally came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin last week said he would like the plant to be relisted […]

Human rights group urges Thai government to halt forced repatriation of political dissidents

A leading international human rights organization on Thursday urged the Thai government to stop forcing political dissidents who fled to Thailand for safety to return to authoritarian home countries, where they may face torture, persecution or death. In a new report, Human Rights Watch said Thai authorities repeatedly violated international law by expelling the dissidents, […]