Congressional leaders unveiled their $1.2 trillion, 1,012-page government funding package in the early hours of Thursday.
Now, they're racing to try to pass the six-bill measure — which covers the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and State; the IRS; and general government and foreign operations — by a Friday night shutdown deadline.
Many rank-and-file lawmakers got their first look at the legislativ...
Month: March 2024
Manhattan DA: New documents shouldn’t delay Trump prosecution in hush money case
The Manhattan district attorney's office prosecuting former President Trump's hush money case indicated in a court filing Thursday that no further trial delays were warranted after a trove of new documents punted what was supposed to be the start of the criminal proceeding.
Trump’s lawyers had asked for a minimum 90-day delay to review more than 100,000 pages of records unexpectedly turned over by federal prosecutors last week. Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing th...
Man sues dozens of women for making negative comments on Facebook dating group
(KTLA) – A Los Angeles man is suing over 50 women for negative posts they allegedly wrote about him on social media, claiming the messages are false and defamatory.
Stewart Lucas Murrey is accusing the women of defamation, sex-based discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, libel, invasion of privacy and more.
The lawsuit stems from posts and comments the women are accused of writing in a Facebook group called "Are We Dating The Same Guy?...
Why Trump can’t escape his appellate bond dilemma
The two recent verdicts against former President Donald Trump — one in federal court and the other in New York state court — have thrust an esoteric area of law into the spotlight: appellate bonds. There are two main questions: Can Trump raise the cash necessary to allow him time to appeal the verdicts while staving off enforcement? And how can the winning plaintiffs collect on their judgments?
Trump has secured a bond in the federal case won by journalist E. Jean Car...
Mom says she wasn’t informed deaf son was stabbed, hospitalized due to no ASL interpreter
Story at a glance
- Oklahoma mother Angila West said no one informed her – nor any other relatives – that her adult son, who is deaf, had been stabbed and hospitalized.
- She said police never arranged for her son, Robert "Bobby" Osborne, to speak with an American Sign Language interpreter.
- Oklahoma City Police reportedly told West they didn't have a sign language interpreter on duty. “We wi...
US judge cites Dr. Seuss in dismissing Blagojevich suit: ‘Just Go. Go. GO!
A federal judge shut down former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s (D) latest attempt to regain ballot eligibility by quoting Dr. Seuss, underlining the former governor’s fall from political star to laughingstock.
Blagojevich sued the state of Illinois in 2020, alleging the General Assembly’s decision to remove him from office and bar him from running again violated his civil rights. The former governor was impeached and convicted on corruption charges stemming from all...
Yellen, OMB director testify before House on economic outlook: Watch live
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is slated to testify before the House Thursday afternoon regarding the economic outlook of the United States.
Earlier Thursday, Yellen made the case for President Biden’s 2025 budget proposal, which includes tax hikes for the wealthiest Americans and an expanded child tax credit.
During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the president’s budget proposal, Yellen also said the Biden administration will “continue to oppose mis...
Yellen, OMB director testify before House on economic outlook: Watch live
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is slated to testify before the House Thursday afternoon regarding the economic outlook of the United States.
Earlier Thursday, Yellen made the case for President Biden’s 2025 budget proposal, which includes tax hikes for the wealthiest Americans and an expanded child tax credit.
During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the president’s budget proposal, Yellen also said the Biden administration will “continue to oppose mis...
Summer coming early? New NOAA forecast map predicts warm 3 months ahead in these states
(NEXSTAR) – Spring has hardly sprung, but summery weather may already be just around the corner. A long-range forecast released by the Climate Prediction Center Thursday shows nearly all U.S. states are leaning toward warmer-than-average weather this spring.
With its three-month outlook, the Climate Prediction Center, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is speaking in terms of probabilities – not certainties.
That m...
Summer coming early? New NOAA forecast map predicts warm 3 months ahead in these states
(NEXSTAR) – Spring has hardly sprung, but summery weather may already be just around the corner. A long-range forecast released by the Climate Prediction Center Thursday shows nearly all U.S. states are leaning toward warmer-than-average weather this spring.
With its three-month outlook, the Climate Prediction Center, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is speaking in terms of probabilities – not certainties.
That m...