Republican Senator Thom Tillis (N.C.), a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, is questioning the “credibility” of the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and threatening to oppose President Trump’s nominees to the central bank until the matter is resolved. “If there was any doubt remaining as to whether…
An immigration enforcement officer shot and killed a woman in Minnesota last week, plunging the scandal-plagued state into more civil unrest. With the advent of 24-hour surveillance and the ubiquity of cellphone cameras and crackerjack armchair analysts, it is vital that our elected leaders, as well as those with the platform to speak, remain calm,…
Florida Republicans’ decision to move forward with redistricting threatens to further marginalize Democrats in a state that has become increasingly red over the past few years. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced last week that he is calling a special session in April to redraw the Sunshine State’s congressional map, which could offer the GOP five…
Rep. Suhas Subramaniam (D-VA) said Sunday that Congress should rein in the authority of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the wake of the shooting death of a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis by an agency officer. “The real question now is whether we can get enough Republicans to work with our Democrats to rein us…
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) called for due process in the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, and criticized the Trump administration for drawing hasty conclusions about the incident before an investigation could be conducted. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Pritzker criticized the…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into the Federal Reserve’s ongoing renovation of its headquarters in Washington, D.C., Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said in a statement on Sunday. The DOJ issued a grand jury subpoena to the Fed and threatened a criminal indictment related to his testimony before the Senate Banking…
President Trump said Sunday he is inclined to keep oil giant Exxon Mobil out of a Venezuela deal after the CEO responded skeptically about future investments in the South American country. “I probably want to keep Exxon out,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to Washington, DC. “I did not do that……
Nikki Glaser was telling jokes about CBS News and the Epstein files within moments of taking the stage for her Golden Globes monologue. “There are a lot of A-listers,” Glaser told the audience at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday. “And by A-listers I mean people who are on that list in huge…
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant told Reuters on Friday the US could lift some sanctions on Venezuela to facilitate oil sales. Besant also said that about $5 billion in Venezuela’s frozen International Monetary Fund (IMF) special drawing rights monetary assets could be used to rebuild its economy. IMF has not made any agreement with this… Source…
A man drove a U-Haul truck into a crowd of protesters protesting the Iranian regime in Los Angeles on Sunday, injuring two people. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said on Sunday that the incident occurred in the Westwood area near the Wilshire Federal Building at around 3:30 pm local time. The LAPD said… Source…
