President Trump on Thursday once again criticized the “blue slip” practice, which allows home-state senators to veto district court judge and U.S. attorney nominees. Trump, in one Post On his Truth Social platform he said he had eight “highly respected” U.S. Attorney nominees who “will not be confirmed to their positions in various highly consequential…
A House-approved bill that would fund the U.S. military during the ongoing federal government shutdown failed to pass the Senate in a procedural vote on Thursday. The House bill required at least 60 votes in the 100-member Senate to advance because of the chamber’s filibuster rules. The final vote was 50-44, with three Democrats joining…
ben baby to close ben baby espn staff writer Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Before ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while…
Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani and independent candidate Andrew Cuomo attack each other During the first of two general election debates In the New York City mayoral race on Thursday, Cuomo looks to chip away at his opponent’s comfortable lead. It was the first time that the candidates had returned to the debate stage since Mayor…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday filed a lawsuit over the Trump administration imposing a $100,000 fee to the H-1B worker visas. Last month President Donald Trump announced plans that would see U.S. companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B visas — which allows companies to temporarily hire foreign workers in skilled occupations…
Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley (Calif.) said Thursday that members of Congress are putting too much energy into apportioning blame. ongoing government shutdown Instead of ending it. “All the energy is going into blaming one side or the other when it should be going into trying to reach a solution that will get us out of…
As news of sour banks loans rattled Wall Street, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said the developments will pave the way for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates — a move that investors across the board have been hoping for. “Today got real ugly, but at least we finally have something that can make the Federal…
John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security advisor, is now counted among his enemiesconvicted on thursdayOn allegations he shared and stored classified information. Federal prosecutors say Bolton sent more than a thousand pages of “diary-like entries” to two relatives and retained documents, articles and notes related to national defense. The 26-page indictment was handed up…
