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Pennsylvania Dem Among Dozens Arrested In Multi-State Sting
Lehigh County Democratic Commissioner Zach Cole-Borghi was arrested Thursday in a multi-state drug probe that authorities say has been underway for years. Cole-Borghi, who also worked as Bethlehem City Hall’s open records officer, is charged with marijuana possession and possession with intent to deliver about a pound of the drug. Cole-Borghi was released on a $50,000 bond pending further proceedings,…
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Appeals Court Sides With Trump Admin In Canceling Climate Grants
A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, siding with the Trump administration in blocking billions of dollars in Biden-era climate grants. Chutkan, an Obama appointee, had earlier issued an injunction preventing former Rep. Lee Zeldin and the EPA from reclaiming $20 billion under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), which had been…
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New Scandal Engulfs Ilhan Omar Over New Net Worth
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has long dismissed claims that she became wealthy in office as “categorically false,” but new filings show her net worth has surged as much as 3,500% in the past year. In disclosures filed for 2024, Omar reported she and her husband, former political consultant Tim Mynett, are worth between $6 million and $30 million — up…
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Ocasio-Cortez Joins Republicans In Calling for Stock Ban
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez likely surprised many of her Democratic colleagues when she joined several Republicans on Wednesday in renewing their call for members of Congress to be banned from stock trading. AOC, a New York Democrat, was brought up to a podium to address reporters by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), who greeted her with a fist bump. “That’s good. Thank…
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NBC Asks Epstein Survivors for ‘Dirt’ on Trump — It Backfires Spectacularly
Six women who say they were trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein or his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell issued a unified plea Tuesday for the federal government to release more investigative files and pressed President Donald Trump to rule out a pardon for Maxwell. The panel also refused to back any unsupported claims of wrongdoing by Trump in terms of his relations…
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Elon Musk Won’t Be At Tech Titan Dinner At White House
President Donald Trump will host top tech executives for a White House dinner Thursday night, with attendees including Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and a dozen other leaders from major artificial intelligence and technology firms, according to the White House. Notably absent is Elon Musk, once a close Trump ally who was tapped…
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Justice Barrett Says The Law Isn’t An ‘Opinion Poll’ as SCOTUS Faces Key Cases
Justice Amy Coney Barrett argued that the U.S. Supreme Court “should not be imposing its own values on the American people,” as the nation’s highest court is being asked to review its landmark decision from ten years ago that made same-sex marriage legal. During an interview with CBS News senior correspondent Norah O’Donnell, Barrett argued that she wants Americans to…
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Vance Heckled by Protesters During Visit to MN Church Shooting Site
Vice President JD Vance was heckled by protesters as he visited Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday to pay his respects to victims of last week’s deadly mass shooting. Vance and his wife, Usha, stood quietly before a statue of the Virgin Mary outside the church before entering to meet with survivors and families. Across the street, protesters gathered…
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Hegseth Authorizes 600 Military Lawyers To Be Immigration Judges
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized the deployment of up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve temporarily as immigration judges, according to an Aug. 27 memo obtained by the Associated Press. The plan calls for sending groups of 150 attorneys, both military and civilian, with the first round to be identified by next week and deployed…
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Senate GOP Gives Trump Great News as Schumer, Dems Try To Stall Agenda
Senate Republicans are rallying behind a plan to confirm large groups of President Donald Trump’s nominees at once, aiming to break through an unprecedented Democratic blockade. GOP lawmakers signaled Wednesday they are ready to consider the “nuclear option” — a rules change that would allow the Senate to approve 10 or more nominees in a single vote if they cleared…
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