New York Rep. Brandon Williams (R) has been hospitalized after undergoing heart surgery earlier this month. “Doctors are pleased with the pace of the Congressman’s recovery from his surgery,” Taylor Weyeneth, communications director for Williams, said in a statement. “However, a complication has arisen that requires immediate treatment and will prevent the Congressman from fulfilling his House duties for the remainder of the week.” “He is resting with his family and is being treated by experts at George Washington University Hospital,” he added. “We fully expect Rep. Williams to continue on his path towards recovery.” https://twitter.com/RepWilliams/status/1684244652461785088 According to The Hill, Williams…
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Nancy grew up in the South where her passion for politics first began. After getting her BA in journalism from Ole Miss she became an arts and culture writer for Athens Magazine where she enjoyed reporting on the eclectic music and art scene in Athens, GA. However, her desire to report on issues and policies impacting everyday Americans won out and she packed her bags for Washington, DC. Now, she splits her time between the Nation’s Capital and Philadelphia where she covers the fast-paced environment of politics, business, and news. In her off time, you can find Nancy exploring museums or enjoying brunch with friends.
Is the truth finally coming out? Former Fox News star Tucker Carlson’s upcoming book reportedly addresses his bombshell firing from the network. In his new biography, Carlson says his ouster was a condition of Fox’s historic settlement with Dominion Voting Systems earlier this year. In April, Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to the voting systems company hours before the defamation trial was scheduled to begin. Carlson’s private messages disparaging Fox executives and former President Trump uncovered through discovery gained special attention. (RELATED: Fox Sends Cease-And-Desist Letter Over Leaked Tucker Carlson Footage) The left-leaning publication The Guardian obtained a copy of…
Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal seems to be falling apart before his very eyes… Biden, 53, made his first federal court appearance in Wilmington, Del., where he was set to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay income taxes to avoid jail time on a felony gun charge. However, Judge Maryellen Noreika, who was appointed by President Trump, pressed federal prosecutors on the investigation and expressed concern over the terms of the agreement according to Fox News. (RELATED: IRS Whistleblower Testimony Could Derail Hunter Biden Plea Deal) Noreika asked if there were more serious charges that…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced major changes to his cabinet early Wednesday morning. In a near overhaul of his cabinet, Trudeau dropped seven ministers and named new ministers of defense and public safety as he faces heightened scrutiny. According to CNBC, Trudeau unveiled his new cabinet team with a renewed focus on economic priorities, like housing, during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Bill Blair will reportedly take over the defense portfolio from Anita Anand, who was promoted to president of the Treasury Board. Blair, a former police chief who was most recently the minister of emergency preparedness, becomes the…
Republican firebrand Matt Gaetz (Fla.) has introduced a bill to end birthright citizenship. The legislation, titled the “End Birthright Citizenship Fraud Act of 2023,” would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act “to reflect the original intent of the 14th Amendment’s ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof,’ clause,” according to a statement on the measure. (RELATED: Being An American Citizen Is A Privilege, It Is Time We Start Treating It Like One) The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to all “born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” According to The Hill, if the bill is passed, Gaetz’s legislation would deny automatic citizenship at…
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says House Republicans are getting closer to bringing formal impeachment charges against President Joe Biden. McCarthy referenced a recent revelation from the House Oversight Committee that during Biden’s vice presidency Hunter Biden “capitalized” on a financial relationship with a Romanian national who was later convicted of corruption charges. In June, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said the Biden family received more than $1 million in 17 increments. On Monday, McCarthy said to Fox News’s Sean Hannity all but one of the payments went to what he described as “Biden shell companies.” According to…
The Internal Revenue Service announced that it will stop a majority of unannounced visits by agents to taxpayers’ homes. The IRS announced the news on Monday, saying the change was part of an effort to address “public confusion and enhance overall safety measures for taxpayers and employees.” According to Fox Business, the change to the decades-long practice is effective immediately except in some rare cases. “We are taking a fresh look at how the IRS operates to better serve taxpayers and the nation, and making this change is a common-sense step,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said. “Changing this long-standing procedure will increase confidence in…
Former South Carolina governor and presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she will support former President Trump if he wins the Republican nomination for the White House. Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” expressed doubt over Trump’s ability to win another general election but added she would back Trump if he wins the primary. “I would support him because I am not going to have a President Kamala Harris. We can’t afford that. That is not going to happen,” she said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gpDE58k1so Yet Haley also noted that Trump appears to be…
Former New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte (R) announced Monday she is running for governor of the Granite State. Ayotte served as senator in the Granite State for one term, before losing reelection in 2016 to Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.). Before her Senate term, she served as New Hampshire’s attorney general. “The battle to protect our Live Free or Die way of life must continue. I’m running for Governor because New Hampshire is one election away from becoming Massachusetts – from becoming something we are not,” Ayotte said in a statement, who touched on issues like crime, energy costs and the…
Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s fixer-turned-adversary, has reportedly settled his lawsuit with the Trump Organization, narrowly avoiding the trial set to begin on Monday. Cohen alleged the Trump Organization owed him roughly $1.3 million in unpaid legal fees Cohen owes to outside counsel in connection with various investigations and lawsuits. Cohen filed the lawsuit in 2019, arguing he struck an oral agreement with the Trump Organization to be paid for his attorneys’ fees and costs arising from his work on behalf of the company, only for the Trump Organization to refuse reimbursement once Cohen turned against Trump. Court spokesperson Lucian…