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AG Garland personally approved decision to seek Trump search warrant
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago home. The revelation came as Trump and his allies have taken aim at the Justice Department and FBI’s handling of the raid. Garland also revealed that the Justice Department asked a federal court… -
House Chief Administrative Officer deems TikTok a high security risk
The chief administrative officer for the House of Representatives is officially recommending members not download or use TikTok due to security concerns. A CAO memo states the app made by a Chinese-owned company is a high-security risk. According to the CAO, TikTok can collect biometric identifiers like faceprints or voice prints. It also actively gathers… -
Demystifying the Senate’s budget reconciliation process
The Senate is either famous or infamous, depending on whom you ask, for requiring 60 votes to end a filibuster and pass legislation. But when it comes to money, there’s one way to get things done with a simple majority: budget reconciliation. Reconciliation allows budget measures to pass with just 51 votes. It was created… -
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard tried to have John Bolton killed
A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard has been charged with developing a plot to murder former National Security Adviser John Bolton. The Justice Department announced Shahram Poursafi, working on behalf of the IRGC, tried to pay an American resident $300,000 to “eliminate” Bolton. The Justice Department said the plot was likely designed as a… -
Afghan refugees could attain permanent residency in US with new bill
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in both chambers of Congress introduced a bill to let Afghan evacuees who helped the U.S. military stay in the United States permanently. The sponsors include Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., indicating broad support for its passage. When the American military pulled… -
Consumer prices stay flat in July, annual inflation cools to 8.5%
Inflation decelerated in July to 8.5% year over year following June’s peak of 9.1%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report out Wednesday. A dip in energy prices helped cool the consumer price index, which has hovered at four-decade highs all year. Overall consumer prices were flat for the month of July from June,… -
Most electric vehicles will not qualify for $7,500 tax credit
Most electric vehicles would not qualify for $7,500 federal tax credits included in Democrats’ sweeping economic bill due to restrictions over manufacturing and materials. The revelation has a major automotive group sounding the alarm, saying the credits will derail manufacturers’ efforts to have EVs make up half of their sales by 2030. The Alliance for… -
Lawmakers demand answers following FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home
Members of Congress want answers after the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Everyone in Washington wants to know what FBI agents took and how they got the warrant approved. Nothing has been released other than a statement from the former president himself that said they broke open his safe. He added,… -
Michigan AG’s investigation could lead to indictment of November opponent
Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking for a special prosecutor to review a charging request and handle any subsequent prosecutions in an election-related case because of a potential conflict of interest. One of the nine people facing possible charges is Nessel’s November opponent Mathew DePerno, the presumptive Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general.… -
FBI is investigating domestic violent extremism against pro-life organizations
FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed the Joint Terrorism Task Force is conducting a number of domestic violent extremism investigations focused on attacks or threats against churchs, pro-life organizations and pregnancy resource centers. The testimony came during the bi-annual Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing. Wray could not say exactly how many investigations are ongoing, but mentioned… -
Stephen King testifies and Google could get sued in biggest antitrust news
The country’s most powerful companies will make many efforts to dominate their industries, but for the sake of competition, some tactics are off limits. When major firms push too hard, they often end up in court. We have some of the biggest stories in antitrust in this week’s Five For Friday. #5: Simon & Schuster… -
Four charged with federal crimes in death of Breonna Taylor
The U.S. Department of Justice charged four current and former Louisville, Kentucky, police officers with a range of federal crimes in connection with the death of Breonna Taylor. The 26-year-old was killed in her apartment in May 2020 by police executing a search warrant. According to Attorney General Merrick Garland, the alleged crimes include civil… -
Senators introduce bill to stop China from buying US real estate
Two Republican Senators have introduced a bill to ban members of the Chinese Communist Party, or anyone working for the CCP, from buying real estate in the United States. The proposal comes in the wake of massive increases in investments by China and other foreign nations and a report that revealed China purchased 300 acres…
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