Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy will not seek re-election

WASHINGTON — Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., said Monday she will not seek re-election in 2022, adding to the long list of Democratic members leaving Congress.Murphy, a co-chair of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition and a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, was elected to the House in…Continue Reading

Manchin privately raised concerns that parents would use child tax credit checks on drugs

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., had privately raised concerns in recent months that parents would use their Child Tax Credit payments — a key piece of the Build Back Better legislation — to buy drugs, three sources familiar with the comments said.Manchin relayed these concerns in private conversations to his fellow Democratic senators, the…Continue Reading

Prosecutor tells jurors to convict Kim Potter for ‘colossal screw up’ that ended in death of Daunte Wright

A prosecutor on Monday urged jurors to hold a former Minnesota police officer criminally responsible for a “colossal screw-up, a blunder of epic proportions” that ended in the fatal shooting of a Black motorist.Assistant Attorney General Erin Eldridge said defendant Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center police officer, improperly disregarded a series of risks when…Continue Reading

Trump sues N.Y. attorney general, seeking to halt investigation of his business

Former President Donald Trump filed suit against New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, seeking a court order to halt her long-running civil tax fraud investigation into his company’s business practices.”In the words of Letitia James, ‘no one is above the law’ — not even the attorney general of the state of New York,”…Continue Reading

Manchin defends decision to quash Build Back Better Act, saying he was at his ‘wit’s end’

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Monday defended his decision to quash negotiations over President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, stating that he was at his “wits’ end” in talks with the White House.In a lengthy radio interview, Manchin suggested that he was never going to be swayed by progressive Democrats no matter…Continue Reading

Marjorie Taylor Greene Falsely Claims New York Passed Bill to Forcibly Vaccinate People

New York legislators could pass a bill that allows unvaccinated individuals to be detained or forcibly inoculated, but it hasn’t passed either of the chambers, as Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed.Speaking at AmericaFest on Sunday, Greene told attendees that the New York House passed a bill that allows for unvaccinated people deemed a “danger” to…Continue Reading

Video of raid on Epstein Palm Beach horror house released by feds

Federal prosecutors on Monday released a slew of new exhibits as part of Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial — including video of a 2005 raid on Jeffrey Epstein’s Florida mansion. The materials were made public just before the government and Maxwell’s defense attorneys began delivering closing arguments in the high-profile case. The hour-long video shows Palm…Continue Reading