Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) and fellow GOP senators on Thursday introduced a bill that includes resuming construction of the border wall. Risch says patrol agents have encountered nearly five million illegal immigrants at the southern border since President Joe Biden took office. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle say the Department of Agriculture needs […]
A coalition of 13 Republican attorneys general filed a “motion to intervene” on Monday, asking a federal energy regulator to block The Vanguard Group from buying shares of publicly listed utility firms due to its decarbonization goals. In February, Pennsylvania-based Vanguard asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend the blanket authorization granted in […]
The attorneys general of 22 states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over a new rule that seeks to block federal meal funding from schools that don’t follow the administration’s gender identity policies. In May, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a notice that state and local agencies, program operators, and sponsors receiving […]
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels has been ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in attorney fees, costs, and sanctions to former President Donald Trump after a federal appeals court rejected her bid to overturn a lower court decision regarding a defamation lawsuit brought against him in 2018. Trump announced the news in a statement on March 21 where he also took aim […]
Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, say she doesn’t know where the live rounds found there came from, and blamed producers for unsafe working conditions. Gutierrez Reed was the armorer on the set of “Rust.” The 24-year-old, who […]
The Justice Department (DOJ) is beginning the process of replacing the federal prosecutors Trump appointed, paving the way for president Joe Biden to install his own nominees to lead U.S. attorneys offices across the country. But two officials have not been asked to resign—including Delaware U.S. attorney David Weiss, who is investigating Hunter Biden’s taxes, and […]
Fourteen Republican attorneys general are urging President Joe Biden to reconsider his decision to cancel a permit for the construction of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, alleging severe economic harm and threatening to take legal action. “We write with alarm regarding your unilateral and rushed decision to revoke the 2019 Presidential Permit” for the pipeline, […]
