Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, passing the bill as its first piece of legislation of the 119th Congress on a vote of 264 to 159. Forty-eight Democrats voted in favor of the bill. “Laken Riley wasRead More →
Antoine Gyori – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday railed against President Joe Biden and mused on renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” among a flurry of topics in a freewheeling news conference at Mar-a-Lago less than two weeks before heRead More →
Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House will vote at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act as its first piece of legislation of the 119th Congress. Reintroduced by Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, a Republican, the legislation pins Laken Riley’s death on the Biden administration’s open-border policies and grantsRead More →
Antoine Gyori – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump, speaking at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, blasted President Joe Biden’s final actions before leaving office. Trump accused the outgoing administration of not providing a “smooth transition.” Trump kicked off the presser by announcing a $20 billion investment in the U.S. fromRead More →
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (GREENLAND) — Donald Trump, Jr., son of President-elect Donald Trump, arrived in Greenland on Tuesday after emphasizing that the trip is just a personal one, indicating he is not meeting with government officials. His trip comes as his father continues to float the possibility of the U.S. purchasingRead More →
Beverly Police Department (BEVERLY, Mass.) — A Massachusetts man has been arrested after police said he made violent antisemitic posts online. Matthew Scouras, 34, allegedly “posted threats to rape Jewish women and encouraged other users of the site to shoot people outside of synagogues,” according to the Beverly Police Department.Read More →
Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire as she slept on a New York City subway train last month pleaded not guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder and other charges. The suspect, Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, who police said is an undocumented migrant fromRead More →
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries will gather at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon for a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter. Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver one of the eulogies for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the ageRead More →
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge in President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case has temporarily blocked Attorney General Merrick Garland, special counsel Jack Smith, or any Department of Justice personnel from releasing the special counsel’s final report on the case. U.S. District Cannon deferred the matter to the EleventhRead More →
Obtained by ABC News (CANYON VILLAGE, Wyo.) — In a new court filing, federal prosecutors allege the suspect who took a hostage and got into a shootout with Yellowstone National Park rangers in July ranted that he “refuse[s] to fraternize with race-traitors that support non-whites or Jews.” The Wyoming U.S. Attorney madeRead More →
