Users of marijuana remain barred from purchasing and possessing guns under a decades-old federal law, even as more and more states move to legalize recreational use of the drug, federal authorities warned this week. Unless marijuana is legalized on a federal level, users of cannabis will continue to be prohibited …
Read More »Washington — A man wielding a metal baseball bat attacked two members of Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly’s staff at his district office in northern Virginia on Monday morning, according to police. U.S. Capitol Police identified the suspect as 49-year-old Xuan Kha Tran Pham of Fairfax. He is in custody and faces …
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Former President Donald Trump was found liable for battery and defamation in a civil trial in Manhattan that stemmed from allegations he raped author E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The jury of six men and three women awarded Carroll $5 million in damages …
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Washington — A Rhode Island software company commissioned by Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign to investigate claims of election fraud was subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith earlier this year, according to the firm’s founder. Ken Block — a software engineer and politician who once ran for governor of the …
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After 4 1/2 half months of testimony, arguments and sealed hearings, the jury in the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case will finally begin deliberations Wednesday morning. Defense attorneys for Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio delivered closing arguments today in the long trial, laying the blame for Jan. 6 squarely at Donald Trump’s …
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The White House released a memo Wednesday morning calling on congressional Republicans to release a budget and “decide what their values are” when it comes to gun policy. “Republicans in Congress refuse to pass an assault weapons ban, instead allowing police to continue to be outgunned on our streets,” wrote …
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Washington — The National Archives and Records Administration retrieved nine boxes from a Boston law office belonging to President Joe Biden’s former personal attorney in early November. The number of boxes was previously unknown. The boxes had been transported from a Washington, D.C., think tank to lawyer Pat Moore’s firm, …
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Last year America’s picket lines showed more activity as the country emerged from the coronavirus pandemic. Against the backdrop of hot inflation and a tight market, strike activity spiked by about 50% in 2022, and the number of workers involved jumped 60% year over year, according to a new “Labor …
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former New York Police Department captain who was also assaulted by police as a teenager, told CBS News Tuesday that police departments must concern themselves with the “basic aptitude” of police officers and recruits, in addition to training. In a wide-ranging interview with …
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A group of House Republicans are pushing to eliminate most federal taxes and replace them with a federal sales tax in a plan that would also abolish the Internal Revenue Service. But tax experts warn the so-called Fair Tax Act is not so fair to working families while giving the …
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