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FBI Fires Husband-and-Wife Analysts Who Refused to Join Georgia 2020 Election Probe
FBI Fires Husband-and-Wife Analysts Who Refused to Join Georgia 2020 Election Probe The FBI fired two Atlanta-based intelligence analysts, a husband and wife, after they refused to participate in the bureau’s expanding investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, Georgia. The pair told colleagues they did not believe the assignment was justified under…
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Trump Donor’s Firm Got a No-Bid Reflecting Pool Contract — and a Troubled Track Record
Trump Donor’s Firm Got a No-Bid Reflecting Pool Contract — and a Troubled Track Record The Interior Department awarded Greenwater Services, also known as Green Water Solutions, a $1.7 million no-bid contract in April to install a “NanoBubble Ozone Technology” system to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, citing a contracting rule for projects of…
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Lindsey Graham Dies at 71, Igniting a Frantic GOP Scramble for His Senate Seat
Lindsey Graham Dies at 71, Igniting a Frantic GOP Scramble for His Senate Seat Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina died Saturday evening, July 11, hours after returning from a trip to Ukraine, following a “brief and sudden illness.” The District of Columbia medical examiner’s office released preliminary findings Sunday attributing his death to…
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McConnell Finally Explains His Hospital Stay: A Fall, Blackout, and Pneumonia
McConnell Finally Explains His Hospital Stay: A Fall, Blackout, and Pneumonia Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, R-Ky., issued his first detailed public statement Sunday about the health scare that hospitalized him last month, ending weeks of silence and speculation. McConnell said doctors “confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have…
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U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes for a Third Straight Weekend Over the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes for a Third Straight Weekend Over the Strait of Hormuz The United States and Iran exchanged fire for a third consecutive weekend, days after President Trump declared the prior ceasefire between the two countries “over.” The latest escalation began after Iran fired on a Cyprus-flagged container ship attempting to transit…
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Trump Rips Up 50-Year-Old Endangered Species Habitat Rule
Trump Rips Up 50-Year-Old Endangered Species Habitat Rule The Trump administration finalized a rule this weekend rescinding the longstanding federal definition of “harm” under Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act, ending a decades-old interpretation, in place since 1981, that treated habitat destruction itself as harm to protected wildlife. Under the new rule, drilling, mining,…
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US Bombs Iran a Third Time in a Week After Hormuz Tanker Attack
US Bombs Iran a Third Time in a Week After Hormuz Tanker Attack The U.S. military launched strikes against Iran Saturday night after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces attacked the M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship, as it transited the Strait of Hormuz, causing an onboard fire and significant engine room damage, with one…
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Walz Pulls Minnesota’s National Guard Out of DC Early, Says Trump’s Task Force Broke the Deal
Walz Pulls Minnesota’s National Guard Out of DC Early, Says Trump’s Task Force Broke the Deal Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is withdrawing his state’s National Guard troops from Washington, D.C. ahead of schedule after members were seen conducting presence patrols in neighborhoods far from the National Mall, beyond the limited scope he says he authorized.…
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Trump Lets Housing Bill Become Law Without Signing It — And Still Ticks Off Everyone
Trump Lets Housing Bill Become Law Without Signing It — And Still Ticks Off Everyone The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act automatically became law Saturday after President Trump let a constitutional 10-day window lapse without signing or vetoing it, despite Congress having passed the bipartisan package by wide margins in May and June. Trump…
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DOJ Subpoenas Four NYT Reporters Over Air Force One Security Story
DOJ Subpoenas Four NYT Reporters Over Air Force One Security Story The Justice Department subpoenaed four New York Times journalists — Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt — ordering them to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan this coming Wednesday over their reporting on security concerns surrounding the new…