Author: Elaine Mallon

President Donald Trump selected Stanley Woodward, a lawyer who has represented several Trump allies, to serve as associate attorney general — the third highest position in the Justice Department. Woodward currently serves as a White House lawyer. He has never represented Trump, but he has served as counsel for people in Trump’s orbit. Woodward represented…

Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) introduced legislation that will place a 70% tariff on wagyu beef and other cattle-related imports from Australia. Stuzman’s bill comes ahead of Wednesday, which President Donald Trump dubbed “Liberation Day,” when he plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on other countries to match those placed on U.S. products. “Australians are taking advantage…

Top officials from U.S. intelligence agencies will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The hearing will focus on the country’s global security threats and include testimony from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, FBI Director Kash Patel, National Security Agency Director Gen. Timothy Haugh, and Defense…

President Donald Trump and Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry will deliver remarks from the White House regarding a “major economic development” for the southern state. HERE ARE THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN STRUCK DOWN Last week, Landry was in attendance at the White House when Trump signed an executive order that gutted the powers…

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) wrote a letter to the IRS urging the agency to revoke the tax-exempt status of a nonprofit group founded by Stacey Abrams after it was found to have violated state election laws. “I request that you use your authority to make this referral a priority and…

Three Georgia state lawmakers defied their party to support Gov. Brian Kemp’s legislation seeking to increase barriers to litigation suits, with criticism of the move prompting one Democrat to consider leaving the party. At the center of the Democratic Party’s fury are Reps. Mack Jackson, Michelle Au, and Carl Gilliard. Jackson, who has a track…

The Maryland Senate passed a bill that would allow funds collected from a surcharge on insurance plans sold under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, to be used for abortion services. The bill targets the $1 surcharge levied on health insurance plans sold through the state’s public health exchange, a component of the…

A new Wisconsin research study has found that voter ID laws do not negatively affect voter turnout. Will Flanders with the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty examined voter turnout in Wisconsin over a 20-year period, beginning with the 2004 presidential election, and found no evidence of turnout suppression. In 2011, Wisconsin implemented a…

Space X is scheduled to launch its Crew-10 mission craft on Wednesday at 8 p.m. from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to retrieve two astronauts who’ve been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months. NASA said the exact return date is unclear but could be as soon as March 16. Astronauts Barry…

Republican lawmakers are calling on the International Olympic Committee to adopt the Trump administration’s policy that bars biological men from competing in women’s sports. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) and Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), along with more than a dozen other Republicans, signed off on the letter to the IOC. “Future Olympians are counting on the…