politics

Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reversal on cutting public school funding and reaching an agreement with the nation’s most influential teachers union, the union will continue airing an attack ad against him until the deal is passed in the legislature. The California Teacher’s Association (CTA), the state’s powerful progressive teachers union, launched an ad against the liberal governor last week after …

Danish wind farm developer Orsted will pay New Jersey $125 million to settle claims over the company’s cancellation of two offshore wind farms last year — a little over a third of what the company once was required to pay. The state’s Board of Public Utilities said Tuesday that New Jersey and Orsted have settled claims against each other stemming …

The Biden administration is looking to close a loophole in immigration proceedings that helped allow a man on the terrorist watchlist to roam free in the U.S. for over a year. A memo penned by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas earlier this month overrides a 2004 directive that made it more difficult for officials prosecuting immigration cases to …

Actor Robert De Niro slammed former President Trump as a “danger” to Americans in comments during a press conference in New York City on Tuesday outside the Manhattan courtroom where the 45th president is facing trial. “I hope this new ad campaign reaches outside the bubble to remind supporters of what a danger he is to our lives. This is …

Former President Trump reportedly told a private gathering of New York donors earlier this month that he will stop the “radical revolution” happening at American college campuses if elected president again.The presumptive Republican nominee also vowed that he would throw foreign students protesting against Israel “out of the country,” The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing donors who spoke on …

New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik sent a letter to New York officials on Tuesday arguing there may have been “misconduct” within the New York Supreme Court system to ensure Judge Juan Merchan presided over the unprecedented NY v. Trump trial. “One cannot help but suspect that the ‘random selection’ at work in the assignment of Acting Justice Merchan, a …

Judge Juan Merchan is expected to bring jurors back into court Tuesday morning to hear closing arguments in New York v. Trump from Manhattan prosecutors and defense attorneys for former President Trump in his unprecedented criminal trial. The jury has been away from the courtroom for a week, after the evidentiary portion of the trial concluded last Tuesday. Due to …

Defense attorneys for former President Trump told the jury Tuesday he is innocent, did not commit any crimes and that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “did not meet the burden of proof. Period.” Defense attorney Todd Blanche delivered closing arguments Tuesday after a six-week, historic and unprecedented criminal trial of a former president of the United States. Trump is charged …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Michael Avenatti’s appeal request, upholding a conviction for plotting to extort $25 million from Nike. “The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied,” the Court’s order said without elaboration, other than to note that Justice Brett Kavanaugh did not participate in the consideration or decision. Avenatti represented Julie Swetnick, one of the women …

Federal officials have notified Ohio’s former House speaker that they have closed their investigation of him and he will not face any charges. OHIO PURGES ‘NON-CITIZENS’ FROM STATE VOTER ROLLS, CALLS ON BIDEN ADMIN FOR DATA AHEAD OF 2024 ELECTION Cliff Rosenberger, a Republican from Wilmington, had resigned the post in 2018 after it went public that he was the …