ED seeks FCRA probe in Rs 7 crore foreign funding, AAP calls it BJP’s new conspiracy
The Enforcement Directorate has written to the Union Home Ministry alleging the Aam Aadmi Party, which rules Delhi and Punjab, has received more than Rs 7 crore foreign funds in contravention of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), official sources said Monday.
Biden slams ICC’s ‘outrageous’ request for Netanyahu arrest warrant
President Biden is condemning the International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) decision to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as “outrageous.” ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced earlier Monday that his office has “reasonable grounds” to believe Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leaders have committed “war crimes and crimes against humanity” Read More
GOP Senate candidate in crucial state rips Schumer’s immigration push after border trip: ‘Height of cynicism’
Pennsylvania may be 1,600 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, but the GOP candidate aiming to flip the crucial Northeast battleground state’s Democratic-held Senate seat from blue to red this fall is spotlighting the combustible issues of border security and immigration. Republican Dave McCormick claims that a new move by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the Read More
Louisiana governor poised to sign stringent transgender bathroom bill
The Louisiana House and Senate became the latest state legislature to pass a bill aimed at transgender restroom policies, as it approved HB 608 on Friday and sent it to Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s desk. The bill, dubbed the “Women’s Safety and Protection Act,” aimed to codify the meanings of “sex,” “male” and “female” in Read More
Democrats divided over ICC prosecutor seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders
Democrats are coming out divided against the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday following a prosecutor’s decision to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’ top leaders, with one lawmaker describing it as “retribution against Israel for the original sin of existing as a Jewish State.” Rep. Richie Torres, D-N.Y., made Read More
NY v Trump: Michael Cohen admits to stealing tens of thousands from former president’s business
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen admitted in testimony Monday that he stole thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization by overstating how much he paid a tech company that provided services for the Trump Organization. “You stole from the Trump Org, right?” Trump attorney Todd Blanche asked Cohen Wednesday morning. “Yes, sir,” Cohen responded. The Read More
Supreme Court won’t hear parents’ challenge to Maryland school transgender policy
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case involving Maryland parents attempting to sue a school district for its policies that reinforce gender transition of students without their parents’ consent. The case, John and Jane Parents 1 v. Montgomery County Board of Education, centered around whether the parents have the proper standing to Read More
Pentagon’s DEI efforts under scrutiny as House investigators launch new oversight probe
FIRST ON FOX: The House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into the effects of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs on the U.S. military. Reps. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., and Jim Banks, R-Ind., chairs of the Oversight panel’s subcommittees on national security and military personnel respectively, sent a letter to the head of the Pentagon’s Read More
Ted Cruz files bill to protect IVF
The Texas Republican’s Senate bill comes as the state supreme court considers taking up a case that could imperil access to in vitro fertilization.
Biden suggests he was vice president during COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Barack said to me, go to Detroit’
President Biden appeared to claim he was vice president during the coronavirus pandemic and that former President Barack Obama had dispatched him to Detroit to help with the response. In comments first reported by the New York Post, Biden addressed an NAACP campaign event in Michigan Sunday night, where he repeatedly railed against his presumptive Read More