Politico reports: House Oversight and Government Reform Chair James Comer is demanding interviews with Joe Biden’s physician and former White House officials as part of his investigation into the former president’s mental decline. The requests, dated Thursday, were sent to Biden’s physician, Kevin O’Connor; former Domestic Policy Council Director Neera Tanden; former senior adviser to the first lady Anthony Bernal; …
Read More »
The Washington Post reports: A divided Supreme Court on Thursday refused to immediately reinstate a pair of independent regulators fired by Trump administration, saying the president may have the power to summarily oust the board members and calling into question a 90-year-old legal precedent that has protected the independence of key regulatory bodies. The court’s order, which drew a sharp …
Read More »
ABC News reports: The newly sworn-in head of the Social Security Administration told agency staff this week that when he was first offered the job in the Trump administration, he wasn’t familiar with the position and had to look it up online. Frank Bisignano, a former Wall Street executive, said during a town hall with Social Security managers from around …
Read More »
CNN reports: The Justice Department charged Elias Rodriguez, 31, with federal murder charges in connection to the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members. At least one of the charges — using a firearm to commit murder — carries the possibility of the death penalty. The Justice Department levied the same capital charge earlier this year against Luigi Mangione, …
Read More »
The Associated Press reports: Between a barrage of executive orders, foreign trips and norm-shattering proclamations, Donald Trump has also been busy raking in cash. The president has amassed a war chest of at least $600 million in political donations heading into the midterm elections, according to three people familiar with the matter. It’s an unprecedented sum in modern politics, particularly …
Read More »
“Apparently Donald Trump Jr. is now hinting that he wants to run for president at some point in the future. I’m just gonna put it out there right now. No. No! Dynasties are un-American. They are not good. George W after George H W was not great for the country. The idea of Michelle Obama for Barack Obama, not great …
Read More »
The New York Times reports: The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday opened an investigation into Media Matters, a liberal advocacy organization that has published research on hateful and antisemitic content on X, according to two people familiar with the investigation. The regulator said in a letter sent to the organization that it was investigating the group, which is aligned with …
Read More »
STAT News reports: A group of physicians and researchers working on LGBTQ+ health sued the National Institutes of Health and HHS over the sweeping grant terminations that have impacted medical research on queer people as part of the implementation of President Trump’s executive orders targeting transgender people and diversity initiatives. Over a dozen researchers and a nonprofit group, GLMA: Health …
Read More »
FactCheck.org reports: Pointing to the screen, which showed an aerial view of a rural highway dotted on each side with white crosses, Trump said, “These are burial sites, right here. Burial sites — over a thousand of white farmers. And those cars are lined up to pay love on a Sunday morning. Each one of those white things you see …
Read More »
The Associated Press reports: Five organizations that had grants terminated by the Justice Department in April are suing the department and Attorney General Pam Bondi, arguing that the cancellations are unconstitutional and asking that the money be reinstated. The lawsuit, filed late Wednesday by the Vera Institute of Justice, the Center for Children & Youth Justice, Chinese for Affirmative Action, …
Read More »
Joe.My.God. LGBT News