“Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has directed staff to review the central bank’s ethics rules around appropriate financial activities after filings showed a senior central bank official made multiple multimillion-dollar stock trades in 2020, while others held significant investments,” CNBC reports.
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Biden Jabs Trump Over ‘Hush Money’ Trial
“With the slightest of jabs Wednesday, President Joe Biden publicly acknowledged former President Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York for the first time since it got underway,” USA…
Trump Lawyers Say Stormy Daniels Refused Subpoena
“Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who…
Hoyer Compares Netanyahu’s Coalition to the GOP
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition to the Republican Party, Semafor reports. Said Hoyer: “To some degree they have the same problem the Republicans…
Blinken Sitting on Advice to Sanction Israeli Military Units
“A special State Department panel recommended months ago that Secretary of State Antony Blinken disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units from receiving U.S. aid after reviewing allegations that they…
Kevin McCarthy-Aligned Group Targets His Foes
“A political group with ties to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy is going on air against some of the Republicans who ousted him from leadership,” Politico reports. “The American Prosperity Alliance,…
Senate Dismisses Mayorkas Impeachment
The Senate voted along party lines to bypass an impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, effectively dismissing House Republicans’ charges, Punchbowl News reports. All Democrats voted to uphold…
China Lobbies Congress on TikTok
The Chinese Embassy has held meetings with congressional staff to lobby against the legislation that would force a sale of TikTok, Politico reports.Save to Favorites
Biden Endorses Mike Johnson’s Foreign Aid Package
“President Joe Biden urged the House and Senate to quickly approve Speaker Mike Johnson’s multi-part plan to get aid to Israel, Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific,” Politico reports. Said Biden: “The…
Bill Barr Says He’ll Vote for Trump
Former attorney general William Barr effectively endorsed Donald Trump, despite having previously criticized Trump’s conduct while in office and comparing him to a “defiant, 9-year-old kid,” the Washington Post reports….
Trump Wants a Cut of GOP Candidate Fundraising
“Donald Trump’s campaign has found a new way to press for badly needed cash,” Politico reports. “In a letter received by Republican digital vendors this week, the Trump campaign is…
Democratic Lawmaker Is Still Unconscious
Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ) “remains unconscious after suffering a heart attack on April 6, indicating that the congressman’s medical condition is substantially more severe than had been initially revealed,”…
Trump Owns the Most Extreme Abortion Laws
Donald Trump presumably thought he was taking a moderate position on abortion by saying he would just leave it up to the states. But now that Arizona Republicans are refusing…
Arizona GOP Again Blocks Effort to Repeal Abortion Ban
“House Republicans in Arizona on Wednesday scuttled another effort to repeal the state’s 1864 law banning abortion, defying pressure from prominent Republicans, including former President Donald J. Trump, who had…
Trump Pushed to Embrace 17% Income Tax for All
“Donald Trump is under pressure from economists in his circle to embrace a flat tax rate, softer trade stance and to hold the line on the state and local tax…
Trump Complains About Jury Selection Process
“Donald Trump complained Wednesday that his lawyers were not given ‘unlimited’ chances to reject prospective jurors at his New York criminal hush money trial,” CNBC reports. “But state law caps…
Israel Considered Striking Iran on Monday
Israel considered conducting a retaliatory strike against Iran on Monday night but eventually decided to postpone it, Axios reports.Save to Favorites
Gaetz Will Campaign Against Anyone Voting for Ukraine Aid
During a contentious meeting Tuesday night in Speaker Johnson’s office, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) warned Republicans that he would personally campaign against any lawmaker who voted for Ukraine aid, Punchbowl…
Trump and Biden Locked In Tight Wisconsin Race
A new Marquette University Law School Poll in Wisconsin finds Donald Trump slightly edging Joe Biden in the presidential race, 51% to 49%. “That includes undecided voters (8% of those…
Can Mike Johnson Survive?
“Speaker Mike Johnson has released bills to send tens of billions of dollars in aid to Israel, Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific, setting up a vote Saturday on the long-awaited priority,”…
Comer Promises Criminal Referrals in Biden Probe
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said Wednesday that criminal referrals stemming from his investigation into President Biden could come “within weeks” even as he cautioned “impeachment…