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– New York Judge Collection Trump sentencing January 10
– Carter appoints staff to reshape federal bench All over the country
– federal court No criminal referral will be made to Justice Department over separate ethics complaint against Justice Thomas
Johnson was re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in the first round of elections
Representative Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, re-elected lead the House of Representatives on Friday.
The Louisiana Republican won along party lines on the first ballot, a stark contrast to his predecessor’s drawn-out 15-ballot effort in 2023.
While some conservatives have vigorously threatened to withhold support for Johnson in protest of his handling of government funding and several other issues in the 118th Congress… Read More
House of Representatives, background and Speaker Mike Johnson (center) (Getty)
New Year’s Day Horror
The Horror of Bourbon: New Orleans truck ramming attack: Hour before Bourbon Street massacre, terror suspect seen in chilling surveillance… Read More
New Year’s Nightmare: New Orleans terrorist, man in Las Vegas Cybertruck bombing shared more links to attacks within hours of each other… Read More
The “target” of terrorism: Roadblock policing of New Orleans ‘terrorism target areas’ during prime season raises concerns… Read More
Road to destruction: ISIS has carried out terrorist attacks on American soil seven times…Read More
Pro-Islamic State media have called on Muslims in Russia, Europe and the United States to carry out attacks on New Year’s Eve. (AP Photo/Getty Images)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s “War”: New Orleans Terrorists Choose Bourbon Street for Maximum Massacre: Timeline… Read More
New Year’s Getaway: New Orleans revelers narrowly escape the path of speeding trucks, ‘terrorists’ tactic of choice’… Read more
“Global Threat”: Diplomats say New Orleans terror attack hurts Israeli reservists on leave from Hamas war… Read More
Old text: The ex-girlfriend of a Las Vegas suspect has shared days-old text messages in which he bragged about a Tesla Cybertruck… Read More
world stage
Global threats: As U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan and Syria collapses, ISIS becomes increasingly unchallenged… Read More
“Medieval Crime”: Report says Iran will execute more than 1,000 prisoners in 2024, highest execution total in 30 years… Read More
Iranian protesters hold flowers in front of a huge banner depicting Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah during a protest rally, condemning an Israeli airstrike on the Hezbollah headquarters in a suburb of Beirut , and the killings of Hassan Nasrallah and Hassan Nasrallah. (Abbas Nilforoushan) General. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Trump Transition
“Hard-working patriot”: Trump appoints team to work with U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessant… Read More
Strong support: An overwhelming majority of people believe Trump will “control illegal immigration”…Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump talks with U.S. Border Patrol Capt. Rodney Scott (right) during a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of the wall on the international border with Mexico in St. Louis, Arizona, June 23, 2020. Photograph: SAUL LOEB)/AFP) (Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP, Getty Images) (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
capitol hill
“Put aside our pride”: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene voted for Johnson after she tried to oust him as speaker last year… Read More
“America is back”: Trump reacts to Johnson winning vote for speaker… Read More
Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Donald Trump (AP/Getty)
Across America
Shampooing, abortion and taxes: Shampoo Rules and Immigration Care: A Look at Some of the ‘Tough’ State Laws, Tax Increases Taking Effect in 2025… Read More
First up is Fox: In his letter demanding answers from Wray, Blackburn said the FBI’s “aggressive” approach to DEI “endangers” Americans… Read More
Photo taken on Friday, June 23, 2006, at the FBI offices in Miami, Florida. (Richard Scheinwald/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Reply all” time: Washington state Democrats accidentally emailed their “aggressive” tax plan to the entire Senate… Read More
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