Category: Politics

President Joe Biden’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating video platform Rumble for undisclosed reasons, the agency confirmed to Wired on Monday. The SEC’s acknowledgment of the investigation to Wired comes after an April report by investment research firm Culper Research alleging that Rumble boosts measurements of its…

Read More Biden Regulator Puts Rumble Free Speech Video Platform In Its Sights

In a move aimed at supporting Jewish students facing antisemitic persecution around the country, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has directed the State University System of Florida and the Florida College System to waive certain transfer application requirements. “As threats of violence continued here at home,…

Read More Gov. DeSantis Takes Steps To Assist Jewish Students Seeking Transfer To Florida Colleges

An appellate attorney for former President Donald Trump, in his effort to assert presidential immunity against criminal charges, suggested that presidents could order the assassination of political rivals without facing criminal charges during a hearing on Tuesday. Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican presidential…

Read More Judge Grills Trump Attorney For Saying President Immune From Nearly Any Prosecution

According to a newly filed finance report, the Republican Party of Florida raised more than $5.18 million in the final three months of 2023 and spent $2.6 million. According to a report posted on the state Division of Elections website, large contributions included $150,000 from…

Read More Republican Party Of Florida Tops $5.18 Million

Corporations are quietly reversing their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices amid intense legal pressure from conservatives and even their own shareholders, multiple outlets reported. Conservative activists, shareholders and investors have issued challenges to various corporate diversity policies, including Republican attorneys general and others sending…

Read More Corporations Are Quietly Walking Back Their DEI Policies

The Maine legislature voted down efforts on Tuesday to oust the state election official who removed former President Donald Trump from the ballot in December, The Associated Press reported. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows removed Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot citing Section 3 of…

Read More Maine Legislature Shuts Down Effort To Oust Official Who Removed Trump From Ballot

Senate President Kathleen Passidomo on Tuesday said there is “huge interest” among senators in supporting restrictions that would curtail minors’ use of social media — a priority of House Speaker Paul Renner. Passidomo, R-Naples, was asked by a reporter about whether she supports the social-media…

Read More Florida Senators Back Social Media Limits

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told the Supreme Court in a court filing Tuesday that granting the Biden administration’s request to cut wire installed on the border by state authorities will “needlessly endanger public safety.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday…

Read More Texas AG Tells SCOTUS Biden Admin Is ‘Putting People In Danger’ By Cutting Border Wire

GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana will introduce articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday afternoon, his office said in a statement Monday. Rosendale said Austin’s failure to disclose his hospitalization to key members of his staff and the White House fell into a…

Read More Montana Congressman Announces Impeachment Articles Against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey doubled down on his innocence in a Tuesday floor speech following a superseding indictment that brought additional bribery charges last week relating to positive statements he made about Qatar. Menendez was first indicted in late September over allegedly receiving lavish…

Read More New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez Doubles Down On His Innocence During Senate Floor Speech