Videos show the group guarding Mr. Stone … are associated with the Oath Keepers, a far-right anti-government militia that is known to provide security for right-wing personalities and protesters at public events.
Despite attempts to rein in police union contracts in New Jersey, costly provisions remain common, an unprecedented analysis by the Asbury Park Press and ProPublica found. The news outlets identified contract clauses throughout the state that protect officer payouts that cost the public hundreds of millions of dollars.
The fight over the agency’s future is expected to … [leave] Americans with unreliable mail delivery for the foreseeable future. Only 38 percent of nonlocal first-class mail arrived on time in late December, compared with 92 percent in the year-ago period … The agency has not disclosed performance data in 2021.
"The unreasonable prefunding mandate has threatened the survival of the USPS and placed at risk vital services for the millions who rely on it."
In December it was reported that Kushner "helped set up a shell company that secretly paid President Donald Trump's family members and spent nearly half of his 2020 campaign's funds."
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… now that Trump is no longer president, he is vulnerable to the consequences of his apparent lawlessness
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Even as the pandemic continues to rage and New York struggles to vaccinate a large and anxious population, Mr. Cuomo has all but declared war on his own public health bureaucracy.
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner disclosed receiving between $23,791,645 and $120,676,949 in combined outside income in their final financial disclosure reports.
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Investigation of the two Republican senators will be held behind closed doors and could go on for months for what is being a termed a "deep dive" into their words and actions prior to, and on the day of, the storming of the nation's Capitol.
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The Cuomo administration's failure to make public deaths of nursing home residents who perished in hospitals has for almost a year enraged local and national lawmakers who have accused the administration of hiding the true death toll to avoid accountability.
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"Instead of spending on innovation, Big Pharma is hoarding its money for salaries and dividends," the report says, "all while swallowing smaller companies, thus making the marketplace far less competitive."
The gun shop and shooting range was registered until recently to a former sheriff's deputy and current Oath Keeper, and also another man who currently serves on the Montana Highway Patrol.
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The store offering the sale was until very recently run by police officers, including a member of the far-right militia group.
Relatives’ money-making ventures, most prominently his son Hunter’s overseas dealings, have long dogged Biden. But it's taking on a new dimension now that he's in the White House.
Bloomberg reports that legal filings show the Trump campaign paid $1.7 million to Event Strategies Inc., the organization that was primarily responsible for the rally's stage and production management.
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Spurned by many foreign allies, ridiculed by adversaries, disliked by a significant number of his own diplomats and ... As he leaves office, Mr. Pompeo, 57, has been tagged by a number of officials and analysts with the dubious distinction of the worst secretary of state in American history.
Trump ran as the “law and order” candidate who would “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C. Instead he did the opposite … Trump provided corporate lobbyists, foreign actors, special interests and anyone else seeking political clout a way to gain access to his administration. Trump opened the presidency up for business, and for four years, influence was for sale.
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… The company was chosen without the competitive solicitation process that state law normally requires for such large contracts. Both no-bid COVID contracts are listed in the state’s contract database as among Florida’s numerous “emergency purchases” per an emergency executive order from Republican DeSantis that allows state agencies to suspend normal purchasing regulations.
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"What do …. his friends, former friends think about this guy who has savaged his reputation, lies willfully for the president of the United States, and sounds more like a bizarre right-wing blogger than the attorney general of the United States?"
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“I think nationally there’s going to be a huge focus on absentee voting and election integrity,” said Michael Whatley, North Carolina's GOP chair. “There has to be a significant tightening of the rules around absentee balloting, and we need to have that conversation with state legislatures all around the country.”
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