Citing threats to public safety and national security “so elevated all at once,” FBI director Christopher Wray seeks a budget of $11.3 billion, a 6.1 percent increase over fiscal year 2023. While members of Congress think it over, they might run a few…
There’s a sarcastic if not morbid joke within the ranks of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation about the meaning of its acronym, FDIC, as it pertains to the numerous “lifers” who have been employed at the FDIC for decades: “Found…
Many Republicans and conservatives have accused today’s Democratic Party of using “lawfare” against President Donald Trump and his supporters. They claim that this use of lawfare against a political opponent is unprecedented. But it is not unprecedented. What follows is…
Judge Juan Merchan gave a measly contribution to a group called Stop Republicans in 2020. His in-kind gift to the outfit on Thursday dwarfed the earlier donation. In fact, it did more for Democrats at least in terms of catharsis…
With the jury deliberating on the charges facing former President Donald Trump, many aspects of the trial have been explored. And while the case involves both the testimony of an ex-porn star and an unprecedented defendant — a major party’s…
Repeatedly misgendering fellow employees and harassing a coworker over their pregnancy status could contravene updated federal harassment guidelines. You heard that right. In its first workplace harassment guidance update in 25 years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released new guidelines…
On the latest Joe Biden comments, it’s the usual game of left-wing projection. From NBC: In forceful condemnation of Trump, Biden warns that ‘MAGA’ backers pose grave threat to democracy From CNN: Biden previews 2024 message by warning that Trump’s…
WASHINGTON — When MGM Resorts International fell victim to a cyberattack in September 2023, Nevada’s largest employer responded the way you would want a big corporation to respond. MGM cooperated with the FBI and did not pay ransom to the…
On July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously ruled in U.S. v. Nixon that the 37th president, Richard M. Nixon, could not exert executive privilege over White House recordings related to the Watergate break-in. The ruling…
Donald J. Trump’s best defense in his ledger-entry case could come from the unlikeliest source: prosecutors. Local and federal prosecutors and law-enforcement officials fathom the stunning shallowness of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s “case” against Trump. Why? They repeatedly decided not to prosecute Trump…
