Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Iran president still a force even as his era ends When many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legacy, it's not about the oratory full of bluster and menace or his tussles with Iran's ruling clerics that are known to much of the world. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 3 years for bribing former colleague to leak intelligence A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisor has been sentenced to three years in prison for bribing a longtime colleague to leak DEA intelligence to Miami defense lawyers seeking to ... 05/14/2024 - 8:34 am | View Link
Police search for stolen gun, suspect in attack on off-duty officer Philadelphia police continue to search for a suspect and a missing gun after an off-duty officer was attacked, robbed of his weapon and struck by a car following an argument and fight over the weekend ... 05/14/2024 - 5:45 am | View Link
Philly police arrest man they say attacked officer, stole his gun, and hit him with a car A man attacked an off-duty officer before wresting away his personal firearm and hitting the officer with a car as he fled the scene, part of a melee that erupted in North Philadelphia and left the ... 05/13/2024 - 1:57 am | View Link
Port Huron police officer charged with drunk driving The officer, who police have not yet identified to the public, has been charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He has been placed on administrative leave while police investigate the ... 05/9/2024 - 10:02 am | View Link
Port Huron police officer accused of driving drunk off-duty charged The officer has been placed on an administrative leave while an internal investigation is conducted, they said. 05/9/2024 - 5:38 am | View Link
“President Biden has asserted executive privilege over the audio of his two-day interview with the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents, the Justice Department told Congress Thursday, as Republicans threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to relinquish the recordings,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Politico: “Garland was facing the possibility of being held in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over the recordings in the face of subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
“Less than a month before the start of his first trial, Hunter Biden may be losing a key financial lifeline,” Politico reports.
“Kevin Morris, a Hollywood entertainment lawyer who has long supported the president’s son, has told associates that he has run out of resources to help fund Biden’s legal defense.”
“Shares of former President Donald Trump’s social media company have been on a wild ride since making their debut on Wall Street in March: soaring, crashing and then climbing again,” the New York Times reports.
“The rally has pushed the value of Mr. Trump’s majority stake in the company to some $6 billion, a major windfall as he ramps up his presidential campaign and faces steep legal bills tied to the multiple cases against him.”
Politico: “It sounds outlandish. It was literally a plot point in HBO’s political satire, Veep. It hasn’t happened for 200 years, not since the House clawed the presidency from Andrew Jackson, who won the popular vote but didn’t manage to win over the Electoral College, and elected his opponent, John Quincy Adams — prompting a massive populist backlash that remade American politics.”
“And yet it’s an entirely plausible outcome once again, thanks to recent efforts that could lead to a scenario in which neither candidate makes it to that golden number of 270.
New York Times: “With Mr. Trump leading in the polls, big financiers on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are edging into his corner…”
“The motivations are manifold. In many instances, it’s less that they’re enthusiastic about Mr. Trump — ‘I still hate the man,’ one hedge fund billionaire said — and more that they’re exasperated with the economic and immigration policies of President Biden.”
“In other cases, the willingness to support a return of Mr.