The Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee encouraged the Justice Department to look into criminally charging Jack Smith, alleging the former special counsel who brought charges against President Trump lied to Congress — allegations the committee’s top Democrat denied. The criminal referral Wednesday from Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio stems from last year’s revelation that…
A federal advisory council filled with Trump appointees is poised to gut a federal review process that assesses the impact of new projects on historical properties before they are approved and remove the requirement for public comment, according to multiple sources. The Advisory Council for Historic Preservation is voting this week on a measure…
About 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens while obtaining New Jersey driver’s licenses and other state IDs were improperly registered to vote in 2023 and 2024, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said on Tuesday. The governor, a Democrat who took office this year, blamed a Motor Vehicle Commission system software error but said a preliminary analysis…
Arizona voters will go to the polls Tuesday to choose who will take on Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, and key congressional districts are also holding primaries as the heated battle to control the House continues. Arizona has traditionally been a heavily Republican state, and six of its nine House representatives are Republicans. But the state…
Washington — The crowded Maine Senate race to replace Graham Platner narrowed as Democrats rallied around former state Senate President Troy Jackson in the leadup to the party’s nominating convention this Saturday. After Maine counties held nomination meetings to select delegates over the weekend, a handful of candidates opted to drop out of the race…
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday expressed his hope of forming a government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), seeking “better results” from the public in the upcoming elections than in the previous one. He made the remarks while addressing a public rally in AJK’s Kotli ahead of the regional elections set for July 27….
ISLAMABAD: After criticism on a bill seeking to allow the issuance of blue passports to former parliamentarians’ children, Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry has assured that measures would be taken to ensure that the travel document is used for “only official duties” abroad and issued for a limited time in most cases. The…
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has finalised a sweeping overhaul of US visa rules for foreign journalists, ending the decades-old “duration of status” system and replacing it with fixed-term admissions that will require reporters to undergo periodic government review to continue working in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the changes in…
