The former head of a Michigan medical marijuana licensing board has agreed to plead guilty to accepting $110,000 in bribes when he led the panel over a two-year period, authorities said Thursday. Rick Johnson acknowledged in a signed court filing that he acted “corruptly” when he accepted cash and other …
Read More »Twitter has temporarily restricted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s congressional account after the Georgia Republican tweeted a graphic that referred to a “Trans Day of Vengeance” following the school shooting in Nashville. Greene posted a screenshot on her personal account on Tuesday of the notice that said some of her congressional …
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A Medicaid expansion deal in North Carolina received final legislative approval on Thursday, ending a decade of debate over whether the closely politically divided state should accept the federal government’s coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income adults. North Carolina is one of several Republican-led states that have begun considering …
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Nevada voters will decide whether to get rid of slavery and involuntary servitude as a form of criminal punishment from the state constitution on the 2024 ballot, part of a push among some states to remove outdated, century-old language that has stayed on the books. The Nevada Senate unanimously passed …
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Washington — President Joe Biden added his well wishes to a growing list of lawmakers from both parties who have expressed support for Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman after he disclosed Thursday that he is being treated for clinical depression. “John, Gisele — Jill and I are thinking about your …
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President Biden delivered a message of unity at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, the first time the annual event has been held since its leadership and structure were overhauled to distance it from a controversial private religious group. “In our politics and in our lives, we too often see …
Read More »Washington — A “small number” of documents with classified markings were discovered last week at former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home and turned over to the FBI, his lawyer told the National Archives and Records Administration. In a letter dated Jan. 18, attorney Greg Jacob told an official with …
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President Biden has accepted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s invitation to deliver the State of the Union address on Feb. 7, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday. “The president is grateful for and accepts Speaker McCarthy’s prompt invitation to address the peoples’ representatives in Congress,” she said in a …
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Donald McEachin, the congressman representing Virginia’s 4th Congressional District, has died, according to a statement from his office. He was 61. “We are all devastated at the passing of our boss and friend, Congressman Donald McEachin,” the representative’s chief of staff, Tara Rountree, said in a statement. “Valiantly, for years …
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The FBI months ago gathered what agents believed was sufficient evidence to charge Hunter Biden, the president’s son, with crimes related to taxes and making a false statement when purchasing a gun, according to sources familiar with the investigation. Evidence gathered by FBI and IRS investigators was sent to the …
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