Melinda Davies, Author at News Addicts

04 Oct

WaPo: Kevin McCarthy Won’t Seek Re-Election for Speaker

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Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reportedly won’t seek re-election for the position after a vote to ‘vacate the chair’ was successful on Tuesday afternoon. “I will not run for Speaker again. I will have the conference pick somebody else,” he said. The Washington Post earlier reported that McCarthy would not…

04 Oct

Judge Blocks Election Watchdog from Censoring Americans Ahead of 2024 Election

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A judge has blocked one of the U.S. government’s key election information watchdogs, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in a new ruling that has major implications for the 2024 presidential election. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued a ruling stating that the cybersecurity…

03 Oct

Judge Issues ‘Gag Order’ For Former President Donald Trump

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New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron, the judge who received recent praise from former President Donald J. Trump for his actions in dismissing what Trump claimed to be “eighty percent” of the case against him, has issued a gag order against Trump. This move comes in response to the…

30 Sep

Jack Smith Comes Up with Yet Another Potential Charge Against Trump — Buying a Firearm

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Special counsel Jack Smith’s office argued Friday that former President Donald Trump may have violated his release terms by purchasing a gun, though Trump’s spokesperson claims he did not purchase one. Trump spokesman Steven Cheung tweeted Sept. 25 that Trump purchased a gun in South Carolina, though Cheung later walked…

29 Sep

Senator Dianne Feinstein Had Prior Undisclosed Health Problems Prior to Death at Age 90

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Senator Dianne Feinstein, a prominent figure in national politics and in California’s Democratic party, has died at the age of 90. According to a statement posted on her official Twitter account, Feinstein passed away on Thursday at her residence in Washington D.C. While sources have confirmed her passing to The…

29 Sep

Legal Scholar Shuts Down Argument That Evidence of Direct Payments to Joe Biden are Needed for Impeachment

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Constitutional attorney and law professor Jonathan Turley starred in the Republicans’ opening salvo in the Biden impeachment inquiry, which kicked off on Thursday. Turley has been the focus of Democrat spin claiming that he does not support the impeachment inquiry, which is not the case. But firstly, Turley dispelled the…

27 Sep

House Republicans Vote to Advance Four Separate Spending Bills

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The House of Representatives recently voted to pass a rule to commence the debate on four separate spending bills, following the failure of two rules votes last week. This victory prompted enthusiastic applause from Republicans on the floor. But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) stood as the sole Republican who…

27 Sep

‘Bombshell’: Bank Records Show Chinese Payments Were Sent to Joe Biden’s Address

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President Joe Biden’s home was used as the beneficiary address for the receipt of illicit payments from Chinese businessmen, a blockbuster new report finds. Hunter Biden received wire transfers totaling more than $250,000 from Chinese business partners in the summer of 2019, with the beneficiary address listed as the Delaware…

26 Sep

Sen. Majority Leader Schumer Announces Bi-Partisan ‘Stopgap Bill’ with Ukraine Funding

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that Senate Democrats and Republicans collaborated throughout the weekend to craft a stopgap bill. On Tuesday, they reached an agreement, which Schumer hailed as a “commendable, pragmatic, and bipartisan measure.” In a speech delivered on the Senate floor on Tuesday afternoon, Schumer emphasized…

26 Sep

Judge Rules Donald Trump Committed Fraud in Decision That Threatens to Dissolve Trump Organization

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A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud, thereby jeopardizing the activities of the Trump organization in the State of New York. Judge Arthur Engoron ruled in a civil lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general that the former president and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by…