Author: Gabe Kaminsky

EXCLUSIVE — A federal judicial nominee under fire for his prior role at an anti-Israel group was a key figure at a Muslim lawyers conference co-sponsored by a terrorism-linked group that the Biden White House disavowed over its Hamas support, documents show. President Joe Biden has stood behind his pick for the 3rd U.S. Circuit…

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) recommended President Joe Biden pick a since-confirmed federal judge after pocketing campaign cash from her father and his law firm colleagues, records show. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Casey were vocal supporters of then-Pennsylvania chief magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick to sit on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of…

Republican senators are slamming the Biden administration for awarding cash to a terrorism-linked organization even after it began to be investigated by a government watchdog. The Washington Examiner first reported Wednesday that the U.S. Agency for International Development gave $78,000 in October 2023 to Helping Hand for Relief and Development, which lawmakers have warned shares ties to terrorists,…

In October 2018, Saudi Arabian dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, 59, was ambushed and murdered by his own government at its consulate in Turkey while picking up a legal divorce document. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed off on the assassination of the Washington Post writer, according to a U.S. intelligence report declassified in 2021.…

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) pledged to refuse donations from corporate PACs, which the Senate candidate running to fill Michigan’s open seat has sought to outlaw. Her donors rely on them. In 2022, Slotkin co-sponsored a bill that would ban for-profit corporations from operating political funds she’s chided as being “corrupt” for exerting outsize influence on…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 presidential campaign has a new opportunity for one lucky supporter: sailing with the long-shot independent in California. “Ahoy adventure enthusiasts!” Team Kennedy says on its website. “Get ready for the chance of a lifetime!” “This sweepstakes offers one lucky winner and your guest the opportunity to spend an unforgettable afternoon…

A man was taken in an ambulance to the hospital on Sunday after setting himself on fire outside Washington, D.C.‘s Israeli Embassy. “On Sunday, 2/25, at around 1:00 p.m., a man set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C.,” a spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy told the Washington Examiner. “The man is…

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) touted on Sunday that his bipartisan alternative to the Senate foreign aid package was filed in the House for “expedited consideration.” “Do you have any confidence that there’s a way to get Republican leadership to move on this?” Margaret Brennan of CBS asked Fitzpatrick and Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), who cosponsored…

No Labels‘s founding chairman and national political director, Joe Cunningham, said on Sunday the third party would “definitely be interested in” former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley. “This has been a project to essentially give Americans another choice if they’re unhappy with the presumptive nominees. Which, you know, it appears it’s going to be Trump…

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) on Sunday defended the GOP’s decision to investigate allegations from a now-indicted FBI informant that President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, accepted bribes totaling $5 million each. “All we knew about Smirnov was the 1023 allegation,” Comer said on Fox News. “We knew that the FBI…