Days after Donald Trump, a former president, announced his third run for office, the U.S. Department of Justice intensified two inquiries that could prove to be the biggest obstacles to his effort to return to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Tuesday, the Labor Department revoked a Trump administration regulation prohibiting the inclusion of ESG-inclusive mutual funds in 401(k) retirement programs. The reversal means that climate change and other ESG factors can now be considered when selecting funds for retirement plans’ investment menus.
In a closed-door meeting Tuesday, House Republicans approved Kevin McCarthy for Speaker, demonstrating that there is still much work to do before the full chamber votes next year. Mr. McCarthy must win 218 votes in a roll-call vote among all legislators present in January, with the Republican majority projected to be the smallest in recent history. All Democrats are anticipated to vote against him.
A federal judge in Florida has sanctioned former President Donald Trump’s legal team with financial penalties for bringing a “frivolous” lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and other Democrats earlier this year. Trump’s attorneys were sanctioned with $50,000 for displaying a ‘cavalier attitude towards facts.’
The 2022 elections were about a lot of different things, but mostly about inflation, crime, and abortion. There were also gas prices and the war in Ukraine, and voter fraud.
Here is a list of trending Republican wins.
Former President Donald Trump may be moving closer to launching his presidential bid in 2024 now that the midterm elections are nearing completion.
Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked a House committee from obtaining Donald Trump’s tax returns on Tuesday, issuing an administrative order that suggests the Supreme Court will not act on the former president’s emergency petition to shield his finances from congressional investigators until after the midterm elections next week.
Former President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court to prohibit a House committee from receiving his former tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service before a Thursday deadline for the data to be given up.
The Georgia grand jury was temporarily prevented from requiring Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in its investigation of efforts to sabotage President Biden’s 2020 election victory while the Supreme Court evaluates Graham’s claim of congressional immunity.
A Strong Chance That Trump Will Be Indicted After Midterm Elections.