The city of Bakersfield, California, was rocked on Tuesday as a man claiming to have a bomb strapped to his chest took a hostage at a Chase Bank in the city’s downtown area.According to CBS News, police have secured lockdowns of the surrounding area and have been negotiating with the suspect. The FB…
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Judges signaled skepticism of the Department of Justice’s defense for scrubbing references to slavery at a historic site, according to reporting by the New York Times.In January, the Trump administration removed placards and videos commemorating the history of slavery at Independence National Histor…
Texas saw a potential shakeup in government on Tuesday, as Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced her resignation, effective July 17.”It has been an honor to serve the people of Texas in this role,” said Nelson in her announcement. “My time as Secretary came at an important moment for Texas, and I…
Fox News host Sean Hannity ended Tuesday’s episode of his podcast, “Hang Out with Sean Hannity,” with a disclaimer that some political analysts flagged as “notable.”The 90-minute episode featured an interview with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that spanned several conspiracy theories about al…
Trump’s latest appointment is baffling and extremely dangerous, a political commentator warned Tuesday evening on CNN.Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist and the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, was appointed as the acting Director of National Intelligence. Critics point out that he has no e…
A veteran Democratic strategist revealed the primary race he’s watching as the polls close on Tuesday night.David Axelrod, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, said on CNN’s election night coverage that he will be watching the primary election in Iowa with a keen eye. Not only is it a …
The Supreme Court handed Alabama Republicans a massive victory on Tuesday, allowing the state to use a redrawn congressional map that eliminates one of two districts represented by a Black Democratic member of Congress, CNN reported.The court issued an unsigned order on its emergency docket over the…
The biggest problem facing Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche isn’t the demand for the full release of the Epstein files, according to a legal expert. Blanche’s biggest vulnerability is actually defending Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund, said Harry Litman, a former U.S. attorney and legal commenta…
Veteran journalist Scott Pelley, one of the faces of the iconic news program “60 Minutes,” was fired from the program Tuesday, according to a publicized letter from CBS.Pelley is a decades-long CBS News veteran and former anchor of the CBS Evening News. His firing comes amid a broader upheaval at “6…
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her colleagues to task in a new dissenting opinion on Tuesday, arguing that they evaded the core questions raised in an election case and that their analysis of the facts was “wrong twice over.”The case involved Alabama using a congressional map that a lowe…