Former Giuliani associate Parnas sentenced to 20 months for campaign finance fraud
Lev Parnas, a former associate of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, was sentenced to 20 months in prison Wednesday for campaign finance fraud and false statements on Wednesday. Parnas’s sentence, which also carries a $2.32 million fine, comes after a jury found him guilty in October of violating campaign finance laws by funneling foreign money into U.S. politics to advance his interests in the recreational marijuana business. He later
Read MoreMore than 90 House lawmakers call on Mayorkas for ‘urgent action to combat antisemitism’
More than 90 House lawmakers are calling on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to take “additional and urgent action to combat antisemitism and prosecute antisemitic hate crimes” after antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached an all-time high last year. The letter — led by Reps. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) — specifically asks that May
Read MoreSenate panel seeking information on MLB's antitrust exemption
The Senate Judiciary Committee has sent a letter to the MLB requesting more information about the league’s antitrust exemption on its minor league players and teams. In a letter sent on Tuesday, the panel asked Advocates for Minor Leaguers executive director Harry Marino about how the league’s antitrust exemption is affecting minor league athletes and the operations of minor league baseball teams. Advocates for Minor
Read MoreTexas AG says he would back law banning sodomy if Supreme Court reconsiders landmark case
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said last week he would back a law banning the act of sodomy if the U.S. Supreme Court were to overrule a case deeming it unconstitutional. Paxton said during a Friday interview with NewsNation he would defend the law banning sodomy because the Supreme Court in the p
Read MoreOcasio-Cortez backs Fetterman, Barnes and Ryan for Senate
Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) endorsed Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) and Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D) in their respective battleground Senate races on Wednesday. Ocasio-Cortez made the endorsement in an Instagram post caption under a video clip of her appearance on the "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Tuesday. In the clip, Colbert asks Ocasio-Cortez what she would like to see from her fellow lawmakers in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. "We CAN do more to pursue these items
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