Why the Oath Keepers guilty verdicts are bad news for others facing charges
A series of guilty verdicts in the Oath Keepers trial was a major win for the Justice Department (DOJ) that legal experts say is a warning sign to members of extremist groups still awaiting trial for their role in the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6. A jury on Tuesday delivered guilty verdicts on seditious conspiracy for the militia group's leader Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs, its Florida chapter leader, handing a victory to DOJ lawyers who have brought such charges rarely and with limited success. While DOJ was not able to get a
Read MoreCongress inches toward year-end government funding deal
Congressional negotiators are making a dash to scrounge together a bipartisan deal on how to fund the federal government for fiscal 2023, with just weeks on the clock until a looming shutdown deadline. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) told The Hill on Wednesday that top negotiators on both sides have begun exchanging top-line figures for a potential omnibus funding package, but he added “it’s still an open question” whether Congress will pass such a bill next month. “The appropriators are trading, now negotiating, and Shelby and Leahy are engaged, and we'll see if they can st
Read MoreThese are the House members who broke from their parties on rail strike legislation
A handful of Democrats and Republicans bucked their parties in votes Wednesday on resolutions to avert a rail strike and provide workers with seven days of paid sick leave. The first measure, which would institute an agreement to avoid a rail worker walkout next month, passed in a 290-137 vote. It was the same tentative agreement that the two largest rail unions, with the help of the Biden administration, negotiated in September. Eight Democrats crossed party lines and voted
Read MoreHouse panel gets Trump tax returns
The House Ways and Committee has received former President Trump’s tax returns, ending Democrats’ multiyear legal battle to obtain the documents, multiple outlets reported on Wednesday. The reports indicate the Treasury Department has complied with the committee’s request after the Supreme Court last week
Read MorePowell: Fed will keep raising rates, but at slower pace
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday the central bank will keep raising interest rates to fight inflation but at a slower pace, signaling a slow-down in rate hikes that have raised costs on new mortgages and car payments to slow the economy. In a Wednesday speech, Powell said that despite a recent slowdown in price growth officials are looking for “substantially more evidence to give comfort that inflation is actually declining.” “Despite some promising developments, we have a long way to go in restoring price stability,” Powell said in a speech hoste
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