Dave Boyer

Journalism watchdog chastises Pulitzer winners for Trump-Russia tales

An 18-month investigation by the liberal media watchdog Columbia Journalism Review has delivered a major black eye to The New York Times and other Pulitzer Prize winners for their stories about the Trump-Russia saga, finding "serious flaws" in their coverage and no acknowledgment that the accusations of collusion with Moscow were never substantiated.

January 31, 2023

Trump sues Bob Woodward for $49 million over release of interview tapes

Former President Donald Trump sued journalist Bob Woodward in federal court on Monday over interview recordings that Mr. Trump claims he didn't agree could be included in an audiobook.

January 30, 2023

Georgia prosecutor says decision ‘imminent’ on charges in Trump scheme to overturn 2020 election

A Georgia district attorney urged a judge Tuesday to suppress a special grand jury's report on possible crimes by former President Donald Trump and his allies in their efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election, saying she will decide soon whether to bring charges.

January 24, 2023

Trump says he had ‘obligation’ to overturn Georgia election, as judge weighs grand jury report

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had "an obligation" to call Georgia officials in protest of the 2020 election, as a state judge weighs whether to release a grand jury's report on possible election-law violations by Mr. Trump and his allies.

January 24, 2023

Ex-Philly mobster says Trump didn’t know him when they posed for golf photo

Philadelphia ex-mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino said former President Donald Trump didn't know who he was when he posed for a photograph with him earlier this month at Trump International Golf Course in Florida.

January 23, 2023

GOP slams Democratic leader Clark for failing to condemn daughter’s violent encounter with police

Congressional Republicans are criticizing House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark for failing to condemn violence against police after her 23-year-old daughter was charged with assaulting an officer during an anti-police demonstration in Boston.

January 23, 2023

White House hoped talks with DOJ would keep public from knowing about classified documents

President Biden and his top advisers kept the discovery of classified documents secret from the public for 68 days in the futile hope that it could be swept under the rug without any blowback for his presidency, according to a report.

January 20, 2023

Gov. Moore’s first budget calls for bigger state government, boosted education spending

Maryland's new Democratic governor, Wes Moore, is proposing a hiring spree to beef up the state government workforce in his first state budget.

January 20, 2023

Treasury begins ‘extraordinary measures’ to avert default as U.S. hits debt limit

The Treasury Department started taking "extraordinary measures" to stave off default Thursday as the federal government reached its legal borrowing capacity of $38.381 trillion, with no deal in sight between President Biden and House Republicans to raise the debt ceiling.

January 19, 2023

Wes Moore sworn in as governor of Maryland, first Black person to hold post

Democrat Wes Moore took the oath of office as Maryland's 63rd governor Wednesday, becoming the first Black person to lead the state and promising an economic agenda that includes closing the "racial wealth gap."

January 18, 2023

Discovery of Biden papers aids Trump near critical points in prosecutions

Criminal investigations in Atlanta, Washington and New York focusing on former President Donald Trump will determine by the end of this year whether prosecutors and Democrats prevail in their long-running and increasingly long-shot efforts to lock him up.

January 16, 2023

U.S. Chamber chief says employers tired of Washington dysfunction, high regulation

The leader of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Thursday that American business is "fed up" with a dysfunctional Washington.

January 12, 2023

Biden says he’ll veto House GOP proposals, claiming they would make inflation worse

President Biden vowed Thursday to veto bills from the new House Republican majority that would cut IRS funding for hiring more agents and create a national sales tax, saying the GOP's plans would worsen inflation.

January 12, 2023

Biden insists he’s ‘surprised’ by classified documents discovery as GOP opens probe

Republicans mobilized Tuesday to investigate the discovery of classified government documents in an office once belonging to President Biden, who insisted he was just as surprised as they were by the revelation.

January 10, 2023

Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes oath as Arkansas governor, bans critical race theory in schools

Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas took the oath of office Tuesday and issued a series of executive orders barring the teaching of critical race theory and imposing freezes on new government hiring and new state regulations.

January 10, 2023

Small business owners losing optimism for growth amid inflation, political climate

Optimism among small business owners declined in December due to concerns about inflation and the economy falling into recession, the National Federation of Independent Business found in a survey released Tuesday.

January 10, 2023

Biden plans a regulation spree expected to exceed Obama’s red-tape bonanza

President Biden is unleashing a tidal wave of red tape, nearly tripling the number of the most costly regulations from the Trump era, as he imposes a governmentwide approach to climate change and social justice policies.

January 5, 2023

Mobster hit: Omar tweet compares McCarthy to Pesci being killed in ‘Goodfellas’

"Kevin McCarthy walking into the new Congress with a fresh majority," Ms. Omar tweeted.

January 5, 2023

Trump’s last-minute plea for McCarthy doesn’t sway any House Republicans

Former President Donald Trump didn't move the needle at all Wednesday by campaigning for House Republicans to elect Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy as speaker, renewing questions about Mr. Trump's sway over the party.

January 4, 2023

Biden scrambling to keep financial watchdog’s funding out of hands of Congress

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could be nearing the end of its run as a regulator free from Congress controlling its budget.

December 29, 2022