Kelly said he plans to put 1,000 more police officers on the streets of the city. He also said he'd bring back ShotSpotter, a surveillance system that detects the sound of gun fire.
A grand jury has indicted Hawaii's Democratic Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke on bribery and conspiracy charges tied to an alleged cash-for-contracts scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her own governor is now calling on her to step down. Luke faces charges of criminal conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, and falsifying candidate committee reports, all stemming […] The post Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke indicted on bribery charges in state corruption probe appeared first on American Almanac .
A grand jury has indicted Hawaii's Democratic Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke on bribery and conspiracy charges tied to an alleged cash-for-contracts scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her own governor is now calling on her to step down. Luke faces charges of criminal conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, and falsifying candidate committee reports, all stemming from payments she allegedly accepted from a local lobbyist in January 2022, when she still served as a state lawmaker. She is one of five defendants swept up in the case, which grew out of a federal bribery probe and landed in the hands of Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez's office. The indictment lays out a straightforward allegation: lobbyist and businessman Tobi Solidum, who…Open
In moving to ban a potent synthetic version of kratom, the president’s team paved the way for more sales for makers of rival botanic supplements, who had aggressively lobbied for the change.
Tapped as Steve Witkoff's Iran advisor, Nick Stewart previously condemned dealing with Iran's elected leaders.
By Max Blumenthal The latest addition to the Trump administration’s Iran negotiation team, Nick Stewart, has declared his absolute opposition to negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to Stewart, “it’s important that we disabuse people of that notion” that anyone among Iran’s current leadership could serve as an “honest broker.” Stewart aruged that even the reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian must be treated as an inveterate enemy because he is “a part of the theocratic, tyrannical, authoritarian government of Iran.” He insisted that Pezeshkian “is not a reformer and we shouldn’t buy into that narrative, because what it does is it throws us off our guard.” This Substack is reader-supported. To…Open
The daughter of Iranian immigrants, she worked in the White House and Senate, lobbied for AIDS research and became a tireless champion for people with cancer.
Donald Trump’s longtime confidant claimed to have been “financially devastated” due to investigations during Trump’s first term. Now he’s cashing in. Roger Stone, who in the 1980s helped invent Washington’s modern influence industry, is back in the lobbying business. And he’s earning millions of dollars for his services. With his longtime friend and former client […] The post Roger Stone is back appeared first on StoneZone .
Donald Trump’s longtime confidant claimed to have been “financially devastated” due to investigations during Trump’s first term. Now he’s cashing in. Roger Stone, who in the 1980s helped invent Washington’s modern influence industry, is back in the lobbying business. And he’s earning millions of dollars for his services. With his longtime friend and former client Donald Trump back in the White House, Stone has returned to the lobbying work that first made him wealthy and helped cement his place in Republican politics. And with the president’s willingness to entertain corporate interests well established, clients are willing to pay big bucks for a lobbyist with a relationship with the president that few others can claim. …Open
People representing the three brothers have reached out to a lobbyist and an influential Jewish group that have supported clemency for others. There are no signs the White House is considering a pardon.
Josh Nass, a lawyer and lobbyist, had recently represented Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home executive pardoned by the president late last year.