The Department of Justice said it will drop a criminal probe into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Friday, a sharp pivot in an unprecedented investigation into the nation's top central banker. Why it matters: It opens the path for President Trump's pick to lead the Fed to be confirmed to the post after a standoff with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who blocked confirmation until the investigation was closed. What they're saying: "I have directed my office to close our investigation as the IG undertakes this inquiry," the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, wrote on X . - "This morning the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve has been asked to scrutinize the building costs overruns – in the billions of…
The lawyer tasked with defending Mississippi’s 15-week abortion limit in front of the U.S. Supreme Court did so in the face of “overwhelming advice” not to demand the overturn of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Mollie Hemingway’s new book Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution details. […]
Just months prior to holding a toddler at knifepoint in front of a Nebraska Walmart, Noemi Guzman allegedly held a priest hostage at knifepoint and attempted to set her own parents on fire. NEWSMAX Crime Correspondent Jason Mattera details why a judge found her not responsible for these previous crimes on “Wake Up America.”