Day: March 22, 2024

Motion to vacate filed against Speaker Johnson, lawmakers say

3:51 pm March 22, 2024

A motion to vacate has been filed against Speaker Mike Johnson, two lawmakers said, roughly four months after he took the gavel when the first House leader was deposed. Three GOP lawmakers on the House floor told Fox News Digital that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed the motion, and that she would speak after […]

House passes $1.2 trillion government spending bill to avert government shutdown

3:47 pm March 22, 2024

The House of Representatives narrowly passed a $1.2 trillion federal spending package along bipartisan lines on Friday, taking a step closer to averting a partial government shutdown at midnight. The package, comprised of six appropriations bills that account for roughly 70% of discretionary government spending, was unveiled around 3 a.m. on Thursday night. It’s aimed […]

Merrick Garland shuts down reporter suggesting Hur report should have omitted Biden’s memory issues

3:07 pm March 22, 2024

Attorney General Merrick Garland shut down a reporter questioning if he should’ve edited language describing President Biden’s memory in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report, calling that suggestion “absurd.” NBC correspondent Ken Dilanian asked Garland about the criticism he’s faced from the White House over how the former special counsel described Biden’s faltering memory in his […]

77-year-old Philadelphia man released after serving decades in prison for a murder he says he did not commit

3:06 pm March 22, 2024

William Franklin, recently released after serving 44 years in prison, could walk from a Philadelphia courtroom an exonerated man on Friday, or he may face another trial for a 1976 murder he says he did not commit. His 1980 conviction based on tainted testimony was overturned after the lone eyewitness against him recanted. His conviction […]

Russian rescue efforts intensify as 13 people remain trapped in collapsed gold mine for fifth day

3:04 pm March 22, 2024

Rescue workers labored for a fifth day on Friday to reach 13 people trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine in Russia’s far east, news reports said. They said no contact has been made with the miners in the Amur region, about 3,000 miles east of Moscow. At least 13 miners are trapped, regional […]