Day: January 4, 2025

New Los Angeles County DA Nathan Hochman meets with Menendez brothers’ family ahead of resentencing bid

8:22 am January 4, 2025

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman met Friday with the family of Lyle and Erik Menendez as the new top cop weighs resentencing the brothers. The meeting and subsequent press conference came after the Menendez family called for a new sentence that “reflects Erik and Lyle’s abuse, trauma, and demonstrated rehabilitation over the last […]

Brett Favre questions details of New Orleans attack, Trump Tower bombing: ‘Hard to see what’s real’

8:05 am January 4, 2025

NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre expressed confusion and skepticism about the details related to the deadly New Year’s Day incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas. In an X post Friday, Favre asked followers “what’s going on” with the terror attack in New Orleans that killed 14 and the Cybertruck bombing outside Trump Tower […]

Republican says Trump was playing golf when president-elect called him to switch House speaker vote to Johnson

7:46 am January 4, 2025

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., initially voted for Jim Jordan for speaker of the House Friday, but President-elect Trump was able to convince him to change his vote — while working on his golf game. Norman was one of three Republicans who initially refused to vote for Mike Johnson to retain his role. While speaking to […]

GOP lawmaker reveals why he changed his vote to support Mike Johnson in heated House speaker vote

7:09 am January 4, 2025

Speaker-designate Mike Johnson, R-La., was re-elected to lead the House of Representatives on Friday despite losing one fellow Republican in the final vote tally. Ultimately, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., was the only Republican to vote against Johnson, but it could have been worse for the House speaker. Reps. Keith Self, R-Texas, and Ralph Norman, R-S.C., […]

Bill keeping trans athletes out of women’s sports will be heard by Congress after new rules package passes

7:08 am January 4, 2025

The new Republican-controlled Congress will hear arguments on a bill that would seek to prohibit transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports in its first 100 days after voting yes on a new rules package Friday. The 119th Congress approved the new rules package after re-electing Mike Johnson as House speaker. A bill to address […]