In October 2019, Transportation Committee Chairperson Peter DeFazio said he first requested the inspector general’s office look into Chao’s influence on a discretionary grant program called Infrastructure For Rebuilding America. [read post]

National/Federal A Record Number of Trans and Nonbinary People Are Running for Office MSN – Anne Branigan (Washington Post) | Published: 7/27/2022 In 2017, former journalist Danica Roem made history when she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, making her the first out transgender state legislator in the U.S. [read post]

In Testimony, Hannity and Other Fox Employees Said They Doubted Trump’s Fraud Claims Seattle Times – Jeremy Peters (New York Times) | Published: 12/21/2022 Sean Hannity said in a sworn deposition he did not believe Sidney Powell’s claims that voting machines were rigged to help Joe Biden in the 2020 election when she appeared on his show. [read post]

National/Federal Bolton Book Details Trump Efforts to Deploy Giuliani in Ukraine Courthouse News Service – Tim Ryan, Jack Rodgers, and Adam Klasfeld | Published: 1/31/2020 In his unreleased book, former national security adviser John Bolton says President Trump asked him to help arrange a meeting between Rudy Giuliani and the president of Ukraine at the time Trump sought to have Ukraine announce investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. [read post]