Jim Lokay
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Local news guy @ Fox 5 • Pittsburgh native • Bostonian emeritus
Smithsonian removes impeachment references from portrait display featuring twice-impeached Trump
Smithsonian removes impeachment references from Trump portrait display
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has removed references to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from the wall text accompanying his portrait.
www.fox5dc.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Smithsonian removes impeachment references from portrait display featuring twice-impeached Trump
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January 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Former election chiefs warned the U.S. Supreme Court that ending mail ballot grace periods would create a confusing and chaotic election system that risks disenfranchising voters and undermining confidence just months before the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Banning mail ballot grace periods would create chaotic ‘dual voting system,’ former election chiefs warn SCOTUS
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Former election chiefs warned the U.S. Supreme Court that ending mail ballot grace periods would create a confusing and chaotic election system that risks disenfranchising voters and undermining confidence just months before the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This is the woman who was convicted for breaching voting systems, influenced by Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told a Denver TV station that the prison sentence levied against former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was “harsh” and suggested he was “looking at” revisiting it // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social and @coltrain.bsky.social
Gov. Jared Polis calls Tina Peters’ sentence ‘harsh,’ suggests he’s looking at potential commutation
“She got a sentence that was harsh. It was a nine-year sentence,” Gov. Jared Polis told CBS Colorado about Tina Peters adding that “we always look at people’s sentences.R…
www.denverpost.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
This is the woman who was convicted for breaching voting systems, influenced by Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.
Ugh. Sorry you have to deal with that. Sounds like the left hand doesn’t know what the right one is doing.
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Ugh. Sorry you have to deal with that. Sounds like the left hand doesn’t know what the right one is doing.
My family’s dog was banned from there, too.
January 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
My family’s dog was banned from there, too.
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The War Powers Act is a practical compromise between the executive and legislative branches because neither has wanted to push the issue to a crisis. Keeping Congress informed and onboard is also sound political practice.
JD Vance: "The War Powers Act is fundamentally a fake and unconstitutional law"
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM
The War Powers Act is a practical compromise between the executive and legislative branches because neither has wanted to push the issue to a crisis. Keeping Congress informed and onboard is also sound political practice.
Tonight on The Final 5: until Monday, Trent Holbrook was a top legal advisor to DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Now he’s seeking to replace her. We go one on one at 11:30pm on Fox 5 and Fox Local.
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Tonight on The Final 5: until Monday, Trent Holbrook was a top legal advisor to DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Now he’s seeking to replace her. We go one on one at 11:30pm on Fox 5 and Fox Local.
FBI: US border agents allegedly involved in Portland shooting, 2 people injured fox5dc.com/news/fbi-us-...
FBI: US border agents allegedly involved in Portland shooting, 2 people injured
The conditions of the two people injured were not immediately known.
fox5dc.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
FBI: US border agents allegedly involved in Portland shooting, 2 people injured fox5dc.com/news/fbi-us-...
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NOW: Protest in DC tonight at 14 and U streets, shutting down traffic in both directions.
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
NOW: Protest in DC tonight at 14 and U streets, shutting down traffic in both directions.
Longtime Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer (D) is expected to announce his retirement tomorrow in a speech on the House floor, confirming earlier reporting from Politico.
Hoyer, the onetime Majority Leader, has served in Congress since 1981.
Hoyer, the onetime Majority Leader, has served in Congress since 1981.
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Longtime Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer (D) is expected to announce his retirement tomorrow in a speech on the House floor, confirming earlier reporting from Politico.
Hoyer, the onetime Majority Leader, has served in Congress since 1981.
Hoyer, the onetime Majority Leader, has served in Congress since 1981.
"Allan Block, chairman and CEO of Block Communications, hung up on a TribLive reporter seeking comment Wednesday."
The Blocks, continuing their contempt for the same industry from which they made their fortune...
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The Blocks, continuing their contempt for the same industry from which they made their fortune...
triblive.com/business/pit...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:39 PM
"Allan Block, chairman and CEO of Block Communications, hung up on a TribLive reporter seeking comment Wednesday."
The Blocks, continuing their contempt for the same industry from which they made their fortune...
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The Blocks, continuing their contempt for the same industry from which they made their fortune...
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Clearest angle yet of the ICE officer fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis. DHS said a "violent [rioter] weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them." Is that what this shows?
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Clearest angle yet of the ICE officer fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis. DHS said a "violent [rioter] weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them." Is that what this shows?
Wow. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease operations in May. The announcement from the wealthy Block family comes after SCOTUS refused to take up its appeal of a federal ruling requiring it to make changes to its union health plan.
January 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Wow. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease operations in May. The announcement from the wealthy Block family comes after SCOTUS refused to take up its appeal of a federal ruling requiring it to make changes to its union health plan.
Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP's narrow control of the House to 218-213
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Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP's narrow control of the House to 218-213
Republican seven-term U.S. congressman Doug LaMalfa of California has died, reducing the GOP's already narrow control of the House.
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP's narrow control of the House to 218-213
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George Santos announces Venezuela trip to be ‘part of the solution’
George Santos announces Venezuela trip to be ‘part of the solution’
This would be the first known international trip for the former congressman since President Donald Trump pardoned him last year.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:14 PM
George Santos announces Venezuela trip to be ‘part of the solution’
Sorry I missed you back in town! Next time.
January 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Sorry I missed you back in town! Next time.
Hours after overthrowing the government of Venezuela, the President of the United States is back to pushing conspiracy theories about the murder of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.
January 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Hours after overthrowing the government of Venezuela, the President of the United States is back to pushing conspiracy theories about the murder of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.
Live updates: Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela after Maduro captured. AP reports there are no indications that’s the case, at least not yet. fox5dc.com/news/us-stri...
Live updates: Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela after Maduro captured
The United States carried out a large-scale strike in Venezuela early Saturday, President Donald Trump said.
fox5dc.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Live updates: Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela after Maduro captured. AP reports there are no indications that’s the case, at least not yet. fox5dc.com/news/us-stri...
Trump just said there were no murders over the last “6, 7 months” in DC.
That’s a lie. There have been 59 homicides in the last 7 months per DC Crime Cards.
MORE: crimecards.dc.gov/homicides:cr...
That’s a lie. There have been 59 homicides in the last 7 months per DC Crime Cards.
MORE: crimecards.dc.gov/homicides:cr...
DC Crime Cards
crimecards.dc.gov
January 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Trump just said there were no murders over the last “6, 7 months” in DC.
That’s a lie. There have been 59 homicides in the last 7 months per DC Crime Cards.
MORE: crimecards.dc.gov/homicides:cr...
That’s a lie. There have been 59 homicides in the last 7 months per DC Crime Cards.
MORE: crimecards.dc.gov/homicides:cr...
Cryer, who had more success at CBS than Weiss will ever dream, makes a good point.
Bari Weiss’ rebrand of CBS News as “Fox News but way less successful!” is coming along apace.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Cryer, who had more success at CBS than Weiss will ever dream, makes a good point.
Gutted. My condolences to the great journalists who told truth to power and told the stories that the Post-Gazette refused to tell. Seems fitting that it’s the Block family who rang the death knell, continuing their misguided crusade to inflict as much damage to local media as they can.
Well folks, some news. Ownership is folding @pghcitypaper.com. I wish I could say this was more surprising. I'll be on the lookout for new roles while I continue to teach and hopefully find places to publish some stories I haven't finished. In the meantime, I'm all ears for opportunities.
December 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Gutted. My condolences to the great journalists who told truth to power and told the stories that the Post-Gazette refused to tell. Seems fitting that it’s the Block family who rang the death knell, continuing their misguided crusade to inflict as much damage to local media as they can.
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BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejects OLC and Russell Vought's effort "to starve the CFPB of funding."
Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.
Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.
![Based on this reasoning, defendant Vought, the Acting Director of the CFPB, informed
President Trump and Congress on November 20, 2025:
I have determined that sums available to the Bureau under [the Dodd-Frank Act] will not be sufficient to carry out the authorities of the Bureau under Federal consumer financial law for Fiscal Year 2026. I make this determination based on the conclusion of the Office of Legal Counsel
(OLC) within the Department of Justice that there are no funds legally available for the Bureau to request from the Federal Reserve System[.]
Ex. A to Defs.' Notice [Dkt. # 147-1] at 2, 4.
And based on the same reasoning, Vought and the CFPB simply announced to the Court and the plaintiffs that the Bureau's funding is about to "lapse." Notice at 1. What was left unsaid was that claiming that funds are unavailable is tantamount to closing what is left of the Bureau, bringing any performance of statutory functions and any remaining ongoing compliance with the](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreidjs54tkya3btu4fkv7rroiwzsiyfhn3egoct6ybgxsy5jzmeo7fi@jpeg)
![terms of the preliminary injunction to a halt, even though the case has not yet been resolved on the
merits.
This prompted the November 23 filing of the motion now pending before the Court:
plaintiffs' motion to clarify the preliminary injunction [Dkt. # 148] ("Pls.' Mot.); Pls.' Mem. in
Supp. of Pls.' Mot. [Dkt. #148-1] ("Pls.' Mem."). Plaintiffs seek "clarification that the defendants may not justify a violation of the preliminary injunction by refusing to request" funding from the Federal Reserve, as, they maintain, the Dodd-Frank Act requires. Pls.' Mot. at 1. The motion is fully briefed. See Defs.' Resp. to Pls.' Motion [Dkt. #160] ("Defs.' Opp."); Pls.' Reply [Dkt. # 163]; Br. of Amici Curiae Former Fed. Rsrv. Offs, in Supp. of Pls.' Mot. [Dkt. # 162]
("Amicus Br.").
For the reasons set forth in more detail below, the Court will GRANT the motion to clarify.
The defendants' interpretation of the Dodd-Frank Act is contrary to the text and intent of the statute and the way it has been consistently interpreted by both the Federal Reserve and the CFPB; acting in accordance with the OLC's flawed reasoning would contravene the plain terms and implicit requirements of this Court's Order as it has been revised by the Court of Appeals; and making that
finding does not require any modification of the preliminary injunction.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibtne5jajk5p7mjqjvkgllvhtcmg4aaieq72pumzn6ejvgibcszwi@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejects OLC and Russell Vought's effort "to starve the CFPB of funding."
Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.
Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.