“All the times I’ve engaged with the president, he’s been engaged,” said Brown, whose role means he’ll advise Trump should he return to the White House and who, as a uniformed officer, generally avoids political commentary."
"It’s undisputed that the law criminalizes quid pro quo bribery — giving cash to a politician, for instance, in exchange for an agreed-upon favor.
But the question that Supreme Court justices were deliberating on is whether this statute also covers gratuities, rewards that are given after the fact to a politician as a thank-you for a corrupt action."
"The Biden administration has done more for rural America than any president since Lyndon Johnson rolled out Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps. Biden’s American Rescue Plan provided specific tax breaks and credits targeted at rural poverty, subsidized mortgage payments, and provided rent assistance to tens of thousands of rural residents: