DA Fani Willis Now Proposing October Start For Trump’s Georgia Trial
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has requested a trial start date in October for the election subversion case she brought against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants in Georgia, court records show. In her request to the court Thursday, Willis noted that Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, one of the defendants charged with attempting […]
‘He’s Lost 25 Pounds?’ CNN and Twitter Users Do Not Buy Trump’s Self-Reported Weight At Jail Booking
Donald Trump surrendered to authorities at the Fulton County Jail on Thursday evening, but it was his self-reported physical attributes that took center stage for CNN panelists. “Jake, as we were discussing earlier, they did provide, in the record, his height and weight, 6’3″, 215 pounds. It’s out there,” said CNN’s Abby Phillip, as other […]
Kremlin, Wagner Group silent on Prigozhin’s fate after deadly plane crash
Russian officials and the Wagner Group are yet to officially confirm the fate of Yevgeniy Prigozhin, after an Embraer business jet listing the mercenary group chief among its passengers crashed northwest of Moscow, killing all 10 on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency. Once a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prigozhin led […]
Trump suggests in Carlson interview that U.S. could see more political violence
Former president Donald Trump suggested that the United States could see intensifying political violence, saying in a new interview that tensions in the country were reaching a boiling point. Asked by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson whether the nation is headed toward open conflict, Trump responded: “I don’t know. I can say this: There’s […]
Trump plans to turn himself in TODAY at Fulton County jail
Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail on Thursday, following his agreement earlier Monday to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions. “I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, confirming CNN’s earlier reporting from two sources […]
A key witness in the Trump classified docs case changed his testimony after switching lawyers, special counsel says
A key witness against former President Donald Trump and his two co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case recanted previous false testimony and provided new information implicating the defendants after he switched lawyers, special counsel Jack Smith’s office said in a new court filing. Yuscil Taveras, the director of information technology at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s club in […]
Rudy Giuliani expected to surrender in Georgia election interference case: Sources
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to surrender at the Fulton County Jail on Wednesday, multiple sources told ABC News. Lawyers for Giuliani will be meeting with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office early Wednesday to finalize a bond package before a surrender in the Georgia election interference racketeering case. Giuliani, according […]
Kevin McCarthy Threatens Impeachment Inquiry Over Biden Bank Statements
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that Republicans would open an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden next month if he doesn’t hand over personal records. McCarthy said Republicans need “the bank statements, the credit card statements” that would show whether Biden had taken a bribe. “Show us where the money went. Show us: […]
Eight candidates qualify for the first Republican presidential debate
Eight presidential hopefuls officially qualified for Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate in Milwaukee, the Republican National Committee confirmed Monday night. While former President Donald Trump appeared to have met the party’s polling and fundraising thresholds, he won’t be on the stage, as he has refused to sign the RNC’s pledge to support the eventual nominee and […]
In visit to Maui, Biden vows to do ‘everything possible’ to help with recovery
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden traveled to Maui, Hawaii,on Monday to meet with residents affected by the wildfires this month, the deadliest in modern U.S. history. The president toured Lahaina, surveying the charred town where 850 people are believed to still be missing. He promised that the federal government would do all […]
Meadows told special counsel he could not recall Trump ever declassifying Mar-a-Lago docs: Sources
Appearing to contradict former President Donald Trump’s primary public defense in the classified documents case, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has told special counsel Jack Smith’s investigators that he could not recall Trump ever ordering, or even discussing, declassifying broad sets of classified materials before leaving the White House, nor was he […]
Magnitude 5.1 quake rattles nerves as California endures Tropical Storm Hilary
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake followed by a series of aftershocks shook Southern California Sunday afternoon just as Tropical Storm Hilary began drenching the region with heavy rain. The quake struck at 2:45 p.m. and was centered roughly four miles southeast of Ojai in Ventura County at a depth of one kilometer, according to the U.S. […]
California store owner, mother of 9, fatally shot over a Pride flag displayed in her shop
A business owner was fatally shot Friday after someone allegedly took issue with a Pride flag she had displayed at her clothing store in Lake Arrowhead, California. Deputies responded at 5 p.m. to the shooting at the Mag Pi clothing store, where owner Laura Ann Carleton was pronounced dead, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said […]
Hilary may become 1st tropical storm to make landfall in California in 84 years
Hurricane Hilary is heading toward Southern California where it is forecast to bring heavy rain, flash flooding, mudslides and gusty winds. The greater Southwest area, including Las Vegas, could also see flash flooding from this very rare event. Hilary, now a Category 3 hurricane, is gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to […]
DeSantis debate memo urges him to defend Trump and take ‘a sledge-hammer’ to Ramaswamy
Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined a strategy for next week’s GOP presidential primary debate in a memo encouraging him to defend former President Donald Trump from attacks by rival Chris Christie and call upstart contender Vivek Ramaswamy “fake.” The two-page memo, written by leaders of the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down, was […]
Prosecutors seek 27 to 33 years in prison for Proud Boys guilty of seditious conspiracy
Federal prosecutors are seeking sentences of 27 to 33 years in federal prison in the cases of four Proud Boys found guilty of seditious conspiracy for their actions during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as 20 years for a fifth Proud Boy found guilty on other charges. Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Ethan […]
Appeals court upholds some restrictions on abortion pill access, but drug will remain available for now
A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld parts of a decision limiting access to a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will have no immediate impact on the availability of the drug, mifepristone. In its ruling, a three-judge panel on the conservative-leaning 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Food and Drug Administration […]
Fulton County DA proposes March 4 trial date for Trump and co-defendants
The Georgia prosecutor leading the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants is looking to start the high-profile trial in early March, according to a court filing Wednesday. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis proposed a March 4 trial date preceded by arraignments the week of Sept. 5. Trump and some […]
Explosive New Footage Shows Roger Stone Hatching Trump’s 2020 Election Plot
MSNBC aired newly obtained footage on Wednesday evening showing Donald Trump ally and longtime GOP operative Roger Stone dictating what sounds a lot like the core of the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In the video, Stone dictates a message saying that “any legislative body” can send their own electors to the Electoral […]
2024 Rivals Mainly Still Unwilling To Criticize Trump Over His Many Criminal Charges
With the coup-attempting former president and 2024 Republican front-runner now at 91 felony counts across four separate indictments, his pack of rivals, with few exceptions, on Tuesday remained unwilling to use that vulnerability against him. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), campaigning at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, told reportersthat the latest indictment from Georgia […]
Ron DeSantis Wants Disney To ‘Drop The Lawsuit’ Because He’s ‘Moved On’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking Disney to drop its lawsuit against him after he took away the company’s ability to self-govern an area of its Walt Disney World amusement parks in Orlando. “We’ve basically moved on,” DeSantis said in an interview with CNBC on Monday. “They’re suing the state of Florida. They’re going to […]
Special counsel sought Trump’s tweets and direct messages in search warrant
Special counsel Jack Smith’s office obtained a search warrant this year to gain access to Twitter communications, including direct messages, linked to former President Donald Trump’s account, new details about the warrant revealed Tuesday. According to a newly unsealed copy of the warrant, prosecutors sought “all content, records, and other information relating to communications sent […]
Trump Campaign Attacks Family Of Fani Willis After Indictment: ‘Steeped In Hate’
Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign attacked Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ “Black Panther” family on Monday after Trump was charged with 13 felonies over his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Soon after the charges were made public, the Trump campaign sent out a lengthy email titled “The Truth About […]
Georgia Prosecutor Gives Trump Until Aug. 25 To ‘Voluntarily Surrender’
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is giving former President Donald Trump and his 18 alleged co-conspirators until noon Aug. 25 to voluntarily surrender and avoid arrest, she said at a news conference late Tuesday night. Willis’ news conference came soon after a grand jury voted to indict Trump and his co-defendants, including former New […]
Hillary Clinton Promises She Gets No Satisfaction From Trump Indictment, Really
Hillary Clinton said she took no pleasure from Donald Trump’s legal troubles as a grand jury investigating the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results returned an indictment Monday night in what could be his fourth set of criminal charges this year. “I don’t know that anybody should be satisfied,” Clinton, who lost […]
Trump dominates Iowa State Fair while flouting traditions and awaiting another possible indictment
Former President Donald Trump seized the spotlight at the Iowa State Fair this weekend, swooping overhead in his private plane just as his chief Republican rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, was flipping pork chops and greeting potential GOP caucus-goers. The 2024 Republican presidential race played out in close quarters as Trump and DeSantis joined the […]
Death Toll From Maui Wildfire Reaches 93, Making It The Deadliest In The U.S. In More Than 100 Years.
As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui townclimbed to 93, authorities warned that the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early stages. The blaze is already the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3% of the […]
A Look Inside What Might Be The Most Sprawling Legal Case Against Donald Trump
Long before the FBI began investigating Donald Trump ’s hoarding of classified documents or Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special prosecutor to probe the former president, Fani Willis was at work. Just one month after Trump’s infamous January 2021 phone call to suggest Georgia’s secretary of state could overturn his election loss, the Fulton […]
Judge To Hear Arguments In Protective Order Fight In Trump’s 2020 Election Conspiracy Case
The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election conspiracy caseagainst Donald Trump will hear arguments Friday over a request by prosecutors for a protective order seeking to bar the former president from publicly disclosing evidence shared by the government. The protective order sought by special counsel Jack Smith’s team has become an early flashpoint in the […]
Maui Wildfire Death Toll Rises To 55; Governor Says Lahaina Looks Like ‘Bomb Went Off’
Officials announced Thursday that the death toll from wildfires on Maui now stands at 55, making it one of the deadliest blazes in the last century. The new fatality count is a significant jump from the 36 confirmed dead on Wednesday, a day after the fire ignited, sending the historic Hawaiian tourist destination town of […]
GOP Oversight Chairman Comer vows to subpoena the Biden family
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, who is leading the investigation into Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, said Thursday his panel plans to subpoena members of the Biden family, including possibly President Joe Biden. “This is always going to end with the Bidens coming in front of the committee. We are going to subpoena the […]
At Least 36 People Have Died In Fires Burning Through Hawaii, County Reports
At least 36 people have died in the Lahaina fire in Hawaii, Maui County wrote in a statement posted to the county website Wednesday evening. Wildfires, whipped by strong winds from Hurricane Dora passing far to the south, took the island of Maui by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking […]
Trump says he won’t sign the loyalty pledge required for first GOP debate
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would not sign a loyalty pledge required by the Republican National Committee for participation in the first GOP debate this month. During a Newsmax interview, Trump said that he took issue with a particularly clause of the pledge that says the candidate will support the eventual […]
Trump wants the Justice Department to set up a secure facility where he can discuss materials he allegedly mishandled
Donald Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday asked a federal judge in Florida to order the government to “re-establish” a secure facility at his Mar-a-Lago resort where they could safely discuss the national security documents prosecutors say he illegally kept there. In a court filing to U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and […]
Ron DeSantis replaces his campaign manager as he reboots his presidential bid
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is shaking up his campaign leadership, bringing in James Uthmeier, his longtime chief of staff, as his new presidential campaign manager, the latest move in a reset that is now almost a month in the making. Out is Generra Peck, who was DeSantis’ campaign manager through his 2022 re-election and during […]
Three men charged with assault in Montgomery riverfront brawl
Three Alabama men are facing misdemeanor assault charges after a group of white men attacked a Black dockworker on Saturday during a brawl involving multiple people along the Montgomery Riverfront. Montgomery Police Chief Darryl J. Albert announced assault charges against Richard Roberts, 48; Allen Todd, 23; and Zachery Shipman, 25. At a news conference Tuesday, […]
Judge in Trump election case sets hearing for arguments about what evidence can be publicly disclosed
The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s election case has ordered attorneys from both sides to meet in court Friday to discuss proposed restrictions on what the former president can publicly disclose about evidence gathered in the investigation. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan had ordered special counsel Jack Smith’s office and Trump’s lawyers to pick a […]
‘Of course he lost’: Ron DeSantis rejects Trump’s 2020 election claims
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday rejected Donald Trump’s claim that he was the true winner of the 2020 presidential election in his most forceful comments to date on the matter. “Whoever puts their hand on the Bible on Jan. 20 every four years is the winner,” DeSantis told NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns in […]
Judge tosses Trump’s counterclaim against E. Jean Carroll, finding rape claim is ‘substantially true’
A federal judge in New York on Monday dismissed Donald Trump’s countersuit against E. Jean Carroll, the writer who won a $5 million verdict against the former president for battery and defamation this year. Trump filed his counterclaims against Carroll in June, alleging she defamed him by continuing to say publicly that he’d raped her […]
Chris Christie Names The Trump Insider He Thinks Secretly Flipped
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Donald Trump should be very worried about a close member of his inner circle from his final year in office. “I’ve said all along I think Mark Meadows is already a cooperating witness,” Christie told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday. “He has all the looks of a cooperating […]
If Trump committed ‘a technical violation of the Constitution,’ it’s not a crime, his lawyer says
If former President Donald Trump committed a “technical violation of the Constitution,” it doesn’t mean he necessarily broke any criminal laws, John Lauro, Trump’s criminal defense attorney, argued Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Lauro appeared to signal how he’d defend the former president in a trial that will stem from the four-count criminal indictment […]
Trump Flips Out In Hellishly Bizarre New Social Media Meltdown: ‘I Wasn’t Scared’
Donald Trump seems to have hell on his mind. The former president invoked the perpetual flames of the underworld in two separate rants on Sunday against Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the U.S. women’s national soccer team. Early in the day, he launched his attack on the former House speaker, who on Friday said Trump […]
Pence Avoids Saying Whether He Would Support Trump As 2024 GOP Nominee
Former Vice President Mike Pence, whose friction with Donald Trump has recently taken the spotlight, declined to say on Sunday whether he would support the thrice-indicted ex-president should he become the Republican nominee in the 2024 election. Pence, who is also running for president in the 2024 election, has continued growing more vocal about his […]
Trump Reportedly ‘Irked’ That Arraignment Judge Didn’t Address Him as ‘Mr. President’
Former President Donald Trump was reportedly “irked” that the judge during his arraignment on Thursday did not address him as a former president. “I’m learning tonight that Trump left here in a sour and dejected mood,” said CNN host Kaitlan Collins on Thursday after Trump pleaded not guilty to four charges to Judge Moxila Upadhyaya […]
Tennessee Democrats expelled by GOP over protests win back their seats
The two Democratic state representatives in Tennessee who wereexpelled by Republicans in April for protesting in support of gun safety on the chamber floor won elections Thursday night for their old seats, The Associated Press projected. Justin Jones won his election for his state House seat in Nashville, and Justin J. Pearson won his race […]
What to know about the Trump ‘fake electors’ scheme in the 2020 election
At the heart of the latest federal indictment of former President Donald Trump is a scheme to use “fake electors” to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The strategy attempted to find a way to undermine the Electoral College after state officials refused to change the election results. Here’s a look at what happened: The process […]
William Barr Blasts Claims That Trump Indictment Violates First Amendment
Former Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday rejected arguments that Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to free speech, saying the government had a “legitimate” case following Tuesday’s indictment of the former president. Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with his attempts to remain in power after […]
Mike Pence Torches Trump And ‘His Gaggle Of Crackpot Lawyers’
Former Vice President Mike Pence responded angrily on Wednesday to former President Donald Trump’s claim that all he wanted on Jan. 6, 2021, was for Pence to request a delay in the 2020 election certification. Pence said it was “completely false” that Trump only asked him to “pause the vote counting,” as Trump’s attorney claimed […]
‘Not a shock’: Trump world shrugs off charges of defrauding America
It was just another Tuesday for former President Donald Trump. He golfed at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey, chatted with staff and club members there and was relatively nonchalant as he awaited something that is becoming a part of his new reality: being indicted. Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday unsealed an indictmentagainst Trump […]
Trump Campaign Compares Indictment In Jan. 6 Investigation To Nazi Germany
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign responded to his latest indictment on Tuesday by saying these “fake charges” amount to “election interference” and comparing the investigation to Nazi Germany. The campaign’s remarks came after a federal grand jury charged Trump based on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and his attempt to remain […]
Mike Pence Says Trump Indictment Shows ‘Our Country Is More Important Than One Man’
Former Vice President Mike Pence took direct aim at his onetime boss, former President Donald Trump, for actions Trump took to try to stay in office that led to the four-count federal indictment unveiled Tuesday. “Today’s indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the […]
Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell appear to be among alleged Trump co-conspirators
The remarkable third indictment of former President Donald Trump returned by a federal grand jury on Tuesday includes six, un-named, un-indicted co-conspirators. But it also contains clues to their identities. Five of the six alleged co-conspirators, based on details provided in transcripts of testimony to the Jan. 6 Committee and other records, appear to be: […]
Witness Touted By GOP Provides No Link To Biden Criminality, House Democrat Says
Two hours of testimony from a former associate of Hunter Biden’s failed to turn up dirt on President Joe Biden, according to Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.). Republicans had hoped an interview with Devon Archer, who partnered in business with the president’s son, would help them connect Hunter Biden’s wheelings and dealings to acts of corruption […]
Donald Trump Calls Jack Smith ‘Deranged,’ Denies Security Tape Tampering Claims
Donald Trump cried “prosecutorial misconduct” again this weekend while denying new allegations from federal prosecutors, who say the multiply indicted former president and his team tried to destroy surveillance footage from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “MAR-A-LAGO SECURITY TAPES WERE NOT DELETED,” Trump declared in an all-caps rantposted to Truth Social on Sunday. “THEY WERE […]
Newly indicted Trump employee doesn’t have a Florida lawyer ahead of his first court date
The Mar-a-Lago property manager charged in a new indictment alongside Donald Trump in the alleged mishandling of classified government documents after the former president left office has not secured a Florida-based lawyer ahead of his first court appearance Monday. Carlos De Oliveira, 56, is set to appear before a magistrate judge Monday in Miami to […]
Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN over ‘the Big Lie’ dismissed in Florida
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN in which the former U.S. president claimed that references in news articles or by the network’s hosts to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as “the Big Lie” was tantamount to comparing him to Adolf Hitler. Trump had been seeking punitive damages of $475 million in […]
Third Defendant Charged In Trump’s Classified Documents Case
Prosecutors have charged a third person, maintenance worker Carlos De Oliveira, in the case concerning classified documents that former President Donald Trump took from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago estate, according to court filings Thursday. Trump and his aide Walt Nauta were charged in the case last month, and both pleaded not guilty. De […]
Tim Scott rebukes Ron DeSantis over Florida Black history standards about slavery
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only Black Republican in the Senate, rebuked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday for new public school standards that teach that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught them useful skills. “As a country founded upon freedom, the greatest deprivation of freedom was slavery. There is […]
GOP senators express anxieties about Mitch McConnell’s health — and what comes next
Some Republican senators harbor concerns about Mitch McConnell’s health, saying they have personally witnessed changes in the minority leader, 81, after he fell and sustained a concussion in March. Publicly, Senate Republicans are rallying around McConnell, R-Ky., sending him their support and well-wishes. None are calling on him to step down, and the senators who […]
Trump teams prepare for possible Thursday grand jury vote
Donald Trump’s legal and political teams are preparing for the possibility that the federal grand jury will vote on charges against the former president as early as Thursday, according to three sources familiar with the thinking of his inner circle. Trump said July 18 on his social media platform that he was notified that he […]
Mitch McConnell escorted away from cameras after freezing during a news conference
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suddenly stopped speaking during a weekly Republican leadership news conference Wednesday afternoon, appearing to freeze, and then went silent and was walked away. McConnell, R-Ky., had been making his opening remarks about an annual defense policy bill when he stopped talking. He was silent for 19 seconds. His Republican colleagues […]
Sinéad O’Connor, Irish singer who rose to fame with ‘Nothing Compares 2 U,’ dies at 56
Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has died at age 56. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time,” O’Connor’s family said in a statement to The Irish Times and the BBC. A cause of death […]
Republicans in Congress Seek to Block Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal
On the eve of Hunter Biden’s court appearance to enter into a plea deal for misdemeanor tax crimes that would allow him to avoid prison time, House Republicans and conservative groups sought to intervene in the case, urging a judge to throw out the agreement he reached with prosecutors. The highly unusual legal maneuvering — […]
Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration’s New Asylum Policy
A federal judge struck down on Tuesday a stringent new asylum policy that the Biden administration has called crucial to its efforts to curb illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border. The ruling was a blow to the White House, which has seen unlawful entries plunge since the new policy was put in place in May. […]
Biden honors Emmett Till and his mother with new national monument
President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. Till, the Black 14-year-old who was lynched in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. His murder highlighted the racism and brutality faced by […]
Former U.S. Attorney Spots ‘Main Signal’ Next Trump Indictment Is Coming
Legal analyst and former U.S. attorney Harry Litman on Monday said he believes “the table is set” for the imminent indictment of Donald Trump in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the former president’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election result and his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. “There’s one main signal,” Litman told […]
Justice Department sues Texas over a floating barrier in Rio Grande intended to deter migrant crossings
The Justice Department on Monday filed a lawsuit against Texas and its Republican governor for placing buoys in the Rio Grande as part of the state’s effort to deter migrants from crossing into the United States. The civil suit said Gov. Greg Abbott violated federal law by installing the barrier and asked a judge to […]
Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted officer with flagpole sentenced to 4 years in prison
A Jan. 6 rioter who repeatedly struck a police officer with a flag pole as the officer was being dragged down the steps of the Capitol was sentenced Monday to more than four years in federal prison. Peter Stager, a 44-year-old truck driver from Arkansas, was sentenced to 52 months in prison by U.S. District […]
Ron DeSantis says the Jan. 6 attack ‘was not an insurrection’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis downplayed the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Friday, saying that the deadly day was not an insurrection. “It was not an insurrection,” DeSantis told comedian Russell Brand in an interview on his streaming show “Stay Free with Russell Brand.” “These were people that were there to attend […]
7 Republican presidential candidates meet polling criteria for first RNC debate
Seven Republican presidential candidates have, as of Sunday, met the polling requirements to appear on the August debate stage following new polling from Fox Business in Iowa and South Carolina. Former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina […]
‘Barbie’ Takes The Box Office Crown And ‘Oppenheimer’ Soars In A Historic “Barbenheimer” Weekend
“Barbenheimer ” didn’t just work – it spun box office gold. The social media-fueled fusion of Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie ” and Christopher Nolan’s “ Oppenheimer ” brought moviegoers back to the theaters in record numbers this weekend, vastly outperforming projections and giving a glimmer of hope to the lagging exhibition business, amid the sobering […]
The passing of a Lockport matriarch who helped loved ones influence a nation
We lost the “sweetest girl in Lockport” the other day. She was 100. Stephanie Wagner Miller died in North Carolina early last Friday. She was married to William E. Miller for 40 years, until his death, in 1983. She lived on for 40 years more, and now will be interred next to him at Arlington […]
Georgia GOP’s legal bills for ‘alternate’ Trump electors top $500K: report
The Georgia Republican Party spent more than $500,000 in the first half of this year representing “alternate” electors under investigation by local authorities in connection with Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The party has spent more than $520,000 in legal fees in the first six months of this […]
Judge in Trump classified documents case tells prosecutors that a mid-December trial date would be too soon
US District Judge Aileen Cannon signaled she is likely to push back the start of a trial in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case beyond the mid-December date proposed by federal prosecutors – but appeared deeply skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump’s lawyers that he couldn’t get a fair trial while running for president. During the […]
Michigan attorney general charges fake Trump electors over alleged 2020 election crimes
Michigan’s attorney general on Tuesday criminally charged 16 so-called “fake electors” for former President Donald Trump, accusing them of a fraudulent effort to reverse President Joe Biden’s victory in the state’s 2020 election. The 16 people each face eight charges, including conspiracy, election law forgery, and uttering and publishing, state Attorney General Dana Nessel said […]
Screen Actors Guild Votes To Strike After Studio Negotiations Crumble
The Screen Actors Guild — the union representing tens of thousands of Hollywood performers — voted Thursday to strike after negotiations with film and TV studios fell apart. “The strike will begin at midnight tonight, and all of us — union members, leadership and staff — will be out on the picket lines tomorrow morning,” […]
Biden White House goes after Republicans over Tuberville’s military blockade
The White House is amping up pressure on Republicans over Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade on hundreds of promotions for military officers, apparently seeking to make the GOP pay a price with voters if he persists, according to a new memo first obtained by NBC News. In the memo addressed to “Interested parties,” the White House […]
Secret Service ends White House cocaine investigation with no leads
The mystery of who brought cocaine into the White House remains unsolved. The Secret Service investigation has concluded with no usable forensic or video evidence identifying the person responsible, three Secret Service officials familiar with the investigation said. The small plastic baggie with a powdered substance — which was found in a storage cubby at […]
No Labels snags Sen. Joe Manchin for event, stoking talk of presidential run
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) plans to headline an event in New Hampshire next week sponsored by the bipartisan group No Labels, a move that has stoked speculation that he could mount a third-party presidential bid in 2024 that Democrats fear could be damaging to President Biden. Manchin is scheduled to appear Monday at the […]
House Republicans Criticize F.B.I. in Contentious Hearing
Republicans bombarded Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, on Wednesday with criticisms about his role in investigating former President Donald J. Trump, efforts to address extremist violence and the bureau’s electronic surveillance practices during a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing. Committee Republicans, led by the chairman, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, treated Mr. Wray as […]
Hollywood actors set the stage for strike action after contract negotiations fail
Hollywood actors could soon have a new role: picketers. Thousands of screen performers represented by the powerful labor union SAG-AFTRA, which stands for the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, are on course for strike action after the guild and a trade association representing the industry’s leading studios could not agree on […]
Top general warns U.S. military will lose talent because of GOP blockade on promotions
A Republican senator’s blockade on hundreds of military promotions could inflict widespread damage on troops and their families and prompt some to leave the armed forces, President Joe Biden’s nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told lawmakers on Tuesday. “We will lose talent” because of the problems caused by the block on […]
Georgia grand juries impaneled as Trump probe decision looms
A Georgia judge on Tuesday seated two grand juries that are likely to be tasked with deciding whether to bring election interference charges against former President Donald Trump and his allies. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has said she plans to announce charging decisions stemming from an investigation into “possible criminal interference in the […]
Freedom Caucus members won’t say if Marjorie Taylor Greene has been booted
Returning from a two-week recess, House Freedom Caucus members refused to say Tuesday whether they had kickedRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene out of the group of conservative hard-liners. “I don’t discuss that,” said Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry, R-Pa. “I don’t talk about membership at the Freedom Caucus,” added a Greene rival, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo. […]
Biden slams SCOTUS affirmative action decision: ‘Discrimination still exists in America’
President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted the Supreme Court ruling setting new limits on affirmative action as a “severe disappointment,” saying, “we cannot let this decision be the last word.” “The court has effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions and I strongly, strongly disagree with the court’s decision,” Biden said, adding that “the court […]
Parkland shooting verdict: School security officer Scot Peterson acquitted over failure to confront gunman
A Florida jury on Thursday cleared a former school security officer who was charged over his failure to confront a gunman who massacred 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, in an emotional trial that left bitter feelings on both sides. Scot Peterson, who was a Broward County sheriff’s deputy and worked as a […]
Judge Says Trump Can’t Claim Presidential Immunity To Dismiss Defamation Suit
A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against him on Thursday, saying his claims of absolute presidential immunity were not a “get out of damages liability free card.” U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in New York issued a lengthy ruling after Trump’s attorneys attempted to […]
Salvaged debris from Titan submersible contains ‘presumed human remains’: US Coast Guard
Debris recovered from the submersible that catastrophically imploded while on a voyage to see the Titanic wreckage last week contained “presumed human remains,” the U.S. Coast Guard said. Salvaged pieces of the Titan vessel were unloaded from the Canadian ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Wednesday morning. The […]
Madonna hospitalized with bacterial infection; upcoming tour delayed
Madonna, 64, is delaying her upcoming tour as she recovers from a “serious bacterial infection” that had her hospitalized, her manager said Wednesday. The pop star had a “several day stay” in the intensive care unit after she developed the infection Saturday, her manager Guy Oseary said in an Instagram post. A source close to […]
Arraignment for Trump aide Walt Nauta rescheduled after flight canceled due to storms
Walt Nauta, an aide charged alongside former President Donald Trump for the alleged mishandling of classified documents from the White House, had an arraignment hearing rescheduled after his flight to Florida was canceled due to storms. Nauta had been set to be arraigned on Tuesday, but the judge postponed the date after Nauta did not […]
Supreme Court rejects unchecked state legislature power over federal election rules
The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a strong rejection of a controversial legal theory that threatened to upend state election laws nationwide and give state legislatures unchecked power over federal election rules in the case Moore v. Harper. In a 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court sided with a group […]
Justice Department Interviews Rudy Giuliani Over Role In 2020 Election Scheme: Reports
Rudy Giuliani has been interviewed by federal investigators as part of a special counsel investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to multiple reports. CNN first reported Tuesday that Giuliani, who acted as a private attorney for Donald Trumpand was instrumental in the former president’s efforts to remain in power despite […]
Kevin McCarthy Threatens Impeachment For Merrick Garland Over Hunter Biden
Republicans in the House of Representatives could impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland over an allegation that the Justice Department stifled criminal charges against Hunter Biden. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday the allegation would be “a significant part” of an impeachment inquiry if an IRS whistleblower’s claims pan out. Federal prosecutors in Delaware announced […]
Blockbuster Supreme Court decisions to come on student loans, affirmative action and more
The Supreme Court has left this term’s blockbuster decisions for last, with rulings expected this week on student loans, affirmative action and more. The justices will hand down their next round of opinions on Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET. There are 10 total cases remaining from the term that began back in October. Their rulings […]
Secret Service agents testified before Jan. 6 grand jury: Sources
Agents from the United States Secret Service have testified before the grand jury investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to ABC News. Agents provided testimony as part of the grand jury’s probe into whether there were any crimes committed during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. […]
Maggie Haberman Reports Trump is Siphoning Off Campaign Cash Into a PAC That’s Been Paying His Legal Bills
In the past, Donald Trump has wanted the American public to cover him for his legal bills. Now a new report says he’s doing that by taking the money for his legal expenditures from his 2024 presidential campaign. New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacherpublished a story on Sunday about Trump’s online fundraising, […]
Prosecutors ask to delay Trump’s classified documents trial until December
Prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith’s office have requested that former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial for alleged mishandling of classified documents be delayed until December, according to a court filing on Friday. Earlier this week, Judge Aileen Cannon set a trial date for Aug. 14 and estimated that the court proceedings would take two […]
On anniversary, Harris says Roe v. Wade reversal created a ‘health care crisis’
In a speech Saturday marking the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris condemned conservative justices for creating a “health care crisis in America.” “How dare they?” Harris, the first female vice president, asked a crowd in Charlotte, North Carolina. She also criticized abortion bans that have been passed in […]
Poll: 61% of voters disapprove of Supreme Court decision overturning Roe
On the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, 6 in 10 voters remain opposed to the court’s removing federal protection of the right to abortion, according to results from a new national NBC News poll. Nearly 80% of female voters ages 18-49, two-thirds of suburban women, […]
IRS agent tells House committee there was meddling with Hunter Biden case
A former IRS employee told the House Ways and Means Committee that U.S. Attorney David Weiss sought authority to charge Hunter Biden in two federal districts with charges broader than the tax-related misdemeanors the president’s son agreed this week to plead guilty to, according to a 212-page transcript of his interview. The whistleblower, Gary Shapley, […]
Rep. George Santos’ $500K bond was guaranteed by his father and his aunt
The father and an aunt of Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., guaranteed his $500,000 bond after he was charged last month with more than a dozen federal counts, a source familiar with the matter confirmed Thursday. The congressman’s father, Gercino Dos Santos, and Elma Santos Preven, his aunt, were the suretors for the bond. They did […]
Missing Titanic submersible updates: Coast Guard searching where noise was detected
The search is intensifying for a submersible carrying five people that vanished while heading to tour the Titanic wreckage site off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The 21-foot deep-sea vessel, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact about an hour and 45 minutes after submerging on Sunday morning with a 96-hour oxygen supply. That oxygen is […]
Republicans Defend Justice Samuel Alito After Another Ethics Bombshell Drops
Republicans are waving off ethics questions surrounding another Supreme Court justice, Samuel Alito, after it was revealed that he accepted an undisclosed trip from a GOP megadonor who had business before the court. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that Congress should “stay out” of the court’s business after ProPublica reported that the […]
Republicans decide to forgo Biden impeachment vote after internal fighting
In a de-escalation of internal GOP tensions, House Republicans are now aiming to refer a Biden impeachment resolution to two committees instead of holding an immediate voteon impeaching the president. The House will vote Thursday to send a resolution offered by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., to the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees. By forgoing the […]
HUGE Ethics Questions Arise About SCOTUS Justice Alito
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Tuesday published a commentary in The Wall Street Journal defending himself from questions about his ethical conduct raised in a yet-to-be published article by news outlet ProPublica. The commentary on the WSJ website addressed what Alito referred to as “charges” by journalists from ProPublica that he had failed […]
Judge strikes down Arkansas ban on transition care for minors
A federal judge struck down an Arkansas law Tuesday that would have banned transition-related medical care for transgender minors, declaring it unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge James Moody Jr. of the Eastern District of Arkansas overturned and permanently blocked the law from taking effect, writing that it violates the First Amendment and the equal protection and […]
Missing Submersible: Rescuers Detect ‘Underwater Noise’ in Search Area and Redirect Efforts
A Canadian surveillance aircraft looking for the missing Titan submersible and the five people on board in the North Atlantic has “detected underwater noises in the search area,” the U.S. Coast Guard said early Wednesday. The Coast Guard said in a brief statement on Twitter that remote-operated vehicles were still searching for the Titan. Officials […]
Missing Submersible: Vessel Disappears During Dive to the Titanic Wreck Site
A submersible craft carrying five people in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic has been missing since Sunday, setting off a search and rescue operation by the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard confirmed Monday that it was searching for the vessel after the Canadian research ship MV Polar Prince lost […]
Judge bars Trump from disclosing — or keeping — evidence in documents case
A federal judge issued a protective order Monday barring former President Donald Trump from disclosing on social media — or keeping — evidence the government is set to turn over to him in the classified documents case. The order prohibits Trump and Walt Nauta, his co-defendant in the criminal case alleging he mishandled national security […]
Trump says his kids won’t serve in his administration if he wins a second term
Former President Donald Trump said Monday he doesn’t want his children to serve in his administration again if he wins a second term in the White House. “I said, ‘That’s enough for the family,’” Trump told Fox News host Bret Baier. “It’s too painful for the family. My family has been through hell.” Ivanka Trump […]
Chris Christie says RNC loyalty pledge is a ‘useless idea’
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who’s running for the GOP presidential nomination, on Sunday called the Republican National Committee’s requirement for candidates to pledge support for the eventual nominee a “useless idea.” In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Christie said “I think the pledge is just a useless idea” when he […]
Donald Trump could try to pardon himself if re-elected, Asa Hutchinson says
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who’s running for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, said Sunday he expects that if former President Donald Trump is re-elected and convicted in the classified documents case, he will try to pardon himself. “I could certainly see Donald Trump doing that. That’s exactly what he would intend if he got […]
Blinken meets with Xi Jinping in bid to ease China tensions on high-stakes visit
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, the second and final day of a high-stakes visit aimed at easing spiraling tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Blinken’s trip to China is the first by a U.S. secretary of state since 2018. He is also the […]
Biden announces pledge by ticket sales giants to eliminate hidden fees and show full costs upfront
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that ticket sales giants Ticketmaster and Live Nation have pledged to provide consumers with full pricing upfront, ending surprise fees at checkout during online purchases. Biden convened a roundtable at the White House with companies that have committed to disclose fees to consumers upfront. The event included representatives from Live […]
Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira indicted and accused of mishandling classified documents
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted Defense Department leak suspect Jack Teixeira on six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. Teixeira, who was arrested in April, is suspected of leaking classified Pentagon documents on Discord, a social media platform primarily used by online gamers, while serving as a Massachusetts Air National […]
Trump Is ‘Scared Sh*tless,’ Ex-Chief Of Staff John Kelly Says
Former President Donald Trump’s ex-chief of staff said the twice-impeached Republican is intimidated by the possibility he may finally face accountability for his actions. “He’s scared shitless,” John Kelly, the chief of staff from 2017 to 2019, told The Washington Post on Tuesday. Trump, now the first president to be federally charged with a crime, […]
House blocks Republican effort to censure Rep. Adam Schiff
The House on Wednesday rejected a GOP-backed effort to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., with almost two dozen Republican lawmakers bucking their party’s attempt to publicly rebuke him. The House voted 225-196 to set aside the resolution, introduced by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., to censure Schiff over his role in the House investigation into […]
Trump announces raising over $6 million since federal indictment news
Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign said Wednesday that it has raised $6.6 million since news of his federal indictment broke, including more than $4.5 million online. In an announcement, the campaign said an additional $2.1 million came in at a pre-planned fundraiser Tuesday night at Trump’sBedminster golf course in New Jersey. Altogether, that’s a […]
Biden Gets Big Laughs As He Shades Trump Without Even Using His Name
President Joe Biden on Tuesday cracked a joke about his documents that almost certainly seemed like a reference to Donald Trump, who on Tuesday was indicted on 37 federal charges in his classified documents scandal. Biden spoke about his long relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which goes back more than a decade to when […]
Judge allows E. Jean Carroll to amend defamation case against Trump
A federal judge on Tuesday granted a motion by E. Jean Carroll to file an amended defamation suit against former President Donald Trump seeking at least $10 million, based in part on recent comments Trump made on CNN. Carroll made the motion for an amended complaint after Trump called her a “whack job” at a […]
Ohio Republican Vance will hold Justice Dept. nominees in Senate over Trump case
Sen. JD Vance announced Tuesday that he will be putting a procedural hold on Department of Justice nominees in response to the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling national defense information. Vance’s office said nominees for positions with the U.S. Marshal Service will be excepted from the Ohio Republican’s move. The announcement […]
McCarthy strikes temporary deal with conservative rebels, ending blockade on House floor
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., struck a temporary deal with a band of 11 conservative rebels Monday, ending a nearly weeklong blockade of the House floor and paving the way for votes this week on a handful of GOP messaging bills. The agreement was announced after a meeting between McCarthy and some of the rabble-rousers who […]
Judge bans electronic devices for media at Trump arraignment courthouse
A federal judge tonight said members of the media will be prohibited from taking cellphones or other electronic devices into the courthouse where Trump is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow afternoon. “All cellular phones and/or electronic equipment are hereby prohibited for news reporters and other members of the media inside the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. […]
Trump Faces Difficult Odds In Classified Documents Case
Donald Trump faces a formidable task defending against charges that he illegally kept top-secret documents upon leaving the White House in 2021, according to legal experts, who said neither the law nor the facts appear to be on his side. The former U.S. president, who is a candidate to run again in the 2024 election, […]
Facing threats to his speakership, McCarthy takes a ‘YOLO’ approach
If there was a theme for Kevin McCarthy’s jampacked first five months as speaker, it would be this: You only live once. In April, he followed in the footsteps of his political idol, fellow California Republican Ronald Reagan, delivering a major address on Wall Street. Then he hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at Reagan’s presidential […]
Biden marks Pride Month with celebration on White House South Lawn
President Joe Biden welcomed hundreds to the White House on Saturday for a delayed Pride Month celebration aimed at showing LGBTQ+ people that his administration has their back at a time when advocates are warning of a spike in discriminatory legislation, particularly aimed at the transgender community, sweeping through statehouses. The event, which the administration described as the […]
Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at age 93
Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died, the network announced Thursday. He was 93. Robertson died at his home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, […]
Surprise Supreme Court win for Black voters could give Democrats an electoral boost
The Supreme Court’s unexpected affirmation of part of the Voting Rights Act was not just a win for Black voters in Alabama — it could also send new Democrats to Congress in as many as four states, advocates said, as the precedent is applied in similar cases around the country. The court, divided 5-4, struck […]
‘What Kind of Human Being Does That?’: Newsom Warns DeSantis, ‘We Mean Business’ on Potential Kidnapping Charges
NBC News’s Jacob Soboroff sat down with California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) for an interview set to air Thursday morning on Today. In the interview, Newsom doubled down on his strongly-worded criticism of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and his vow to investigate and potentially prosecute anyone involved in the deceitful shipping of migrants to […]
Conservatives bring the House to a halt as anger at McCarthy’s debt deal remains
A small bloc of conservative bomb-throwers is holding the floor of the House of Representatives hostage, forcing GOP leaders to cancel votes for the rest of the week. For the second straight day, the conservatives blocked several leadership-backed bills from moving forward Wednesday in protest of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s handling of the debt deal he […]
Steve Bannon Reportedly Subpoenaed In Jan. 6 Grand Jury Probe
Steve Bannon, a longtime supporter and ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump, was subpoenaed in Washington, D.C., by a federal grand jury in an investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, several news outlets reported Wednesday. The subpoena, which was first reported by NBC News, is the latest update in special […]
PGA Tour and LIV Golf Agree to Alliance, Ending Golf’s Bitter Fight
The PGA Tour, the dominant force in men’s professional golf for generations, and LIV Golf, which made its debut just last year and is backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in Saudi money, will together form an industry powerhouse that is expected to transform the sport, executives announced Tuesday. The rival circuits had spent […]
Dozens of Secret Service agents have been subpoenaed or appeared before grand jury in Trump docs probe
About two dozen Secret Service agents have been subpoenaed or have appeared before a federal grand jury in Washington that’s looking into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed Tuesday. The sources said prosecutors have interviewed agents assigned to Trump’s security detail at his Mar-a-Lago estate in […]
Chris Christie jumps into the 2024 GOP presidential race
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie jumped into the 2024 presidential race Tuesday, filing his official paperwork hours before a planned launch event. Christie has been blunt in his criticism of former President Donald Trump, who remains the Republican front-runner in the polls, and he’s likely to continue those lines of attack now that he’s […]
Newsom threatens DeSantis with kidnapping charges after migrants flown to Sacramento
Gov. Gavin Newsom took his feud with Gov. Ron DeSantis to new heights on Monday, seemingly threatening him with kidnapping charges after California officials say South American migrants were sent to Sacramento by the state of Florida as a political stunt. Newsom, a Democrat, cited state kidnapping laws in a tweet to the Florida governor […]
Former Vice President Pence filing paperwork launching 2024 presidential bid in challenge to Trump
Former Vice President Mike Pence is filing paperwork on Monday declaring his campaign for president in 2024, setting up a challenge to his former boss, Donald Trump, just two years after their time in the White House ended with an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and Pence fleeing for his life. Pence, the nation’s 48th vice president, […]
Unproven Biden Bribe Allegation ‘Has Not Been Disproven,’ James Comer Claims After FBI Brief
The FBI privately briefed lawmakers Monday about an unverified tip the bureau received in 2020 that Joe Biden had been involved in a bribery scheme when he was vice president. Republicans have said the source of the allegation is highly credible while admitting they don’t know whether it’s true or not. House Oversight Committee Chair […]
Texas Becomes Most Populous State To Ban Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
Texas has become the most populous state to ban gender-affirming care for minors after Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation on Friday. Texas joined at least 18 other states that have enacted similar bans. Every major medical organization, including the American Medical Association, has opposed the bans and supported the medical care for youth when administered […]
Grand jury in Trump classified documents case expected to meet this coming week after hiatus
The federal grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the Justice Department’s investigation of former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is expected to meet again this coming week in Washington, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. Prosecutors working for special counsel Jack Smith have been presenting the grand jury with […]
Kristen Welker will succeed Chuck Todd on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ in September
NBC News is passing the baton on its long-running Sunday public affairs program “Meet the Press.” Chuck Todd told viewers Sunday he is leaving the moderator’s chair on the 75-year-old program in September. He will hand it off to Kristen Welker, the network’s chief White House correspondent. Welker will be the second female moderator in […]
Trump Says He Doesn’t Know ‘Anything’ About A Tape Of Him Discussing Sensitive Documents
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he doesn’t “know anything” about a reported tape of him discussing a sensitive military document he allegedly took from the White House. CNN and The New York Times reported Wednesday federal prosecutors had obtained the tape as part of the ongoing investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents. The […]
Senate votes to overturn Biden’s student loan relief program
The Senate voted largely along party lines Thursday on legislation to block President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program after the measure cleared a key procedural hurdle in the chamber. The 52-46 vote to pass the legislation comes a day after senators took a similarly close vote to proceed to the measure, which would repeal […]
Biden ‘fine’ after fall onstage at Air Force Academy graduation
President Joe Biden fell onstage Thursday at the Air Force Academy’s graduation ceremony and is “fine,” a White House aide said. After Biden shook the hands of more than 900 graduates, he turned to head back to his seat and started to motion as if he were going to jog. He then appeared to trip […]
Legal Experts Predict Dire Outcome For Donald Trump After Tape Report
Legal experts foresaw serious consequences for Donald Trump following the reported newly-surfaced recording from July 2021 in which the former president allegedly claimed to have classified documents ― about a possible attack on Iran ― after leaving the White House. CNN’s report Wednesday that federal prosecutors obtained the audio amid special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation […]
Trump captured on tape talking about classified document he kept after leaving the White House
Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, multiple sources told CNN, undercutting his argument that he declassified everything. The recording indicates Trump understood he retained classified material after leaving the […]
Mike Pence is set to launch his presidential campaign next week
Mike Pence plans to enter the GOP presidential nomination fray June 7 with a campaign video and a kickoff speech in Des Moines, Iowa, according to a person familiar with his launch schedule. The former vice president, a longtime advocate of the priorities of traditional conservatives on social and economic issues, will join the race […]
Trump Vows to Nullify Part of Constitution by Executive Order ‘On Day One’ of Second Term
Former President Donald Trump promised to nullify a key clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if he is elected president again, though he does not have the authority to do so. Trump has long taken issue with the citizenship clause of the amendment, which states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject […]
DeSantis says he’ll ‘counterpunch’ against Trump attacks after kicking off 2024 campaign in Iowa
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he plans to “counterpunch” against former President Donald Trump’s attacks after kicking off his 2024 campaign in Iowa on Tuesday. The Florida governor implicitly poked fun at his top rival at his first official campaign event. But speaking to reporters after the event, he had plenty to say about Trump, […]
Far-right members, unhappy with debt deal, float threatening McCarthy’s speakership
As criticism builds in Republican ranks over the debt ceiling deal struck by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden, some hard-line conservatives have begun floating the idea of toppling the speaker. On a House Freedom Caucus call Monday night, Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., floated using the motion to vacate, a rule that would allow […]
Impeachment trial of Texas AG Ken Paxton to begin no later than August 28
A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be permanently removed from office will begin no later than August in the state Senate, where the jury that would determine his future could include his wife, Sen. Angela Paxton. Setting a schedule was one of the last orders of business lawmakers took […]
At least 16 dead, dozens injured in shootings across the U.S. over Memorial Day weekend
Shootings across the U.S. left at least 16 people dead and dozens more injured over Memorial Day weekend. The gun violence occurred at beaches, high schools and motorcycle rallies, among other locations, across at least eight states. The victims were teenagers to people in their 60s. The weekend concluded as it began — with gunfire. […]
Russia issues arrest warrant for Sen. Lindsey Graham
Russia’s Interior Ministry on Monday issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine. In an edited video of his meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that was released by Zelenskyy’s office, Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, noted that “the Russians are dying” […]
Donald Trump Marks Memorial Day With Unhinged, All-Caps Rant
Donald Trump predictably made Memorial Day all about himself on Monday. The former president began a post on his Truth Social platform innocuously enough when he wished a “happy Memorial Day to all.” But it then devolved into a ranting screed as he continued: “But especially to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the […]
Debt ceiling negotiators ‘making progress,’ Biden says even as deal remains elusive
Seeking to strike a reassuring tone despite days of negotiations, President Joe Biden said Thursday afternoon that he’s had several “productive conversations” with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and their teams are “making progress” on debt ceiling talks as the country inches closer to default. “I’ve made it clear time and again: Defaulting on our national […]
Mar-A-Lago Workers Moved Boxes Of Papers Before An FBI Visit: Reports
Two employees at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort moved boxes of papers around the property a day before FBI agents and a federal prosecutor visited in their effort to recover classified documents, multiple media outlets reported Thursday. The Washington Post first reported that a maintenance employee at the Florida club told federal prosecutors he […]
Supreme Court delivers blow to wetlands protections in win for Idaho landowners
The Supreme Court on Thursday significantly weakened a landmark water pollution law by ruling that an Idaho couple’s property does not include wetlands subject to federal oversight under the law. The ruling, in which all the justices agreed in the outcome but differed on the legal reasoning, concluded that Mike and Chantell Sackett’s land does […]
Tina Turner, trailblazing ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ who dazzled audiences worldwide, dies at 83
Tina Turner, the exuberant, heel-stomping, wild-haired rock goddess who sold out stadiums, earned a dozen Grammy Awards and won the adoration of fans around the world in an electrifying music career spanning five decades, died Wednesday at her home near Zurich after a long illness, according to her publicist. She was 83. “With her, the […]
Fitch puts U.S.’ AAA on rating watch negative
Fitch Ratings, a top credit rating agency, put the United States’ AAA long term foreign currency issuer default rating on negative watch on Wednesday evening. “The Rating Watch Negative reflects increased political partisanship that is hindering reaching a resolution to raise or suspend the debt limit despite the fast-approaching x date (when the U.S. Treasury exhausts […]
Jan. 6 rioter who put his feet on desk in Pelosi office sentenced to 4.5 years in prison
The Arkansas man who was photographed on Jan. 6, 2021, with his feet on a desk in then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office was sentenced Wednesday to four and a half years in prison. Federal prosecutors had asked the judge to sentence Richard “Bigo” Barnett to more than seven years for his actions before, during and after […]
Trump’s N.Y. criminal trial will begin in March 2024, halfway through presidential primaries
Former President Donald Trump made a virtual appearance in New York criminal court Tuesday for the first time since pleading not guilty last month to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. A stern-looking Trump appeared before Judge Juan Merchan on video to hear the terms of a protective order barring him from publicly disclosing […]
Driver who crashed near White House told officials he was prepared to kill Biden and ‘seize power’
The 19-year-old Missouri man accused of deliberately driving a rented box truck into a White House barrier allegedly told authorities that he admires Nazis and wanted to “seize power” and “kill the president,” court documents released Tuesday show. Sai Varshith Kandula, of Chesterfield, Missouri, rented the U-Haul truck Monday night immediately after flying from St. […]
‘Work requirements’ emerge as flashpoint in debt ceiling, spending talks
As Washington struggles to reach a debt ceiling deal with little more than a week until potential default, a key hangup in the negotiations is turning out to be — “work requirements.” A long-sought effort by Republicans to impose stricter conditions on recipients of Medicaid and other federal assistance programs is now front-and-center in the […]
GOP Rep. James Comer Implies Biden Family Probe Is Really About Helping Trump In 2024
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday inadvertently implied that House Republicans’ high-profile investigation into President Joe Biden’s family members and their finances is actually about helping Donald Trump win the presidency in 2024. Comer, who is leading the GOP’s probe as chair of the House oversight and accountability committee, appeared to say the quiet part […]
E. Jean Carroll seeks ‘very substantial’ new damages after Trump called her a ‘whack job’ in CNN town hall
Writer E. Jean Carroll on Monday asked a judge to update her still pending original defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump to add a new claim after he trashed her as a “whack job” during his CNN town hall earlier this month. In a court filing late Monday, Carroll attorney Roberta Kaplan said her […]
Driver detained after truck crashes into security barriers near the White House
A driver was detained after a truck crashed into security barriers near the White House on Monday night, officials said. The white U-Haul box truck crashed into the barriers on the north side of Lafayette Square, at 16th Street, just before 10 p.m. ET. The Secret Service said the incident, which took place just a […]
Disney scraps plan for new Florida campus amid DeSantis feud
Disney has abandoned plans to open up a new employee campus in Lake Nona, Florida, amid rising tensions with the state’s governor. Citing “changing business conditions” and the return of CEO Bob Iger, Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney’s parks, experiences and products division, penned a memo to employees Thursday, announcing that the company will not move […]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein suffered previously undisclosed complications from shingles
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., experienced more complications than were publicly disclosed from a recent case of shingles that left her absent from Washington for nearly three months. Feinstein, 89, had also suffered from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which occurred when shingles spread to her head and neck, and a case of encephalitis, which is swelling of […]
‘She Ain’t Worth It’: Ocasio-Cortez Zings Taylor-Greene As Lawmakers Go At It
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) got into a shouting match outside the Capitol on Wednesday. The two yelled until Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) stepped in to defuse the situation by taking a shot at Greene. “She ain’t worth it, bro,” Ocasio-Cortez said, tapping Bowman on the shoulder. “She ain’t worth it, […]
Biden says he’s ‘confident’ US will avert default as he departs for foreign trip
President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he is “confident” the U.S. will avert default, expressing optimism a crisis could be avoided as he left for a foreign trip even as debt ceiling negotiations were coming down to the wire. “I’m confident that we’ll get the agreement on the budget that America will not default,” Biden […]
Democratic congressman introduces resolution to expel Rep. George Santos
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., introduced a resolution on the House floor Tuesday afternoon to expel GOP Rep. George Santos. “I rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House. … Rep. George Santos be, and hereby is, expelled from the House of Representatives,” he said. House Republicans […]
Man Slipped Undetected Inside Home Of White House National Security Adviser
An unknown man managed to slip undetected inside the home of White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, according to two people familiar with the incident. The U.S. Secret Service is investigating. The door was apparently unlocked, and the intruder was able to get inside Sullivan’s home around 3 a.m. last month, the people said. […]
Biden Shortens Asia Trip To Deal With GOP Debt Ceiling Demands
A White House effort to counter China’s increasing influence in the western Pacific on Tuesday became the first casualty of Republican attempts to make honoring the U.S. debt contingent on cutting medical and food benefits for welfare recipients. President Joe Biden’s aides for weeks had been touting his planned visit to Papua New Guinea as […]
Person looking for Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly attacks staffers with baseball bat
A person looking for Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly allegedly attacked two of his staffers with a metal baseball bat at his district office Monday, the congressman said in a statement. Connolly, a Democrat, said the individual was taken into police custody and the two staffers who were injured were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening […]
Giuliani accused of offering to sell Trump pardons for $2 million each in new lawsuit
A woman who said she worked for Rudy Giuliani during the last two years of the Trump administration alleged in a wide-ranging lawsuit that Giuliani, the former president’s personal attorney, discussed selling presidential pardons and detailed plans to overturn the 2020 election results. In a 70-page complaint filed in state court in New York on […]
Trump-era special counsel issues report criticizing FBI for launching Trump-Russia investigation
The special counsel who spent four years investigating the Trump-Russia probe accused the FBI of acting negligently by opening the investigation based on vague and insufficient information in a sweeping 300-page report made public Monday. Special counsel John Durham, named by then-Attorney General William Barr to examine the origins and conduct of the investigation into […]
Ron DeSantis tiptoes around Iowa as Trump cancels visit amid tornado threat
It was supposed to be a clash of 2024 GOP presidential primary titans in Iowa on Saturday, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had the state to himself — meeting with voters at several stops — as the threat of tornadoes forced former President Donald Trump to cancel an outdoor rally. DeSantis, seizing on Trump’s absence, […]
U.S. Border Crossings Down 50% After Title 42 Expired: Mayorkas
The number of crossings along the U.S. southern border has dropped by 50% since pandemic-related asylum restrictions expired on Thursday, contradicting earlier fears that there would be a surge, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday. U.S. Border Patrol counted roughly 6,300 crossings on Friday and 4,300 on Saturday, down from more than 10,000 before […]
Migrants wait for chance to enter U.S. after end of pandemic-era restrictions
Cheers and applause broke out as migrants prepared to cross the border into El Paso, Texas, hours after the lifting of pandemic-era restrictions on Friday. Once across, men and women, some in hoodies and sweaters to guard against the chilly desert night air, walked in single file to a U.S. Border Patrol van. A man […]
Feinstein returns to the Senate Judiciary Committee, helping advance Biden judges
One day after making a long-anticipated return to Congress, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., attended her first Judiciary Committee meeting on Thursday after a monthslong absence following a shingles diagnosis in February. With Feinstein’s “aye” votes, Democrats were able to send three additional judicial nominees to the Senate floor for consideration on party-line votes: Charnelle Bjelkengren […]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein returns to Capitol Hill, casts her first votes since February
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., cast her first two votes on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon after a nearly three-month absence due to health issues. Upon her arrival on Capitol Hill, she was assisted into a wheelchair and greeted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Feinstein told reporters that she feels “much better.” She did […]
Alabama senator on white nationalists in the military: ‘I call them Americans’
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., appeared to defend white nationalists in a recent interview by suggesting they should not be barred from serving in the military, prompting his office to clarify the remarks. In an interview published this week by Birmingham-based radio station WBHM, Tuberville criticized the state of the military and said Democrats were to blame. […]
George Santos Is Charged With Fraud and Lying in 13-Count Indictment
For months, Representative George Santos seemed to possess a Teflon-like resistance to repercussions, even as questions mounted over his income, campaign finances and rags-to-riches life story. Mr. Santos, a first-term Republican representing Long Island and Queens, gave numerous speeches on the House floor and appeared to relish his growing notoriety. Just in the last month, […]
Impasse persists after Biden and congressional leaders hold ‘tense’ meeting on debt ceiling
President Joe Biden and congressional leaders failed to resolve the impending default crisis at a contentious meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon, but they plan to meet again Friday. Each side accused the other of being unreasonable, and Biden — for the first time — said after the meeting that there have been […]
Justice Department Charging Rep. George Santos In Federal Probe: Report
The Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), CNN is reporting. The charges haven’t been announced, but the controversial member of Congress is expected to appear as soon as Wednesday at federal court in New York’s Eastern District. A request for comment to Santos’ office was not immediately returned. ABC […]
Tucker Carlson says he’ll launch new show on Twitter
Conservative commentator and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is launching a new version of his show on Twitter, he said Tuesday. Speaking in a nearly three-minute video posted on the platform, Carlson gave few details about the show and offered a familiar criticism of the news media. Carlson called the platform the “last big […]
E. Jean Carroll was ‘exactly’ Donald Trump’s type, her lawyer says in closing arguments
E. Jean Carroll was “exactly” Donald Trump’s type, and the former president didn’t show up at her civil trial accusing him of rape because “he knows what he did” to her, her attorney alleged in closing arguments Monday in Manhattan federal court. Speaking to the six-man, three-woman jury, Roberta Kaplan played a video of the […]
Trump prohibited from posting evidence in hush money case to social media, judge rules
The New York state judge presiding over the criminal hush money case against Donald Trump issued an order Monday restricting the former president from posting about some evidence in the case on social media. Judge Juan Merchan largely sided with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg by limiting what Trump can publicly disclose about new evidence […]
Biden to meet with congressional leaders on debt ceiling as default looms
President Joe Biden and congressional leaders — including the two top Republicans — will meet Tuesday in the Oval Office to open negotiations to head off an impending default crisis, although neither side expects the summit to make much progress. With the Treasury Department saying the government will run out of money as soon as […]
Greg Abbott Says Focus Is ‘Mental Health Problems,’ Not Gun Reform, After Texas Shooting
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said the state would focus on addressing “mental health problems” behind gun violence, but didn’t address calls for gun reform after another devastating mass shooting at a shopping center this weekend. Eight people were killed and at least seven others injured at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday […]
Trump Fails To Make Deadline To Testify In Rape Trial
Former President Donald Trump rejected his last chance Sunday to testify at a civil trial where a longtime advice columnist has accused him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996. Trump, a Republican candidate for president in 2024, was given until 5 p.m. Sunday by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. […]
Eight victims believed to be migrants killed when they’re struck by a vehicle while waiting at bus stop in a Texas border city
Eight people waiting at a bus stop in a Texas border city were killed and a dozen more were injured early Sunday when a vehicle rammed into them, officials said. The victims, who are believed to be migrants, were at a stop near a Catholic Charities facility in Brownsville known as the Ozanam Center, a […]
Prosecutors seek 25-year prison sentence for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes
The Justice Department is seeking 25 years in prison for Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder convicted of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors described as a violent plot to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House, according to court papers filed Friday. A Washington, D.C., jury convicted Rhodes in November in one of […]
8 Trump ‘fake electors’ have accepted immunity in Georgia election probe, attorney says
Eight of the so-called “fake electors” in Georgia who were allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state have accepted immunity in the Fulton County probe into the matter, according to their lawyer. In a court filing in the case on Friday, an attorney who represents 10 of […]
King Charles III and Queen Camilla crowned: Highlights from the coronation
King Charles III was crowned monarch of the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland on Saturday, in a ceremony steeped in a millennium of tradition and pageantry. Shouts of “God Save the King!” were heard, trumpets blared and gun salutes rang out after the Archbishop of Canterbury placed the crown on Charles’s head at […]
First Republic Bank is taken over by FDIC and sold to JPMorgan in third major bank failure of 2023
First Republic Bank has been taken over by federal regulators and will be sold to JPMorgan — making it the third major bank to go under in less than two months. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) ) announced simultaneously Monday morning that it had seized the bank and that JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank […]
The suspect in a Texas mass shooting vanishes, and authorities have ‘zero leads’
A man suspected of using an AR-15 rifle to kill five neighbors execution-style continued to elude an army of law enforcement hunting for him outside Houston over the weekend. Authorities said Sunday afternoon that Francisco Oropesa, 38, appeared to have slipped past a 2-mile dragnet of more than 150 law enforcement officers in Cleveland, Texas, […]
Donald Trump Grunts And Moans As Crowd Goes Wild In Bizarre Campaign Moment
Donald Trump had one of his weirdest campaign moments yet as he updated an anti-trans rant that included a series of grunts as he imitated a woman lifting weights. “I will tell you another thing that people can’t even believe: I will keep men out of women’s sports, OK?” the former president told a cheering […]
Writer E. Jean Carroll spars with Trump lawyer from witness stand: ‘I was raped’““`
Writer E. Jean Carroll, who alleges in a lawsuit that Donald Trumpraped her in the 1990s in a New York department store, was questioned Thursday by a lawyer for the former president who repeatedly suggested her claim was made up. “You were supposedly raped?” Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina asked Carroll early in his cross-examination. “I […]
DeSantis dismisses Disney lawsuit over loss of self-governance as ‘political’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday brushed off a lawsuit by the Walt Disney Co. over the revocation of its Orlando-area theme park’s self-governing privileges as politically motivated. “I don’t think the suit has merit. I think it’s political,” DeSantis said during a news conference in Jerusalem as part of a trip his office described […]
Tucker Carlson Drops First Video After Fox News Ouster
Tucker Carlson released a video on Wednesday addressing his firing from Fox News several days prior. During the video, which was published to Carlson’s Twitter account, the former Fox News host said he realized after stepping “outside the noise for a few days” how “unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are,” […]
House GOP narrowly passes bill to raise debt limit and cut spending; White House called it ‘ransom’
House Republicans on Wednesday narrowly passed a bill to increase the nation’s debt ceiling while cutting federal government spending — and while the legislation has no prospect of becoming law, GOP leaders hope it will help force negotiations with Democrats. The proposal, known as the Limit, Save, Grow Act, passed 217-215, with four Republicans joining […]
Disney sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and officials over ‘targeted campaign of government retaliation’
Disney filed a lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and various Florida officials over a campaign the company alleges was “patently retaliatory, patently anti-business, and patently unconstitutional.” The lawsuit follows the state oversight board’s decision to void “publicly noticed and duly agreed development contracts which had laid the foundation for […]
Sen. Ted Cruz’s Jan. 6 Scheming Exposed In Newly Unveiled Recording
In a recorded conversation with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) laid out a plan to create a “commission” to help him overturn the 2020 election to keep Donald Trump in the White House. “I think that the country deserves to have a credible assessment […]
Opening statements conclude in Trump’s trial over E. Jean Carroll’s rape allegation
E. Jean Carroll, the writer who says Donald Trump raped her in a New York City department store in the 1990s, sued the former president because “she wants to get her life back,” her attorney said in opening statements Tuesday. “Donald Trump assaulted her in 1996 and defamed her when she said she made it […]
Chief Justice Roberts declines to testify at Senate’s Supreme Court ethics hearing
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday declined an invitation from a high-ranking Democratic senator to testify at a congressional hearing on ethics rules for members of the Supreme Court. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Roberts suggested that his participation could pose a threat to judicial independence. “Testimony before the […]
Montana transgender lawmaker silenced for third day; protesters interrupt House proceedings
As Republican leaders in the Montana legislature doubled down on forbidding Rep. Zooey Zephyr from participating in debate into a second week, her supporters on Monday interrupted proceedings in the House by chanting “Let her speak!” Zephyr, a first-term Democrat from Missoula, wanted to speak about a proposal that would restrict when children could change […]
E. Jean Carroll lawsuit against Trump for defamation, battery set for trial on Tuesday
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in a civil trial stemming from a lawsuit filed by advice columnist and author E. Jean Carroll against former President Donald Trump. Carroll says Trump raped her in a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and defamed her when she went public with the story in […]
Georgia prosecutor to reveal charging decisions in Trump probe this summer
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Monday that she’ll announce charging decisions stemming from her probeinto possible interference in the 2020 election by former President Donald Trump and his allies as early as mid-July. Willis said the charging decisions will be revealed during the state Superior Court’s fourth term, which begins July 11 and […]
GOP candidates pitch Iowa evangelicals with promises to restrict transgender and abortion rights
More than a half-dozen Republicans who are or may be running for president took their pitches to religious conservatives at an Iowa cattle call on Saturday that’s long been one of the premier stops on the GOP primary calendar. Before a 1,000-person crowd at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s spring kickoff, a bevy of […]
Supreme Court allows abortion pill to stay on the market for now
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the most commonly used abortion pill in the U.S. to remain widely available. The court blocked in full a decision by Texas-based U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on April 7 that had invalidated the Food and Drug Administration’s longtime approval of mifepristone and handed a sweeping victory to abortion opponents. Two of the […]
MSNBC Airs Newly-Released 2020 Audio of Ted Cruz Explaining to Fox’s Maria Bartiromo ‘Demonstrable Facts’ Are Needed to Prove Election Fraud
Ari Melber aired a recording of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) telling Fox host Maria Bartiromo that evidence would be required to prove claims about voter fraud in a court of law. Bartiromo was one of the several Fox hosts and guests who falsely claimed or suggested the 2020 presidential election was rigged against then-President Donald […]
Mike Lindell ordered to pay $5M for losing ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ election data challenge
Mike Lindell has to pay $5 million for losing his “Prove Mike Wrong” 2020 election challenge, an arbitration panel has ruled. In a decision dated Wednesday, the panel found software developer Robert Zeidman had won Lindell’s 2021 contest challenging experts to prove that data he had was not from the 2020 election, and directed the […]
Biden Blasts GOP ‘Wacko Notions’ Amid Debt Limit Standoff
President Joe Biden lambasted Republicans’ emerging trade-off plans to raise the nation’s debt limit only in exchange for spending cuts and other policy concessions on Wednesday, declaring that GOP lawmakers are threatening a historic default on U.S. obligations “unless I agree to all these wacko notions they have.” His remarks in a union hall speech […]
IRS agent wants whistleblower protections to discuss ‘preferential treatment’ in Hunter Biden probe
An IRS special agent said to be involved in the federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes is seeking whistleblower protections to provide sensitive disclosures about the probe to Congress. Mark D. Lytle, a lawyer for the unnamed IRS employee, wrote in a letter Wednesday to a bipartisan group of lawmakers that he represents a “career […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene prohibited from speaking at hearing after calling DHS secretary ‘a liar’
A House committee formally silenced Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Wednesday after she lobbed accusations at the homeland security secretary during his congressional testimony. Democrats on the GOP-led Homeland Security Committee twice sought to strike remarks made by Greene at the hearing, one in which she accused a Democratic member of having an extramarital […]
John Fetterman Returns to Work, Immediately Trolls Right-Wing ‘Fringy Fringies’
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) returned to work this week after his treatment for depression and quickly engaged in one of his favorite diversions: trolling his critics on the right. Last month, some conservatives on social media claimed Fetterman had been replaced by a body double while undergoing inpatient treatment at Walter Reed hospital. Fetterman, who […]
Senate Democrats eye a hearing on Clarence Thomas as Republicans shrug off gift revelations
Key Senate Democrats are considering a hearing about Supreme Court ethics in the wake of revelations that Justice Clarence Thomas received previously undisclosed gifts and luxury travel from billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the chair of the Judiciary Committee, said the “20 years of gift travel on yachts and […]
Republicans block Senate Democrats’ push to replace Feinstein on Judiciary panel
Senate Republicans blocked a request Tuesday by Democrats to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee while the 89-year-old Californian recovers from illness. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer asked for unanimous consent to swap out Feinstein for Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., saying that Feinstein “made her wish clear” to be removed “until she returns […]
Clarence Thomas’ real estate sale is ‘a clear violation of government ethics law’: ProPublica reporter
Fresh off reports that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury travel and accommodations from billionaire GOP megadonor Harlan Crow without any disclosure, a new report reveals Thomas also sold Crow his family home without disclosing it — which experts say is a much more clear-cut violation of federal ethics laws. ProPublica reporter Josh Kaplan, […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims Intel Leaker Was Arrested Because He’s ‘White, Male, Christian’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) defended Jake Teixeira, 21, on Thursday, just hours after he was arrested for allegedly leaking highly sensitive military documents online. Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman serving since 2019, held the highest-level security clearance possible for top-secret information military information and he allegedly shared highly sensitive national defense documents with […]
Democrat Justin J. Pearson reinstated to the Tennessee Legislature
Memphis-area officials voted Wednesday to reinstate Justin J. Pearson to the Tennessee Legislature after Republicans expelled him last week for protesting gun violence on the chamber floor. The seven members of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners present for the vote unanimously approved Pearson’s reinstatement during a special meeting in Memphis. Board members suspended the […]
Special counsel focuses on Trump fundraising off false election claims
Federal prosecutors probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol have in recent weeks sought a wide range of documents related to fundraising after the 2020 election, looking to determine if Trump or his advisers scammed donors by using false claims about voter fraud to raise money, eight people familiar with the new […]
Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller appears at D.C. federal court where Jan. 6 grand jury meets
WASHINGTON — Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller arrived Tuesday at the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and was seen entering the area where the grand jury tied to special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigation meets. Neither Miller nor his attorney responded when asked what the former aide was doing there. The grand jury […]
‘You Need to Get Out of Here’: CNN Reports Disturbing Details From Live-Streamed Attack on Louisville Bank
New details have emerged about the footage aired by the Louisville shooter when he live-streamed his attack on the Old National Bank.Connor Sturgeon, a 25-year-old former employee of the bank, was identified as the suspect who killed five people and wounded eight more on Monday morning. The motive behind the shooting remains unclear, though police […]
Biden signs bill ending Covid national emergency
President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a Republican-backed resolution that immediately terminates the coronavirus national emergency first declared in March 2020. The measure ends the national emergency a month earlier than the Biden administration had planned. A separate public health emergency tied to Covid will remain until May 11. Biden had signaled his […]
Louisville gunman kills at least 5 and injures others in bank shooting, police say
A gunman opened fire at a bank in downtownLouisville on Monday, killing at least five people — including a close friend of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear — and injuring nine others, authorities said. The gunman was identified as Connor Sturgeon, 25, who police said was an employee of Old National Bank on East Main Street, […]
Judge’s abortion pill decision embraces extreme language and ideology of anti-abortion movement, experts say
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision to put the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone on hold has thrown future access to medication abortion into question nationwide and laid the foundation for a high-stakes Supreme Court battle. The ruling, issued Friday, is set to go into effect at the end of […]
Tenn. lawmaker Justin Pearson expects to soon be reappointed after unprecedented expulsion
Former Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson said Sunday he expects to be quickly reappointed after what he called his “unprecedented” expulsion for participating in a raucous, unrecognized gun violence protest on the Legislature floor. “I do hope to continue to serve District 86 in the reappointment,” Pearson, a Memphis Democrat, told ABC “This Week” co-anchor […]
Democrats condemn Texas abortion pill ruling and the Trump judge who issued it
Congressional Democrats quickly condemned the decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s longtime approval of the key abortion pill mifepristone, while top Republicans in Congress have yet to weigh in. Kacsmaryk has given the government a week to appeal his […]
William Barr: Trump Charges Will Bolster Him In Primaries, Hurt Him In General Election
William Barr, Donald Trump’s former attorney general, said he believes Trump’s legal troubles are likely to bolster him during the Republican primaries but “greatly weaken” him during the 2024 general election, which Barr said the former president cannot win. “He’s already, I think, a weak candidate that would lose, but I think this sort of […]
Progressive lawmakers renew call for impeachment of Justice Thomas
Progressive representatives on Thursday called for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas shortly after a ProPublica report detailed how he took lavish trips funded by a Republican billionaire donor that he did not disclose. “This degree of corruption is shocking — almost cartoonish,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., wrote on Twitter. “Thomas must be impeached.” Progressive […]
DA Bragg calls House GOP subpoena an ‘unprecedented campaign of harassment’
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday accused House Republicans of trying to “undermine” his office’s criminal case against former President Donald Trump through an “unprecedented campaign of harassment and intimidation.” “Repeated efforts to weaken state and local law enforcement actions are an abuse of power and will not deter us from our duty to […]
Biden White House largely blames Trump admin for troubled U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
The White House released a report Thursday about the decisions made regarding the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including the bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members. The 12-page report by the National Security Council summarizes the administration’s assessment of the withdrawal and largely blames former President Donald Trump’s administration for […]
Judge willing to force Rupert Murdoch to testify in Fox News-Dominion trial
A Delaware judge said he’s inclined to force Fox Corp. executives Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in the defamation suit against Fox News and Fox Corp. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis said Wednesday at a public hearing that lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems would need to issue trial subpoenas to force […]
Anti-Vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Plans To Challenge Biden In 2024
Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country’s most famous political families, is running for president. Kennedy filed a statement of candidacy Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission. The 69-year-old’s campaign to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination is a long shot. Self-help author Marianne […]
‘A very dark cloud’: Trump tears into all the investigations he faces in post-arrest speech
Just hours after he left his fingerprints in a Manhattan courthouse and on American history, former President Donald Trump returned to his home turf at the Mar-a-Lago club here and proclaimed that he is being unjustly persecuted by prosecution. “They can’t beat us at the ballot box, so they try to beat us through the […]
Progressive Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayor’s race
Brandon Johnson will be the next mayor of Chicago, NBC News projected Tuesday, marking a stunning turn for a staunch progressive and former teacher whose campaign leaned into messages of racial and economic disparities and who overcame blowback over past comments about decreasing police funding. Johnson defeated the well-financed, tough-on-crime moderate Paul Vallas, a former […]
Liberals gain control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the first time in 15 years
Janet Protasiewicz, a judge on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, NBC News projects, giving liberals their first majority on the state’s highest court in 15 years. Protasiewicz defeated conservative Dan Kelly, a former state Supreme Court justice, on Tuesday in what became the most expensive state […]
Abortion Rights And Democracy Are On The Line TODAY In Wisconsin Court Race
Wisconsinites are set to elect a new justice to the state’s Supreme Court on Tuesday. State Supreme Court races are often sleepy affairs, not least in Wisconsin, where they occur in the springtime ― months away from elections with greater turnout. But this particular race has extraordinarily high stakes, eliciting an accordingly larger share of […]
Nashville school shooter planned the attack for months, according to journals police found
The shooter in last week’s deadly attack at a private Christian school in Nashville planned it for months, police said Monday. Audrey Hale outlined plans “to commit mass murder at The Covenant School” in journals police found in the shooter’s car and bedroom after the March 27 attack that killed six people, the Metropolitan Nashville […]
Trump indictment update: Judge rules no video cameras allowed in court
Judge Juan Merchan will allow five pool still photographers to snap for several minutes before the arraignment formally starts, according to a decision issued Monday night. No video cameras will be allowed, though Judge Merchan conceded, “That this indictment involves a matter of monumental significance cannot possibly be disputed. Never in the history of the […]
Trump To Deliver Remarks Tuesday Night In Florida After His Arraignment
Former President Donald Trump will deliver remarks Tuesday night in Florida after his scheduled arraignment in New York on charges related to hush money payments, his campaign announced Sunday. Trump will hold the event at his Mar-a-Lago club after returning from Manhattan, where he is expected to voluntarily turn himself in. He is expected to […]
Justice Department Has New Evidence In Trump Classified Documents Probe: Report
The Justice Department has gathered new evidence in its investigation into former President Donald Trump’s removal of classified documents from the White House that may point to possible obstruction, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Sources familiar with the matter told the newspaper investigators are homing in on whether Trump attempted to impede the government’s efforts […]
John Fetterman speaks publicly for first time since hospitalization, treatment for depression
Sen. John Fetterman is speaking publicly for the first time since he entered the hospital in February with severe depression, saying in an interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” that he looks forward to returning to work later this month. Fetterman, D-Pa., said he also looks forward to “being the kind of dad and the kind […]
Trump Releases Furious Statement On Grand Jury Indictment
Former President Donald Trump reacted angrily on Thursday to news that he had been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on unknown charges linked to a hush money payment made to an adult film actor. The 2024 candidate is now the first U.S. president in history to be criminally charged. “These Thugs and Radical Left […]
Judge strikes down Obamacare provisions requiring insurers cover some preventive care services
A federal judge in Texas has struck down Affordable Care Act provisions that require health insurers to provide some free preventive care services. The ruling could jeopardize coverage nationwide for people relying on the health care law for preventive services, such as screenings for cancer, as well as HIV drugs. In the decision, U.S. District […]
Trump’s 2024 Republican presidential rivals jump to his defense after indictment
Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination jumped to his defense Thursday after he was indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan, a sign of the former president’s continued power within the party. Many of his declared or potential rivals were quick to assert that the potential prosecution was merely about politics rather than […]
Hannity Tells Trump Putin Is ‘Evil’ After the Former President Says ‘I Got Along with Him Great’
Former President Donald Trump boasted he “got along” with Vladimir Putinbefore Sean Hannity said the Russian president is “evil.” Trump declined to join the Fox News host in that assessment. Wednesday’s Hannity aired the third and final installment of the host’s interview with the former president at Mar-a-Lago. In one segment, Hannity rattled off the […]
Pope Francis to spend several days in hospital after complaining of breathing difficulties, Vatican says
Pope Francis was admitted to a Rome hospital after complaining of breathing difficulties in recent days, the Vatican said Wednesday after canceling his meetings for the next two days. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said medical checks had been carried out on the pontiff at the Gemelli hospital, where Francis underwent surgery in 2021. “In recent […]
Tensions flare over gun violence after House Democrat calls Republicans ‘cowards’ as they walk by
A heated debate erupted on Capitol Hill when Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a former middle school principal, yelled at his GOP colleagues Wednesday and repeatedly called them “cowards” for not supporting stricter gun measures in the wake of the Nashville school shooting. The exchange between Bowman, D-N.Y., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., occurred just outside […]
Fox tries to stop Rupert Murdoch from testifying in person at the Dominion trial
Lawyers for Fox News were met with skepticism Tuesday when they argued that Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch should be excused from testifying in court as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the company. At a hearing in Delaware Superior Court, Judge Eric Davis said he’d received a letter from Fox […]
The Man Who Leads Senate Prayer Is Fed Up With ‘Thoughts And Prayers’
After another mass shooting took the lives of six people, including three 9-year-old children, at a Nashville, Tennessee, school, Senate Chaplain Barry Black used his opening prayer to urge lawmakers to take action. “Lord, when babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers,” Black said as […]
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett Admits ‘We’re Not Going To Fix’ School Shootings
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) managed to shock even the most jaded social media users on Monday with his candid remark on school shootings. “We’re not going to fix it,” he told reporters just hours after a shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school […]
Biden Repeats Plea For Assault Weapons Ban In Wake Of Nashville Shooting*
President Joe Biden once again called on Congress to pass a bill that would ban assault-style weapons in the wake of a shooting at a Nashville grade school that left three children and three adults dead on Monday. “We have to do more to stop gun violence. It’s ripping our communities apart,” the president said […]
Kevin McCarthy says House ‘will be moving forward’ with TikTok legislation
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Sunday that lawmakers “will be moving forward” with legislation to address national security concerns surrounding TikTok after the social media giant’s CEO faced hours of hostile questioning before a congressional panel last week. “It’s very concerning that the CEO of TikTok can’t be honest and admit what we already […]
In his return to Fox News, Trump labels the Manhattan DA’s probe a ‘new way of cheating in elections’
Former President Donald Trump returned to Fox News on Monday night and aired a host of grievances about investigations he’s facing, mail-in voting and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in his first interviewwith the network since legal filings showed network leaders privately condemning him. There was no hint of the acrimony detailed in those communications, made […]
Mass protests erupt after Netanyahu fires defense chief
Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into the streets of cities across the country Sunday night in a spontaneous outburst of anger after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense minister for challenging the Israeli leader’s judicial overhaul plan. Protesters in Tel Aviv blocked a main highway and lit large bonfires, while police scuffled […]
Ro Khanna endorses Barbara Lee’s Senate campaign, announces he won’t run
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said Sunday that he won’t run for the seat of retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein and will endorse Rep. Barbara Leeinstead. Referring to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Khanna said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” “I have concluded that, despite a lot of enthusiasm from Bernie folks, the best […]
Bragg pushes back after House Republicans escalate oversight into Trump hush money case
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has dismissed another letter by three House Republican chairmen seeking more information related to the hush money probe that could lead to an indictment of former President Donald Trump. In a letter to Bragg on Saturday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Administration Committee […]
Grand Jury In Trump Criminal Probe Won’t Decide On Possible Charges This Week
A Manhattan grand jury reportedly won’t decide until at least next week whether to charge former President Donald Trump with crimes related to a hush money payment his associate made to a porn actress ahead of the 2016 election. Despite Trump suggesting he would be arrested this week, the grand jury assembled by the Manhattan […]
TikTok CEO doesn’t seem to sway Congress after facing hours of hostile questioning
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and John Thune, R-S.D., who have authored legislation that could be used to ban TikTok, said Chew’s testimony did not address their concerns about the app’s ties to China. “Under PRC law, all Chinese companies, including TikTok, whose parent company is based in Beijing, are ultimately required to do the bidding […]
White House COVID team to wind down as public health emergency expires in May
The White House COVID-19 team will wind down as the country moves out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, multiple administration officials confirmed to ABC News. The public health emergency is set to expire on May 11 after being in place since early 2020. The end will impact public health measures afforded by the […]
DeSantis moves to expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law to Florida high schools
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis′ administration is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” as the Republican governor continues a focus on cultural issues ahead of his expected presidential run. The proposal, which would not require legislative approval, is scheduled for a vote next […]
Judge approves ‘crime fraud exception’ in special counsel probe of Trump classified documents
Special counsel Jack Smith’s office presented sufficient evidence to establish that former President Donald Trump committed a crime through his attorneys, a U.S. district judge ruled Friday night, a source briefed on the proceedings confirmed to NBC News on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, based in Washington, D.C., wasn’t ruling on whether Trump was […]
Communications between Stormy Daniels and Trump attorney Tacopina turned over to Manhattan DA
Communications between adult-film star Stormy Daniels and an attorney who is now representing former President Donald Trump have been turned over to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Daniels’ lawyer told CNN. The exchanges – said to date back to 2018, when Daniels was seeking representation – raise the possibility that the Trump attorney, Joe Tacopina, […]
Trump huddles with senior advisers at Mar-a-Lago as possible indictment looms
Several sources close to former President Donald Trump say he is currently huddling at his private club at Mar-a-Lago and meeting with his team, including his lawyers and senior advisers from his campaign operation, as he awaits a possible indictment in New York City. Trump posted on social media over the weekend that he expected […]
Kevin McCarthy again slams Manhattan DA in defense of Trump
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday again ripped into the Manhattan district attorney when asked about the potential charges against Donald Trump at a news conference at the House GOP retreat in Orlando while seemingly growing frustrated with reporters after multiple questions about the former president who has continued to dominate the news cycle. McCarthy […]
Donald Trump Loses Final Bid To Keep Key Evidence Out Of Rape Trial
Former President Donald Trump’s effort to keep key evidence out of his civil rape trial next month was rejected by a federal judge Monday. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan ruled that key witnesses will be allowed to testify and misogynistic remarks Trump made about women in 2005 when he apparently didn’t realize he was […]
Xi promotes China as peacemaker on first trip to Russia since Ukraine invasion
Frustrated by what it sees as the U.S.’s determination to thwart its rise as a global superpower, China is pushing ahead with efforts to promote a new international order that has Beijing at its center. In recent weeks, China has spoken more robustly about the prospect of conflict unless the U.S. changes course and reveled […]
McCarthy says Americans should not protest if Trump is indicted
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged calm Sunday and said Americans should not protest if former President Donald Trump is indicted and arrested in a hush-money investigation in New York, contradicting Trump, who called on his supporters Saturday to “Protest, take our nation back!” “I don’t think people should protest this, no. And I think President […]
Defiant Putin visits Mariupol in first trip to occupied eastern Ukraine
Days after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a defiant visit to the city of Mariupol in his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September. Putin flew into the port city by helicopter and “traveled around several districts of the city,” the […]
UBS buys Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion as regulators look to shore up the global banking system
UBS agreed to buy its embattled rival Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion Sunday, with Swiss regulators playing a key part in the deal as governments looked to stem a contagion threatening the global banking system. “With the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, a solution has been found to secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy in […]
Decades later, Senate on track to repeal authorizations for Iraq wars
The Senate on Thursday, in a procedural move, cleared the way for a final vote on repealing decades-old war powers measures that authorized two wars with Iraq — first under former President George H. W. Bush in the Gulf War, and then by his son, former President George W. Bush — with supporters fearing that […]
Wall Street rides to the rescue as 11 banks pledge $30 billion to First Republic Bank
A group of financial institutions has agreed to deposit $30 billion in First Republic Bank in what’s meant to be a sign of confidence in the banking system, the banks announced Thursday afternoon. Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase will contribute about $5 billion apiece, while Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will deposit around $2.5 billion, the […]
Russian leadership approved aggressive actions of jets that damaged U.S. drone, U.S. officials say
Three U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence said the highest levels of the Kremlin approved the aggressive actions of Russian military fighter jets against a U.S. military drone over the Black Seaon Tuesday. The Russian jets dropped jet fuel on the MQ-9 Reaper, an unprecedented action, and two of the officials said the intelligence suggests the […]
Judge appears sympathetic to abortion pill challenge in consequential Texas hearing
A judge appointed by former President Donald Trump heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that aims to ban an abortion medication that women in the U.S. have used widely for over two decades. During the four-hour hearing, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk appeared sympathetic to arguments from the lawyers for a coalition of anti-abortion groups […]
Stormy Daniels Meets With Prosecutors Probing Trump Hush Money Payments
Porn actor Stormy Daniels met Wednesday with prosecutors who are investigating hush money paid to her on former President Donald Trump’s behalf, her lawyer said Wednesday. The news emerged as Michael Cohen, a former Trump attorney who orchestrated the payment, was giving a second day of testimony before a New York grand jury looking into […]
Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea
A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to the US military. The Reaper drone and two Russian Su-27 aircraft were flying over international waters over the Black Sea on Tuesday when one of the […]
Biden seeks to expand gun background checks with new executive order
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday designed to increase background checks in a visit to a Los Angeles suburb that was the site of a mass shooting this year. Biden issued the order shortly before a trip to Monterey Park, where 11 people were killed in January at a gathering for Lunar New […]
Democrats, led by Warren and Porter, unveil bill to repeal Trump-era bank law
A group of Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Katie Porter of California will unveil legislation Tuesday to restore bank regulations that were undone under then-President Donald Trump in 2018, seeking to fix what they say was the cause of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. The legislation, first reported by NBC News, […]
Trump Will Not Testify In Stormy Daniels Hush Money Investigation
Donald Trump will not testify before a grand jury investigating hush money payments made to an adult film star during the 2016 election by his then-attorney. Trump attorney Joe Tacopina told NBC News Monday that the former president has “no plans” to sit for the grand jury convened by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors […]
McConnell discharged from the hospital after treatment for a concussion
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was “discharged from the hospital today,” his communications director, David Popp, said in a statement Monday. “At the advice of his physician, the next step will be a period of physical therapy at an inpatient rehabilitation facility before he returns home,” Popp said. “Over the course of treatment this […]
Ron DeSantis says protecting Ukraine is not a ‘vital’ U.S. interest
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential Republican presidential candidate, broke with many in his party Monday and told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that protecting Ukraine is not a “vital” national interest for the U.S. “While the U.S. has many vital national interests — securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, […]
‘I’m no mastermind’: George Santos denies any wrongdoing in ATM fraud scheme
Rep. George Santos on Friday rejected allegations of fraud from a convicted Brazilian man who said the New York Republican was the brains behind a credit card skimming scheme in 2017. “I’m innocent. I never did anything of criminal activity and I’m no mastermind of anything,” Santos told reporters when asked about a sworn affidavit […]
Mike Pence says Trump ‘endangered my family’ on Jan. 6
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday harshly criticized former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, widening the rift between the two men as they prepare to battle over the Republican nomination in next year’s election. “President Trump was wrong,” Pence said during remarks at the […]
Silicon Valley Bank depositors will have access to ‘all of their money,’ regulators say in effort to stem wider fallout
Federal regulators stepped in Sunday to back all Silicon Valley Bank deposits, resolving a key uncertainty surrounding the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history hours before global stock markets resumed trading. The U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said the government would back Silicon Valley Bank deposits beyond the federally […]
DeSantis indicates privately he intends to run in 2024 as allies prepare
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has indicated privately that he intends to run for president, according to two people familiar with his comments. A super PAC that seeks to draft DeSantis into the race launched Thursday and is likely to serve as an approved outside spending vehicle for his campaign, three people familiar with the […]
Biden rolls out 2024 budget amid debt ceiling showdown
President Joe Biden on Thursday rolled out his proposed budget for fiscal year 2024, casting it as a reflection of his values ahead of an anticipated reelection run and aiming to put Republicans on the defensive. The White House said the budget would reduce the deficit in the long-term by $3 trillion, largely due to […]
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell Treated For Concussion
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is being treated for a concussion after falling at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. “He is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days of observation and treatment,” McConnell’s spokesperson said Thursday, in the first official update on the senator’s condition. McConnell, 81, […]
Does Kevin McCarthy Agree With Tucker Carlson About Jan. 6? He Won’t Say.
It was not a mystery what Tucker Carlson would do with exclusive access to hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6, 2021. The Fox News host claimed long ago that videos from that day showed the horde of Donald Trump supporters acting peaceably. “You see people walking around and taking pictures,” Carlson told his millions […]
‘Incredibly Angry’: Fox News Staff Reportedly Fuming About Dominion Filings
Many Fox News employees are reeling in the wake of stunning court filings released as part of the defamation lawsuit against the network by Dominion Voting Systems, according to The Daily Beast. Court documents released in recent weeks have included bombshell revelations about the inner workings of the right-wing network, including text transcripts appearing to […]
Fox News executives discussed a plan to denounce the ‘Trump myth’ a day before the Jan. 6 riot
By early January 2021, Fox News hosts and executives were ready to move on from then-President Donald Trump and his insistence that the election was stolen. “it’s been 8 weeks and none of them has produced anything tangible or verifiable. and now he wants thousands of his supporters to go to DC without shelter or […]
Fox Chair Rupert Murdoch In Filings Says 2020 Election ‘Not Stolen’
Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said under oath that he believes the 2020 presidential election was free, fair and not stolen, according to court filings released Tuesday in a voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit over Fox News’ coverage of former President Donald Trump’s false election fraud claims. In sworn questioning in January by lawyers for […]
‘Bulls—‘: GOP senators rebuke Tucker Carlson for downplaying Jan. 6 as ‘mostly peaceful’
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans lashed out at conservative Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday after he characterized the deadly Jan. 6 attackon the Capitol as “mostly peaceful chaos.” At a GOP leadership news conference, McConnell, R-Ky., said he wanted to align himself with the letter sent to the U.S. Capitol […]
White House backs bipartisan bill that could be used to ban TikTok
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a sweeping bill Tuesday that would allow the federal government to regulate and even ban foreign-produced technology, including TikTok. The bill, the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act, or RESTRICT Act, would give the secretary of commerce broad power to regulate tech […]
A Trump third-party win would be ‘effectively impossible,’ study says
It has loomed over the GOP’s posture toward Donald Trump basically from the moment he entered politics: the threat of Trump going the third-party route if he doesn’t win its 2024 nomination — and spoiling the party’s chances. Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) effectively acknowledged that it’s a significant reason he says the party needs […]
Hope Hicks Meets With Manhattan Prosecutors as Trump Inquiry Intensifies
Hope Hicks, a trusted aide to Donald J. Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign, met with the Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday — the latest in a string of witnesses to be questioned by prosecutors as they investigate the former president’s involvement in paying hush money to a porn star. The appearance of Ms. […]
Lindsey Graham Says He’ll Introduce Bill to ‘Set the Stage to Use Military Force’ in Mexico
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Monday he is prepared to introduce legislation to pave the way for the president to potentially use military force in Mexico to combat drug cartels. On Friday, four Americans were kidnapped just over the border in northeastern Mexico in what U.S. officials are saying is a case of mistaken […]
Ron DeSantis visits Southern California 1 year away from Super Tuesday
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Southern California on Sunday, taking swipes at Gov. Gavin Newsom in his own backyard amid a widening Republican Primary battle ahead of 2024. “I know you guys got a lot of problems out here, but your governor is very concerned about what we’re doing in Florida, so I figured I […]
Biden, in Selma, Says Voting Rights Are Still ‘Under Assault’
President Biden told a crowd gathered to commemorate the 58th anniversary of a brutal police attack on Black protesters that the right to vote was “under assault” as Republicans introduce laws to restrict ballot access and redraw voting districts. Observing the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, an event that electrified the civil rights movement, Mr. Biden […]