President Donald Trump downplayed a report that he is seeking $230 million in compensation from the Justice Department over past federal investigations into his conduct. He suggested he would donate any funds he received to charity. “I don’t get any compensation. I do it for nothing. I gave up my salary,” Trump said at first […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Tuesday offered an impassioned defense of Graham Platner, a Democratic Senate candidate in Maine who’s been immersed in hot political waters over past offensive social media posts and having a tattoo that resembles a Nazi symbol. Sanders was an early endorser of the military veteran and oyster farmer in what’s […]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) criticized President Donald Trump’s plans for a new White House ballroom on Tuesday, telling reporters that the “timing is bad” for him to begin tearing down part of the East Wing to make space for the project. “We’re in the middle of a shutdown. Got a couple of other things going […]
The Arizona attorney general filed a lawsuit against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday for failing to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. The lawsuit from Attorney General Kris Mayes comes as House Democrats attempted for the fifth time to ask for recognition during a pro-forma session of the House to swear in Grijalva, as […]
President Donald Trump has quietly maintained a pair of administrative claims against the Justice Department that reportedly seek roughly $230 million in compensation for what he alleges were politically motivated prosecutions under former President Joe Biden‘s administration. Speaking last week in the Oval Office, Trump appeared to reference the pending claims, which were filed before his return […]
Eric Trump warned that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has no shot at defeating Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race if Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa remains in the contest. Appearing Tuesday on Fox News’s America Reports, the president’s son said Sliwa’s refusal to exit the race would divide the […]
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday to refer former CIA Director John Brennan for criminal prosecution, alleging he lied to Congress. The letter states Brennan lied twice in a transcribed interview before the committee on May 11, 2023, as well as in a House Permanent […]
A man was charged on Monday in court with one felony count of stalking for intimidating the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal chief justice over the past two months. Ryan Thornton, a 37-year-old Racine resident, was accused of sending nine emails to Chief Justice Jill Karofsky between August and October. One of the emails, per the […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk voiced his disapproval of acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy Tuesday in a calling him “Sean Dummy.” The spat between Musk and Duffy began Monday, when Duffy appeared on CNBC News’s Squawk Box to announce that as part of a mission to land on the moon before President Donald Trump’s second term […]
President Donald Trump’s tearing down of the White House East Wing’s facade has faced criticism, but the renovation is only the latest of over a century of redesigns. Several of these involved tearing down or gutting significant parts of the White House, to a greater extent than the most recent ballroom renovation. The White House […]
