As House Republicans once again appeared outside a New York courthouse in a show of support for former President Donald Trump at his criminal trial, the display offered an awkward split screen: House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) standing next to his primary challenger, who many of his Republican colleagues have backed to defeat […]
A 14-year-old died last year from ingesting a chip with a high spice factor as part of a social media challenge, according to an autopsy obtained in a report. Harris Wolobah, a 10th grader from Worcester, Massachusetts, died on Sept. 1, 2023, after eating a Paqui tortilla chip with a high amount of chili pepper […]
Over 40 items linked to former President John F. Kennedy, who would have been 107 on May 29, brought top dollar at an auction held to commemorate his legacy and birthday. Boston-based RR Auction told Secrets today that the highest bid came for doodles the 35th president made on the night before his assassination in […]
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump, during his New York hush money trial on Thursday, challenged Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen over Cohen’s past lies in sworn testimony — casting the prosecution’s witness as a serial liar. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche spent the better part of the 18th day of the trial working to paint […]
Former Trump administration adviser and War Room podcast host Steve Bannon could soon find himself behind bars for his contempt of Congress conviction, a dire possibility his attorney said would only “strengthen” the former president’s base. The Justice Department requested this week that the judge overseeing Bannon’s criminal contempt case start his four-month prison sentence […]
North Carolina state senators passed a bill that would undo a COVID-19-era provision allowing for the broad use of masking for health and safety purposes. Proponents of the bill have argued the provision has been abused by criminals seeking to hide their identities and that, with the end of the pandemic, it is obsolete. The […]
Maryland Senate Republican nominee Larry Hogan is using past praise from Democrats to bolster his campaign, as the Left tries to paint the centrist GOP candidate as a “MAGA” stooge. In a new ad released Thursday dubbed “Democrats for Hogan,” the former two-term governor’s campaign features accolades from high-profile Democrats — including his Democratic opponent, […]
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) is introducing the “Let Trump Speak Act” on Thursday in response to gag orders issued to former President Donald Trump in his hush money trial. The act will “prohibit judges from issuing gag orders in certain circumstances” but will allow gag orders in “disclosure of confidential information provided in discovery, to […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee may revert its process for confirming circuit court judges to allow for more rights for the minority party — if both parties can come to an agreement before November. The so-called “blue slip” prevented circuit court judicial nominees from proceeding unless both senators from the state approved of the pick. The […]
Researchers say they have trained an artificial intelligence model to be able to detect sarcasm, according to a Thursday report. The research was presented at the Acoustical Society of America and the Canadian Acoustical Association in Ottawa by Netherlands-based researchers, according to the Guardian. Researchers said they trained the AI model using scenes from popular […]
