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Top takeaways from hearing on Fani Willis scandal in Trump case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis surprised a courtroom on Thursday by taking the witness stand during a hearing centered on whether she engaged in a conflict of interest in her case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia. Willis shot feisty remarks at attorneys who questioned her about her previously undisclosed relationship with special […]

Trump New York hush money trial start date upends campaign calendar

Former President Donald Trump will be sidelined from the campaign in the middle of the Republican primary schedule to spend potentially weeks in a Manhattan courtroom. The March 25 trial date became official Thursday when a judge refused to throw out charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. for alleged hush money paid to porn star Stormy […]

Social Security update: March direct payment worth $943 goes out in 14 days

Millions of beneficiaries receive March’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, in just two weeks. The payment goes out on Friday, March 1, and is the second paycheck for 2024 because no payments went out in January due to a scheduling quirk in the Social Security Administration’s calendar that saw […]

Hur report transcript battle looms for Biden as GOP demands release

The special counsel report into President Joe Biden‘s handling of classified documents may have raised more questions than it answered. Specifically, what exactly was said during Biden’s five-hour interview with special counsel Robert Hur that led Hur to question the president’s memory? The answer to that question could have vast political implications for Biden and […]

House subpoenas Harvard in antisemitism investigation

Multiple members of Harvard University leadership were subpoenaed Friday morning as the House investigates the school’s response to antisemitism on campus. House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) subpoenaed Harvard Corporation senior fellow Penny Pritzker, interim President Dr. Alan Garber, and Harvard Management Company CEO N.P. Narvekar in an effort to obtain […]

Rosendale cedes Montana to ‘kingmaker’ Trump

Almost nothing could stop Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) from running for Senate in Montana. Party leaders pleaded with him to sit the race out, while anti-establishment heavyweights like the Club for Growth pulled back support. Republicans were wary from his last Senate bid. In 2018, he lost to Sen. Jon Tester, the current Democratic incumbent, […]

One year on, Biden’s ‘consoler in chief’ reputation tested by East Palestine

More than a year after a toxic train derailment rattled the small community, President Joe Biden is making his highly anticipated trip to East Palestine, Ohio. But with East Palestine’s Columbiana County being reliably Republican, Biden’s response has been criticized amid his promise to be a president for all of America. Biden taking a year […]

House GOP rallies behind ‘blacklisting’ lobbyists for Chinese military-tied companies

House Republicans are eyeing a proposal to block meetings with high-powered lobbying firms representing companies linked to China’s military. This month, a document of unknown origin has made the rounds on Capitol Hill identifying People’s Republic of China companies on U.S. entity lists, including the Pentagon’s 1260H list of Chinese military-tied companies, plus their lobbyists, to whom lawmakers […]

Trump says Georgia case ‘will have to be dropped’ after Fani Willis testifies over misconduct allegations

Former President Donald Trump said the Georgia election subversion case against him “will have to be dropped” after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified Thursday regarding allegations that she had an “improper” relationship with a lawyer she hired.  Willis testified at the Fulton County Courthouse, hoping to stay as the lead prosecutor in the […]

Raskin demands House GOP end ‘fraudulent’ impeachment inquiry into Biden after witness indicted

The top Democratic member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability called for an end to the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden after the Justice Department special counsel indicted a witness for making “false” statements to the FBI.  Alexander Smirnov, an informant with the FBI since 2010, allegedly made false claims to […]
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