Special counsel Jack Smith is making a second request that a gag order be imposed on former President Donald Trump after Judge Alieen Cannon rejected the previous motion. Smith’s request would bar Trump from making statements about the law enforcement officers who searched his Mar-a-Lago home and found large stashes of classified documents. In Florida, […]
President Joe Biden isn’t fazed by the idea he could be prosecuted one day if indicted for a crime. Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony charges, setting a new precedent for former presidents and opening the door to what Republicans are calling political prosecutions when they leave office. Trump has repeatedly, falsely claimed Biden […]
An activist who participated in a blockade at an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C., in 2020 was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday, bringing the combined sentences of the 10 defendants involved in the incident to 23 years. Paulette Harlow, 59, and nine others attended what they described as a “rescue” at the […]
The sole suspect in the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley pleaded not guilty Friday. Riley’s alleged murderer, Jose Ibarra, 26, is an illegal immigrant from Venezuela and had been arrested previously after crossing the border in 2022 on charges such as shoplifting. His illegal status was known to authorities before the murder, but he was not […]
Rep. Jamaal Bowman‘s (D-NY) reelection campaign has drawn a new foe, targeting him by saying he’s too far left to represent some black voters. The National Black Empowerment Action Fund donated half a million dollars to better fund Bowman’s opponent for New York’s 16th Congressional District. More money is expected from the group in the […]
Democrats and Republicans are respectively casting former President Donald Trump as a convicted felon and a political prisoner after his felony conviction in New York City. The guilty verdict Thursday led to huge fundraising days for both parties, and though President Joe Biden briefly addressed the case Friday, campaign allies say they don’t expect the […]
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama announced Friday that Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, died. She was 86 years old. Barack Obama released a statement providing details of her life along with the wisdom she provided. “Marian Lois Shields Robinson — our mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother — had a way of […]
Donald Trump’s criminal conviction by a New York jury could aid Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s election interference case against the former president. “When we think about the conviction of President Donald Trump, it doesn’t have a direct effect on the president’s trial in Georgia,” legal expert John Acevedo said in a statement to […]
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has criticized President Joe Biden and Democrats, but that did not prevent him from attending his team’s Super Bowl championship celebration at the White House. Biden, who later put on a Chiefs helmet, quipped with the players about their back-to-back titles, comparing it to November’s election. “Winning back-to-back, I kind […]
House and Senate leaders Friday asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before a joint session of Congress, a long-awaited invitation that is expected to cause friction between both parties and within the Democratic conference in particular. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority […]
