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Trump trial: Former president told to stop using phone in court

An attorney for former President Donald Trump told him to put away his phone after he reportedly took a call at the defense table during the first hour of his criminal trial on Wednesday. Multiple reporters in the New York County Criminal Court noticed Trump was taking a phone call from the defense table as jury selection […]

Kennedy family members endorse Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign in snub to RFK Jr

More than a dozen of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. family members will endorse President Joe Biden‘s reelection bid during a campaign stop in Philadelphia, on Thursday afternoon. The endorsement is the strongest rebuke yet from his famous family members that Kennedy has faced since launching a Democratic primary challenge against Biden before leaving the party […]

Texas man spared from execution because of intellectual disability

A Texas man was removed from death row after a court ruled he was too intellectually disabled to be executed. Tomas Gallo was sentenced to death in 2004 for murdering and sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter. His defense in 2004 argued that he shouldn’t be executed due to his intellectual disability but was initially […]

Pelosi to release memoir that details Jan. 6 and assault on husband

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) memoir The Art of Power will be released in August by publisher Simon & Schuster, and will display her viewpoint of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot and the home invasion assault on her husband. Pelosi hasn’t released a book since 2008, before her second and most of her first […]

On their dime: Bowser’s ‘economic development trip’ to the Masters was funded by taxpayers

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser traveled to and attended the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, “as part of a sports and economic development visit” on official mayoral matters. The airline flights to and from the tournament were paid with city funds, a spokesperson told DC News Now. The cost of the fights was not […]

MTG blasted for antics threatening to derail Congress: ‘Enough is enough’

Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) is not happy with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s (R-GA) antics, including her threats to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Greene threatened Johnson by filing a motion to vacate before the chamber’s Easter recess, but she did not file it as a privileged resolution, meaning it did not require immediate action. […]

WATCH LIVE: Senate Homeland Security Committee holds hearing with Alejandro Mayorkas

The Senate Homeland Security Committee is holding a hearing on the Department of Homeland Security‘s fiscal 2025 budget request, with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifying. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Capitol Hill. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Mayorkas’s appearance before the Senate committee comes […]

Juror dismissed in Trump trial after concerns that she couldn’t be impartial

The third day of the New York hush money trial against former President Donald Trump began on Thursday with the dismissal of a juror who raised personal concerns about her ability to be fair and impartial. The woman, who was listed as the second juror out of a group of seven chosen on Tuesday, said she […]

Why Biden isn’t weighing in on Trump’s legal troubles

In the middle of former President Donald Trump‘s storm of legal troubles, the man most able to benefit from it has been noticeably silent — a purposeful move. President Joe Biden, while making an occasional side quip, has largely refrained from commenting on Trump’s 34 felony counts for fraudulent business records. According to Politico, this […]

Biden’s student loan plans haven’t bought him enough goodwill with young voters

President Joe Biden has worked to woo young voters with his student loan forgiveness plan, but he is still lagging with the demographic in polls against former President Donald Trump. In two polls released on Thursday, Biden has smaller leads over Trump with young voters than four years ago — in a group he needs […]
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