Senators on both sides of the aisle are defending the Supreme Court’s decision to review whether former President Donald Trump can appear on the presidential ballot despite his lawyer’s claim that Justice Brett Kavanaugh would “step up” and rule in his favor. Alina Habba, one of Trump’s lead attorneys in his myriad criminal and legal […]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been accused of hiring a lover to oversee the prosecution of former President Donald Trump and financially benefitting from the arrangement. The accusations were put forward in a court filing, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Special prosecutor Nathan Wade, a private attorney, has been paid roughly $654,000 in […]
AUSTIN, Texas — An embattled Biden administration official who will face impeachment proceedings later this week traveled to the southern border Monday to praise federal law enforcement’s response to historically high illegal immigration numbers. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to Eagle Pass, Texas, where he told reporters his main goal was to […]
Former President Donald Trump’s request for immunity in Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit was rejected once again, making the Supreme Court his only remaining option if he wants to continue his appeal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit declined to rehear Trump’s case in a single-page, two-sentence filing on Monday. […]
Actress Susan Sarandon was seen on Monday joining the massive Manhattan Bridge demonstration that was part of a broader pro-Palestinian protest demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. Over 300 protesters were arrested on Monday as demonstrations blocked the tunnel and the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges. “Because no one is free until everyone is free. And […]
Conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus are coming out hard against the top-line spending agreement reached between Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the Senate, claiming he sold them out and that the agreement doesn’t go far enough. The agreement, released Sunday, will provide for the $1.59 trillion number set in the Fiscal Responsibility Act […]
Axel Springer, the company that owns Business Insider, is launching an investigation into the outlet’s reports on plagiarism allegations involving the wife of a prominent critic of Harvard University, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. Ackman led the charge to oust former Harvard President Claudine Gay over plagiarism allegations amid controversy over Gay’s response to pro-Hamas […]
South Carolina’s Republican chairman suggested on Monday that President Joe Biden’s visit to Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, was motivated by his faltering support among a core Democratic constituency: black Americans. “The fact that he’s spending time in South Carolina, and particularly the venue there today, speaks to the fact that I […]
Delaware’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will conclude sending its January payments, worth up to $1,751, in 15 days. The First State begins distributing SNAP payments on the second day of each month and has one of the longest distribution windows in the United States. Payments are distributed for most of the month, and the first letters of a recipient’s last […]
Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) is delivering the State of the State address on Monday afternoon detailing her policy goals for the next year. This will be Hobbs’s second State of the State address since she became governor following the 2022 midterm elections. Hobbs will give the speech to the state legislature after it convened on […]
