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Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib refused to apologize Wednesday for saying on Tuesday that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion that day in Gaza, an accusation that sparked political backlash against her from Republicans as Israel denies fault. Tlaib joined thousands of protesters calling for a ceasefire […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sidney Powell, one of 18 co-defendants in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia, has taken a plea deal in the case. She is pleading to six misdemeanor charges, according to the agreement read in court Thursday. She will get 12 months of probation for each count, as well […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office has dismissed the case against one of the 16 so-called “fake electors” charged in the plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state. “After conversations with the Attorney General’s office, all charges against our innocent client, Jim Renner, were […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Joe Biden on Thursday made his case to the American public that success in Ukraine and Israel is “vital” to the U.S., the White House prepared a sweeping $105 billion foreign aid package that includes some $60 billion in assistance for Ukraine and $14 billion […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s comeback campaign has both cemented his status as primary front-runner and fundamentally altered the way candidates have historically approached the GOP presidential primary by skipping party-sanctioned debates and opting out of retail politics writ large. To knock him down a peg, though, most of his rivals are […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the special counsel’s classified documents case told the judge overseeing the case Friday that he wants his attorney to continue to represent him despite any potential conflicts of interest. Longtime Trump aide Walt Nauta told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that he […]
Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After House Republicans twice rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker this week, he pressed his case ahead of a third vote Friday morning. Jordan, a conservative firebrand, staunch Donald Trump loyalist, House Judiciary Committee chair and founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, received his party’s nomination last […]
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a rare address to the nation from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden on Thursday night made the case to Americans that it’s vital to both global and U.S. national security to assist Israel and Ukraine in their respective conflicts, which threaten broader disruptions in Europe and […]
Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After House Republicans twice rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker this week, he pressed his case ahead of a third vote Friday morning. Jordan, a conservative firebrand, staunch Donald Trump loyalist, House Judiciary Committee chair and founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, received his party’s nomination last […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several House Republicans who have voted against Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker are seething after threats have been made against them, their offices or even their spouses — including one that a lawmaker called a “credible death threat.” The chaotic battle for the speakership presses on after Republicans twice rejected Jordan […]
