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Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump gestures at the end of a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on December 19, 2023. CREDIT: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A UPS delivery driver in Maine went above and beyond this week to make sure holiday packages arrived in one piece. Following a monster […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — ABC News on Wednesday announced how Republican presidential candidates will be able to qualify for the network’s upcoming New Hampshire primary debate in January. To earn a spot on stage, candidates will either have to finish in the top three in the Iowa caucuses or receive at least 10% in […]
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of the legal debate over presidential immunity regarding his actions attacking the 2020 election results and reject special counsel Jack Smith’s request for expedited consideration of the issue, which could upend one of Smith’s […]
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Wednesday granted former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss’ request to expedite their $148 million judgment against Rudy Giuliani, saying that the mother and daughter have “good cause” to fear Giuliani may attempt to avoid paying them. Following a week-long trial, a federal jury […]
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced its first-ever predatory mortgage lending lawsuit against a Houston-based developer they accuse of swindling tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers into buying flood-prone homes with loans that were designed to fail. Officials say Colony Ridge used targeted ads on TikTok to appeal to […]
Marla Aufmuth/Getty Images for Massachusetts Conference For Women (BOSTON) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu publicly apologized to two Black men who were wrongfully accused in the 1989 murder of a pregnant white woman. Willie Bennett and Alan Swanson were initially implicated in the murder of 30-year-old Carol Stuart, after her husband, Charles Stuart, told the police […]
Gaby Oraa/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration completed a prisoner swap with Venezuela Wednesday, granting clemency to one of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s close allies in exchange for the freedom of 10 Americans who had been jailed in the country and are now currently en route back to the U.S, the White House said. “Today, […]
U.S. Marshals Service via AP (NEW YORK) — Fugitive Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as “Fat Leonard,” the mastermind behind the worst corruption scheme in U.S. Navy history, was arrested and returned to the U.S. Wednesday as part of a detainee exchange with Venezuela. Francis, a Malaysian defense contractor, was behind one of the largest bribery […]
Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on Dec. 17, 2023 in Reno, Nevada. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump is ineligible to run for president in 2024 because of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Colorado Supreme Court […]
Republican presidential candidate businessman Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to guests during a campaign stop at the AmericInn on Dec. 19, 2023 in Webster City, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy pledged on Tuesday to remove himself from Colorado’s Republican primary ballot in response to the state’s Supreme Court’s ruling that former President […]
