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Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday is hearing arguments on whether former President Donald Trump can be criminally prosecuted over his efforts to overturn his 2020 loss. The justices will take up the monumental question of if, and if so to what extent, former presidents enjoy immunity for conduct alleged […]
VisionsofAmerica/Joe Sohm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced a series of new rules to cut pollution emitted from coal and natural gas fired power plants impacting the air, water, land and climate. “The electricity industry is central to America’s economic growth and independence. These are the folks who keep the lights on […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday needled rival Donald Trump, laying into the former president as he welcomed the North America’s Building Trades Union’s endorsement. “You’re the best in the world,” Biden said while addressing the NABTU’s legislative conference in Washington, D.C. “You know, you had my back in 2020 and […]
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Three Republicans on Wednesday joined Democrats in the Arizona House to vote to repeal the state’s controversial 1864 ban on nearly all abortions, which was revived by a court ruling earlier this month and which only includes exceptions to save the life of the pregnant woman. The final vote was […]
Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It was maybe the most memorable moment so far in Donald Trump’s case for “absolute presidential immunity” — and it could come up again at the U.S. Supreme Court in historic arguments on Thursday. The arresting question: Could a commander in chief order SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political […]
Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the summer of 2019, only hours after an Iranian rocket accidentally exploded at one of Iran’s own launch sites, senior U.S. officials met with then-president Donald Trump and shared a sharply detailed, highly classified image of the blast’s catastrophic aftermath. The image was captured by a U.S. satellite whose […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, and Rudy Giuliani are unindicted co-conspirators in the Michigan attorney general’s case against the state’s so-called “fake electors” in the 2020 election, a state investigator revealed in court on Wednesday. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged 16 Republicans […]
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. will begin sending military equipment to Ukraine within “a few hours” after the passage of a long-stalled foreign aid package, President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday. In remarks from the White House, Biden said he signed the $95 billion package. He said it will make both America and […]
Former president Donald Trump speaks to the press during his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, Apr. 22, 2024. (Angela Weiss/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Against the backdrop of a divisive 2024 presidential campaign, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will take up the monumental question of whether a former president […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Tuesday night passed a package to deliver $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — a bipartisan win months in the making. The package was approved 79-18. Thirty-one Republicans joined with 48 Democrats to pass the legislation. That’s nine more Republicans than supported the […]
