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Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy lambasted each other at last week’s GOP presidential primary debate, and the feud is only getting fiercer. The two have tangled over their names, foreign policy and more, with no end in sight. Meanwhile, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez suspended […]
Kenneth Chesebro is seen in a mugshot provided by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, Aug. 23, 2023. — Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in a filing Tuesday reiterated her desire for all 19 defendants charged in her Georgia election interference case to stand trial together, telling the […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced Tuesday he has been diagnosed with a “very treatable blood cancer” and has started treatment. “After a few days of not feeling like myself this past week, I had some blood work done,” the Louisiana Republican said in a statement. “The results uncovered some […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced Tuesday that he is suspending his campaign for president after failing to qualify for the first Republican primary debate last week in Milwaukee. “Running for President of the United States has been one of the greatest honors of my life,” Suarez said. “This country has […]
KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Eminem has told presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music on the campaign trail. In a letter addressed to the Ramaswamy campaign’s attorney, music licenser Broadcast Music, Inc. revoked rights to use Eminem’s music after the rapper himself contacted the company. “This letter serves as notice […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows surrendered on state charges in the Georgia election interference case, they used a service that common criminal defendants use: a bail bondsman. The president of the company that put up their bonds in Fulton County, Georgia, said hiring a bondsman is “a piece of the […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican presidential candidates including Mike Pence and Tim Scott are lamenting the Saturday shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, and the racism that authorities said motivated it — but the White House hopefuls are steering clear of the debate over gun laws. Jacksonville authorities said the three Black victims were killed […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, charged along with 18 others in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia, is in court Monday to try to have his trial moved from state to federal […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal trial over former President Donald Trump’s alleged illegal efforts to overturn the 2020 election is slated to start on March 4, 2024 — one day before “Super Tuesday” in the GOP presidential primary. Yet that, just like four indictments and two impeachments, may not stop the steamroller that […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case has ordered the trial to begin on March 4, 2024. The ruling came after Trump’s attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith’s team clashed in court Monday over when the case should go to trial. Smith said in a filing […]