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James Devaney/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump claimed in a new interview that he would testify in his defense if any of the four criminal cases he is charged in go to trial. At the same, he also downplayed the significance of him sitting in a courtroom instead of being out on the campaign […]
State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken related the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine during an unannounced visit to the country on Wednesday, his fourth trip to the country since Russia’s invasion, the State Department confirmed. “We are determined in the United States to continue to walk side-by-side […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, a Washington-based watchdog group, on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot in Colorado under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment based on his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump has denied […]
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday will call on Republicans to choose classic conservative principles over “the siren song of populism” he sees pervading the party, a movement largely inspired by his former running mate. But he’ll do so without directly naming Donald Trump in what’s being called a […]
State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Wednesday, his fourth trip to the country since Russia’s invasion, the State Department confirmed. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Ukraine today to meet with senior Ukrainian officials and demonstrate the […]
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell referenced Tuesday the moment last week when he seemed to freeze for more than 30 second last week — but he did not discuss the incident in detail. “Now, one particular moment of my time back home has received its fair share of attention in the […]
Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jill Biden was last with President Joe Biden on Monday, her press secretary Vanessa Valdivia said Tuesday, the same day the first lady tested positive for COVID-19. “She’ll be monitored by the White House medical team and follow their advice on when to return to the White House,” Valdavia said […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio to 22 years in prison — the longest sentence to date handed down for any individual charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors had sought 33 years in prison […]
James Devaney/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump is weighing in on a brewing legal battle over whether he should have access to the ballot in 2024. While he has denied all wrongdoing, a growing number of conservative scholars have raised the constitutional argument that Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election make him […]
Julie Bennett/Getty Images (MONGOMERY, Ala.) — A three-judge panel on Tuesday unanimously struck down Alabama’s recently redrawn congressional map, finding that that the GOP-drafted plan did not comply with the Voting Rights Act as it did not create a second district in which Black voters would likely be able to elect their preferred candidate. Court-appointed experts […]
