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Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant for records and data from former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account earlier this year, newly revealed court documents show. The existence of the search warrant was confirmed in a new order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which […]
Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday morning that he is suspending the state attorney for Orlando, Monique Worrell, effective immediately. This marks the second time in a year that DeSantis has made the rare move to suspend a state attorney. Worrell fired back Wednesday, […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein is at home after briefly going to the hospital following a fall, according to her office. “Senator Feinstein briefly went to the hospital yesterday afternoon as a precaution after a minor fall in her home. All of her scans were clear and she returned home.” […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Delivering a win for abortion rights advocates, Ohio’s Issue 1 will fail, according to projections. The Republican-backed ballot initiative would have increased the threshold to amend the state’s constitution, making it more difficult for a measure that would enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution to pass later this […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Voting is underway in Ohio in a special election concerning whether to make it harder to amend the state’s constitution — a vote which could have big implications for abortion rights in the state. If passed during Tuesday’s election with a simple majority, State Issue 1 would make it more […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Philadelphia Tuesday to highlight the administration’s new rule to raise wage standards for construction workers performing federally funded jobs as part of the broader “Bidenomics” push. Speaking at the Finishing Trades Institute, a union training and education department, Harris highlighted the new rule that updates […]
Megan Varner/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who has been leading an investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results in the state, is likely to go before the grand jury next week to present her case, sources familiar with […]
File photo — Paul Souders/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — Two Navy sailors who allegedly spied for China were denied bail during detention hearings in California on Tuesday. The two men appeared in court days after being arrested and accused of surreptitiously relaying sensitive government information to foreign officials. Jinchao “Patrick” Wei, a petty officer 2nd class, […]
Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The “contemporaneous notes” that former Vice President Mike Pence says he took related to Jan. 6, 2021, amid a pressure campaign urging him to overturn the 2020 election, are now being raised in special counsel Jack Smith’s case against former President Donald Trump. Pence, who is […]
File photo — Paul Souders/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — Two Navy sailors accused of spying for China will appear in federal court on Tuesday in California, days after being arrested and accused of surreptitiously relaying sensitive government information to foreign officials. Jinchao “Patrick” Wei, a petty officer 2nd class, was arrested Wednesday and charged with […]