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Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday made his first public remarks on the historic indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal criminal charges. Garland, taking questions at an event on combatting violent crime, said he couldn’t discuss particulars of the case but offered general praise for Smith […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he “cannot defend what is alleged” in the most recent indictment against former President Donald Trump, a seemingly tougher stance than he had previously taken regarding the Justice Department’s decision to charge his former running mate. Still, Pence, who said he read the […]
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (MIAMI) — Former President Donald Trump made his first appearance Tuesday in a federal courtroom in Miami after he was indicted in an investigation into his handling of classified documents. Trump, who has repeatedly denied any allegations of impropriety, entered a not guilty plea through his attorneys and […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A “unity” team running for the White House next year may sound farfetched — one Republican and one Democrat teaming up to share a platform and a presidential ticket — but some Democrats say they are worried that such a possibility could spoil Joe Biden’s reelection hopes. And they’re looking […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., slammed the House Freedom Caucus and hardline conservatives for blocking a procedural vote pertaining to gas stove legislation last week amid their ongoing battle with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, invoking his ailing daughter to make his point. Referencing his daughter fighting cancer, […]
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (MIAMI) — Former President Donald Trump is set to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday after he was indicted in an investigation into his handling of classified documents. Trump has been charged with 37 counts: 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information; one count […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday called on his fellow Republican presidential candidates to have “more courage” and “to speak out” against those already offering to pardon former President Donald Trump. Asked about other White House hopefuls promising to pardon Trump, were he to be convicted, Hutchinson slammed such pledges […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is responding after several transgender guests exposed their chests at the administration’s Pride celebration this past weekend. The incident drew backlash as inappropriate, including from conservative commentators like CJ Pearson who suggested online that it brought “shame” on the country. On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Prosecutors allege in the 49-page indictment of former President Donald Trump that he willfully retained documents containing sensitive defense information regarding nuclear programs and more, then tried to obstruct investigators trying to locate them. “The indictment is very well spelled out,” Nick Akerman, a former Watergate prosecutor, told ABC News. “The […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasted no time taking aim at Donald Trump during a CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall with Anderson Cooper Monday night, calling Trump’s conduct “inexcusable” for someone who wants to occupy the Oval Office amid a federal indictment against the former president. Speaking on the […]
