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JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump sat down for a prime-time town hall on CNN on Wednesday, a day after he was found liable for battery and defamation in the E. Jean Carroll civil case. A New York jury awarded Carroll a total of $5 million in the lawsuit, […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday continued to pressure House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans to increase the debt limit without tying it to their spending proposal just one day after his meeting with congressional leaders that produced no progress. “Our economy would fall into recession, and […]
Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ISLIP, N.Y.) — A federal grand jury has indicted Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., on 13 counts centering around three alleged schemes, according to court documents. The congressman, who was sworn into office in January, was taken into custody Wednesday morning on Long Island. Santos is charged with five counts of wire […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A day after a New York jury verdict that found Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation flooded the airwaves, it appeared on Wednesday to have caused little more than a ripple on the 2024 campaign trail. To be sure, the finding in the civil case that a former president […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein arrived at the Capitol for the first time in three months on Wednesday, gingerly emerging out of a gray sedan with the help of aides who assisted her into a black wheelchair. The 89-year-old Democrat, welcomed back by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, said she was feeling […]
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has been indicted on 13 counts, including seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District […]
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has been indicted on 13 counts, including seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District […]
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has been indicted on 13 counts, including seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District […]
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A day after Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., was charged by federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York, the embattled congressman could make his first court appearance as soon as Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the matter. While the charges remain sealed, sources have previously […]
Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A coalition in Florida launched an effort Monday to get a question on the ballot in the 2024 general election that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. The group, Floridians Protecting Freedom, is proposing asking voters if they support a constitutional amendment that would allow a woman to […]