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Top Jan. 6 committee members propose reforms to 1887 Electoral Count Act
Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two senior members of the Jan. 6 select committee have introduced a bipartisan bill to reform the counting of presidential electoral votes to prevent another riot at the Capitol over disputed [Read More…]
Judge denies DOJ request for stay in investigation of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago docs
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday denied the Department of Justice’s request for a partial stay of her ruling that limited the government’s investigation of how Donald [Read More…]
After Republicans escalate migrant busing scheme, White House condemns ‘chaos’
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden White House on Thursday condemned Republican governors who this week escalated their strategy of busing — and now flying — migrants to Democratic cities in protest of the [Read More…]
NYC again rejects council members’ calls to terminate Trump golf license
Mike Stobe/LIV Golf/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York City Parks Department has again rejected calls by members of the city council to terminate the Trump Organization’s license to operate a city-owned golf course [Read More…]
President Biden to meet with Griner, Whelan families Friday
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will meet Friday at the White House with the families of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, two American citizens who remain detained in Russia. “The president wants [Read More…]
A pro-abortion access Miss America roils North Dakota House race with independent bid
Donald Kravitz/Getty Images (BISMARCK, ND) — In November, there won’t be a Democrat running against incumbent GOP Rep. Kelly Armstrong for North Dakota’s sole congressional seat. The former nominee, Mark Haugen, announced earlier this month that [Read More…]
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell says FBI seized his phone at a Hardee’s
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell says the FBI seized his cellphone on Tuesday as he waited for his food order in a Hardee’s parking lot in Minnesota. In a phone [Read More…]
Former Trump aide wins New Hampshire GOP House primary to take on Pappas
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — ABC News reports that Karoline Leavitt is projected to win Tuesday’s GOP primary to take on Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., setting up a general election matchup in one of the nation’s [Read More…]
McKee wins Democratic primary in Rhode Island gubernatorial race
Fotosearch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rhode Island’s Democratic Gov. Dan McKee is projected to win his primary, ABC News reports, fending off a slate of challengers that kept the primary close until Tuesday. With 98% of [Read More…]
Judge will likely grant DOJ request to continue review of documents, legal expert says
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors requested on Thursday a stay, attempting to block Judge Aileen Cannon’s prior ruling preventing the FBI and Department of Justice from continuing its review of classified documents in [Read More…]
Graham’s proposed near-total national abortion ban quickly meets GOP resistance
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Less than two months before the midterm elections, Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday introduced a bill that would impose a nationwide ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. [Read More…]
Trump heads to battleground Pennsylvania to stump for GOP candidates
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WILKES-BARRE, Pa.) — Former President Donald Trump is campaigning for Republicans in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Saturday in what will be his first rally since federal agents searched his Florida home last month. Trump [Read More…]
Abortion, unemployment, police shootings on Ohio young voters’ minds for midterms
ABC News (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The battle over a Senate seat is hot in swing state Ohio. Democratic nominee Rep. Tim Ryan is locked in a competitive race with Republican opponent J.D. Vance, who picked up [Read More…]
Not every Trump supporter threat to nation, Biden says
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he does not consider all supporters of his predecessor, Donald Trump, to be a threat to the United States. “I don’t consider any Trump supporter [Read More…]
Gina McCarthy to step down as Biden’s climate adviser
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Gina McCarthy — President Joe Biden’s top climate adviser — will step down from her post on Sept. 16, the White House announced on Friday. The National Climate [Read More…]
White House asks Congress for $47 billion for COVID, Ukraine, monkeypox, natural disasters
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is seeking $47 billion from Congress to secure COVID and monkeypox vaccines, to bolster Ukraine’s defenses and to respond to natural disasters at home. “All of [Read More…]
Judge unseals more detailed inventory of what FBI seized at Mar-a-Lago
Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Friday unsealed a more detailed inventory of what the FBI seized in the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month. The judge, [Read More…]
Biden seeks to reframe midterms into stark choice between democracy and Trump-led extremism
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden used to steadfastly avoid uttering the name, “Donald Trump.” But now, bolstered by stronger poll numbers and relatively positive economic news, Biden as [Read More…]
DOJ revelations could place Trump lawyers in legal peril of their own, experts say
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New allegations from the Justice Department on Tuesday could implicate Donald Trump’s own lawyers in a potential effort to obstruct the ongoing probe into the former president’s retention of classified documents, [Read More…]
Trump’s legal team responds to DOJ in dispute over review of seized records
James Devaney/GC Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Wednesday responded to the Justice Department in the dispute over Trump’s request for a “special master” to review materials the FBI seized [Read More…]