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Trump seeks to dismiss Georgia election interference case based on presidential immunity
Grace Cary/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Monday filed multiple new motions in Georgia seeking to dismiss the Fulton County election interference case against him on grounds that include [Read More…]
Trump says he’ll attend immunity hearing Tuesday in his Jan. 6 case
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump says he’ll be in court Tuesday when the Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals hears arguments over his efforts to dismiss his federal election interference case [Read More…]
Biden to speak at site of white supremacist murders to claim a Trump-led ‘hate-fueled agenda’
Creativeye99/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden on Monday will speak in Charleston, South Carolina, Monday to give campaign remarks at Mother Emanuel Church, where nine Black congregants were killed in a white supremacist [Read More…]
Lloyd Austin was hospitalized after ‘experiencing severe pain,’ Pentagon says
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden was exasperated at not more quickly being informed of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s ongoing hospitalization — which was only publicly revealed late last week after several [Read More…]
Congressional leaders to announce spending deal that would avert next government shutdown
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional leaders have at last reached agreement on the overall price tag of the next batch of government spending bills, sources tell ABC News — a major step toward averting a [Read More…]
Special counsel probe uncovers new details about Trump’s inaction on Jan. 6: Sources
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has uncovered previously undisclosed details about former President Donald Trump’s refusal to help stop the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago as [Read More…]
Pelosi condemns Trump amid newly reported details of his inaction on Jan. 6
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday lambasted former President Donald Trump for his reported inaction to quell the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “He incited an insurrection,” [Read More…]
Biden exasperated at not being informed of Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization: Source
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden was exasperated at not more quickly being informed of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s ongoing hospitalization — which was only publicly revealed late last week after several [Read More…]
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales defends Trump endorsement despite Trump downplaying Jan. 6
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales is defending his endorsement of former President Donald Trump despite their sharply different views on Jan. 6. In an interview on Sunday with ABC News “This Week” anchor [Read More…]
Trump using Jan. 6 riot as campaign rallying cry
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (MASON CITY, Iowa) — On Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump spoke on the Ellipse near the White House on the heels of his 2020 election loss, telling supporters to march to the [Read More…]
House Speaker Johnson invites Biden to deliver State of the Union address on March 7
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson has invited President Joe Biden to deliver his annual State of the Union address on March 7. In a letter to Biden on Friday, Johnson extended the [Read More…]
Defense Secretary Austin hospitalized since Monday due to complications after minor procedure: Pentagon
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized at a military hospital since Monday night due to complications resulting from a recent elective medical procedure, the Pentagon announced Friday night. “On the [Read More…]
Despite US Supreme Court appeal, Trump certified as candidate on Colorado GOP ballot
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (DENVER) — Former President Donald Trump is among the list of candidates certified by Colorado’s secretary of state on Friday to be on the state’s Republican primary ballot. That, despite the U.S. Supreme [Read More…]
SCOTUS to consider Trump 14th Amendment ballot disqualification case
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would consider the appeal of former President Donald Trump’s disqualification from the Colorado GOP primary ballot. Moving with relative speed in matter [Read More…]
Florida abortion rights initiative secures enough signatures to be on the ballot this November
ilbusca/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida abortion rights advocates on Friday said they surpassed the required number of signatures needed to put a referendum that would enshrine abortion rights in Florida’s Constitution on the state’s [Read More…]
Biden marks Jan. 6 anniversary by calling Trump a threat to democracy and freedom
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (VALLEY FORGE, Penn.) — In his first major campaign event of 2024, President Joe Biden on Friday, the eve of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on [Read More…]
Three years later, Jan 6. pipe bomber mystery still unsolved
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three years after the attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, federal law enforcement leaders still have one major unsolved mystery — finding the person who placed [Read More…]
Harry Dunn, Capitol Police officer on Jan. 6, announces run for Congress
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Harry Dunn, who struggled to defend the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and has been one of the most outspoken members of law enforcement to condemn the attack, [Read More…]
Biden to mark Jan. 6 anniversary by calling Trump a threat to democracy and freedom
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (VALLEY FORGE, Pa.) — In his first major campaign event of 2024, President Joe Biden on Friday, the eve of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack [Read More…]
Haley downplays Iowa, says New Hampshire voters will ‘correct’ caucuses
adamkaz/Getty Images (MILFORD, N.H.) — Nikki Haley is facing backlash for comments she made to a New Hampshire crowd that its primary voters have the opportunity to “correct” the results of the Iowa caucuses set [Read More…]