Former President Trump has been indicted over his efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election, with the Justice Department detailing its case in a 45-page document unveiled Tuesday. While much of what is in the indictment was brought to the public’s attention by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack...
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) issued a statement obtained by The Hill on Tuesday encouraging “solidarity” with Taiwan a year after her controversial visit there. “One year ago, our Congressional delegation’s arrival in Taiwan sent an unequivocal message to the world: America stands with Taiwan as it defends itself and its freedom,” Pelosi’s statement...
Former President Trump told his supporters in a fundraising email Wednesday that he could face up to 561 years in prison after the Justice Department (DOJ) indicted him in connection with his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. “With Crooked Joe’s corrupt DOJ having unlawfully INDICTED yours truly yet again, reports indicate that I could...
The Justice Department (DOJ) is teeing up the possible disqualification of the attorney representing Walt Nauta, one of former President Trump’s alleged co-conspirators in the Mar-a-Lago case, warning the lawyer may have conflicts of interest after representing numerous witnesses in the probe. Stanley Woodward has represented “at least seven other individuals who have been questioned...
The Pentagon is calling back 1,100 active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year, with forces beginning to return to their home bases this week, a defense official confirmed Wednesday. The Biden administration in May approved the temporary deployment of up to 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border for 90 days, a decision made...
Former President Trump is scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday afternoon after being indicted on federal charges related to the transfer of power after the 2020 election. His appearance is slated for 4 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, D.C. A spokesperson for special...
The chairwoman of the Libertarian National Committee criticized former President Trump’s indictment on charges he attempted to overturn the 2020 election, saying statements doubting election results are not uncommon. “Many past candidates, including presidential nominee Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton who, in 2016, called Trump an ‘illegitimate President’ who ‘stole the election,’ have routinely refused...
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT TALK OF THE MORNING Another day, another indictment: © AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File Maybe you’ve heard? The former president has been federally indicted on criminal charges related to efforts to reject his loss in the 2020 presidential election. It didn’t come as a surprise: Former President Trump, himself, acknowledged he...
A Colorado mayor has entered the race to challenge Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), making her the fifth Democrat so far to launch a campaign against the congresswoman. Grand Junction Mayor Anna Stout officially launched her campaign for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday after filing paperwork to run last month. In an ad launching her...
PBS' long-running public affairs program "Washington Week" has hired Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief at The Atlantic, to host the show as the two media companies enter a new partnership. The Atlantic will join NewsHour and WETA as an editorial partner on the show, which will be rebranded as "Washington Week with The Atlantic." Goldberg...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday criticized Justice Samuel Alito’s claim that Congress has no authority to regulate the Supreme Court, calling his comments “unwise and unwelcome” as Senate Democrats push an ethics reform package for justices. Durbin fired back at the third longest-tenured member of the court over his recent remarks...
While former President Trump’s latest indictment rocked political and media circles on Tuesday evening, the news was likely not a factor in market losses on Wednesday morning. “A fundamental market tenet is that market prices are based on expectations, not realizations. The Trump indictment was widely anticipated, so while a seismic event politically, it really...
The Human-services Emergency Logistics Program (HELP) Act is a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would connect vulnerable families and individuals to the local resources they need, ensuring all communities have an equal opportunity to thrive.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, are going their separate ways. The pair announced their separation on social media on Wednesday. “Sophie and I would like to share the fact that after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate,” Trudeau, 51, said. “As always, we remain a...
Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee launched an investigation Wednesday into recent data breaches of email systems at federal agencies, including at the State Department and the Department of Commerce. In letters to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, the Oversight Republicans requested a briefing within the next...
The Biden administration is still holding back from labeling the military takeover of Niger’s government a “coup” a week after it was launched. The careful word choice keeps in play an estimated $200 million of humanitarian and economic support to the country, largely food assistance for a country of 25 million people where at least...
George and Amal Clooney, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), Leonardo DiCaprio, Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson are among the Hollywood stars giving big bucks to help SAG-AFTRA members during the actors’ union strike. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation announced Wednesday that it had raised more than $15 million for its emergency financial assistance program in the...
A coalition of Georgia district attorneys is suing to challenge a state law that created a commission to remove and discipline state prosecutors. The group of four district attorneys is challenging a recently signed bill that established the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission (PACQ) that holds the power to remove local prosecutors who “refuse to uphold...
Denver Broncos defensive end Eyioma Uwazurike, who was suspended by the NFL for violating the league’s gambling policy, now faces accusations he bet on NFL and college football games within a two-year span. According to a complaint filed Tuesday in Iowa District Court for Story County, Uwazurike bet on four Iowa State Cyclones games during...
The EU has a herculean task in finalizing the AI Act.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) this week released eligibility criteria for presidential candidates to make the second GOP debate. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in an interview Tuesday on Fox News that candidates need to register at 3 percent in two national polls and need to make a donor threshold of 50,000 unique donors by...
A jury on Wednesday recommended the death penalty for the man who killed 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Robert Bowers was convicted in June for carrying out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history after he opened fire in the Tree of Life synagogue Oct. 27, 2018, and...
Attorney and prominent GOP Trump critic George Conway predicted Wednesday that the former president, who was indicted on more federal charges the day before, will have a difficult time overcoming the legal obstacles he faces in the coming year. "I just don't see how he survives all of these cases, Donald Trump, because each one...
Unlike Barbie’s transformation, the rationale behind the bomb has never evolved to answer the question of why it is necessary to threaten the world in order to save it.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed an executive order Tuesday directing state agencies to adopt narrow definitions of “male” and “female” in a move that will roll back legal protections for transgender people in the state. Stitt’s executive order, known to its supporters as “The Women’s Bill of Rights,” defines “female” as a person “whose biological...
