NEW YORK — The judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money case held him in contempt for violating a gag order nine times. Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump $9,000 over his recent posts on Truth Social and campaign website attacking prospective jurors and prosecutors’ expected star witnesses, also warning the former president that additional violations could result in...
The family of Ralph Yarl, the Black teenager who was shot in the head after going to the wrong house, have announced a civil lawsuit in Missouri against the accused shooter and the homeowners association. The complaint, filed on behalf of Yarl's mother, Cleo Nagbe, names Andrew Lester, the shooter, and the Highland Acres Lakeside...
The attorney of an anonymous Jewish Columbia student who is suing the university for allegedly not providing “a safe educational environment” says his client is having to deal with calls for genocide while attending school. “There are straight out calls for the genocide of Jews. This has happened because of complacency and appeasement by...
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is slated to testify Tuesday on the Biden administration's 2025 budget proposal, protests on college campuses and FAFSA application rollouts, before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. The Senate hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET. Watch the video above.
The House will consider measures Tuesday that lawmakers can take to de-escalate the protests on college campuses that have upended daily life across the country. Demonstrations, from New York to Los Angeles, have been divided along separate axes within the various institutions: Students demanding divestment from companies with ties to Israel or its war against...
Former President Trump in a new interview was sharply critical of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over last October's terrorist attacks that killed more than 1,000 Israelis, though he stopped short of calling for his replacement. Trump spoke at length with Time Magazine about his plans for a possible second term, including how he would...
A former National Security Agency worker was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison after he was charged for selling classified information to a Russian official, the Department of Justice announced Monday. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 32, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to six...
NEW YORK — The judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money case held him in contempt for violating a gag order nine times. Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump nearly $10,000 over his recent posts on Truth Social and campaign website attacking prospective jurors and prosecutors’ expected star witnesses. “What happened here is precisely what this...
Hunter Biden's attorneys are threatening to sue Fox News over its usage of photos the president's son argues are private. In a letter sent by Biden's attorneys to Fox News this week and obtained by several news outlets, the younger Biden accused Fox of conducting unlawful publication of “hacked” images. He is demanding the outlet...
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said she might not be on the air if former President Trump wins the election this fall. Noting the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner was held over the weekend, Wallace said "behind the levity, though, there was something darker. A darker undercurrent, if you will, and a point that the president...
The major parties' respective decisions to nominate historically unpopular candidates for president three cycles in a row hasn’t done them any favors.
Sarah Matthews, an ex-staffer of former President Trump, said Monday she would not cast her vote in November for Trump, signaling she could instead vote for President Biden. “When we have a candidate on the ballot who will not uphold the Constitution, then I feel like I have to put policy aside" Matthews said on...
Former President Trump in a new interview suggested states with restrictive abortion bans might monitor women's pregnancies and should be left to decide whether to prosecute women for having the procedure. Trump sat for an interview earlier this month with Time Magazine about his plans for a possible second term. When asked about various abortion policies and...
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We need to change the incentives for those who contribute to the “social tax” of mistrust.
There is a growing concern over the country’s political fracturing. And the media frequently wonder what can be done to stem that shift. Berliner has a suggestion, “We could keep doing what we’re doing hoping it will all work out. Or we could start over with the basic building blocks of journalism.”
Four law enforcement officers were killed, and several others were wounded Monday in a shootout near Charlotte, N.C., according to police. The four officers who lost their lives were serving a warrant for a felon wanted for unlawful possession of a firearm, The Associated Press reported. The others, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings,...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) filed an ethics complaint against special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday, accusing the prosecutor overseeing the federal investigations into former President Trump of trying to “unlawfully interfere with the 2024 presidential election.” Stefanik, the House GOP conference chair and a close Trump ally, filed the complaint with the Justice Department’s Office...
For the most part, these cases are filed in order to achieve policy goals that have failed to gain traction with voters in our democratic system.
Media The Freedom of the Press Foundation hired Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz to lobby for the passage of the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act. The PRESS Act, which has bipartisan, bicameral support, bars the federal government from compelling journalists and telecommunication providers to disclose sources or any records the journalist...
As the national debt has risen to more than $34 trillion and counting, Washington remains deeply divided on what to do about it. Congress suspended the debt ceiling last year, which limits how much the Treasury can owe to cover the government’s bills, but not without months of nasty partisan fighting between both chambers over...
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Republican Kari Lake are neck and neck in the race for Arizona’s Senate seat this year, according to a new poll. The poll from Emerson College Polling/The Hill found Gallego leading Lake by just over 2 points, 45.3 percent to 43.1 percent, within the poll’s margin of error, while 11.6...
Former President Trump is leading President Biden in seven key battleground states, according to new surveys from Emerson College Polling/The Hill. Trump boasts slim, single-digit advantages in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — though the difference is within each survey’s margin of error. Snagging the edge in these key states is...
The results of a single congressional district in Nebraska could be critical to determining the outcome of this year's presidential election in what will likely be an extremely tight race. The Cornhusker State’s unique system awards an electoral vote in presidential elections to the winner of each of its three congressional districts, in addition to...
NEW YORK – Former President Trump’s first criminal trial began with a whirlwind week of salacious testimony from media mogul-turned-state's witness David Pecker, the ex-National Enquirer publisher who allegedly worked as the “eyes and ears” for Trump’s successful 2016 campaign. But in its second week of testimony starting Tuesday, the hush money trial's storyline will...
