Former President Donald Trump proved this week that he still holds considerable sway over House Republicans, with a visit from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and a controversial legislative vote highlighting how much chaos a few sentences from the former president can spark. Since the House GOP took the majority after the 2022 midterm elections, Trump […]
After Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020, former Attorney General Bill Barr seemed eager to put some distance between himself and the president he went to radical lengths to serve. In early 2021, for example, the Republican lawyer accused Trump of “inexcusable” behavior on Jan. 6. “The president’s conduct yesterday was a betrayal of his office,” Barr said the day after the insurrectionist attack on the Capitol. A few months later, Barr sat down with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl and went a little further....
The Chester County Republican Committee (RCCC) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Chester County Board of Elections, asking the court for an injunction
Trump-backed Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno criticized his opponent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) for describing the impeachment of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas as a "distraction."
As Donald Trump begins the first of his felony trials, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu showed us what it means to remain a “viable” Republican this year. In a painful and humiliating interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Sununu was repeatedly forced to describe exactly what he was willing to overlook with his endorsement of Trump. It was particularly noteworthy because Sununu, a popular four-term governor, has been a sharp critic of the former president, variously calling him “crazy”...
Lok Sabha elections 2024 updates: Narendra Modi's third tenure as Prime Minister or Rahul Gandhi's debut in 7 Lok Kalyan Marg? India is all set to vote to decide the fates of the two leaders and their alliances in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls on April 26. Voting is currently underway across 88 Lok Sabha constituencies in 13 states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday backed the Supreme Court's verdict on the petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of EVM-VVPAT slips. Attacking...
Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder explained the meaning behind the band's politically-themed song off their album "Dark Matter."The song titled "Wreckage" is purportedly about Donald Trump, Vedder told the Times, calling the former president and candidate "desperate to win" and only looking to avoid imprisonment."There is a guy in the United States who is still saying he didn’t lose an election," he told the British outlet. "And people are reverberating and amplifying that message as if it is...
The attorney running the Republican National Committee’s “election integrity” effort has been criminally charged by the state of Arizona for her efforts to help Donald Trump steal the 2020 election. This turn of events highlights the Orwellian meaning of the phrase “election integrity,” as used by Trump and the Republican Party: An effort to win […]
Super-patriotic GOP candidate forgets words to the Pledge of Allegiance Watch him pledge his allegiance to um uh Delusional Senate Republicans still believe they can control Trump What’s that definition of insanity again? Cartoon: A prickly situation Oh, Arizona. Polls show there's a cost to Trump alienating Haley voters Maybe telling them to take a hike wasn’t the best plan after all. This big county will host its first sheriff's race since the '60s And wouldn’t you know...
Neither Cllr Tom Hunt, the leader of the council, nor Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, have to stand this year – but Cllr Douglas Johnson from the Green Party does. Cllr Johnson, the leader of his group, was able to win comfortably in 2021 and now he is aiming to do that again, keeping the City ward a Green ward. He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “I’m a councillor for City ward, I was elected in 2016 and again in 2021. “I chair the council’s housing...
The prosecution in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial is attempting to "stack the deck" against Trump in jury selection, Jesse Binnall said.
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb said he is “almost certain” that former President Trump’s federal election case won’t be tried before the November election after the Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday. “So, I think it benefits Trump in the sense that it’s almost certain that this case will not get tried before the election,