• ‘Free Palestine’ Bridge Blockers Get Free Bail—And the Democratic Party’s Fundraising Platform Gets a Cut

    Police across the United States arrested dozens of "Free Palestine" protesters Monday as part of a "multi-city economic blockade" targeting major airports, highways, and bridges. Those defendants are set to receive free bail money and legal assistance thanks to an online fundraiser hosted by ActBlue, the Democratic Party's primary fundraising platform that earns a cut off of each contribution.

  • Iran Won't Get Off 'Scot-Free' for Attack, IDF Says

    The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday said Iran will not get off "scot-free" for launching hundreds of missiles and drones toward Israel over the weekend.

  • Biden gets behind Johnson’s foreign aid plan

    Passage would mark a major win for the president, who is desperate to get munitions to Ukraine.

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  • Boris Johnson broke rules over Venezuela talks, government advisers say

    The former PM has been evasive about his links to a hedge fund that set up the meeting, Acoba rules.

  • 'This is hard for him': Trump aide says ex-president is 'uncomfortable' not in control

    Former President Donald Trump feels uniquely powerless and helpless in the New York hush money trial, with no ability to control the situation or command the narrative, former GOP White House official Alyssa Farah Griffin told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday.This came after the former president gave a disgruntled and disorganized rant just outside the Manhattan courthouse, where he complained about the temperature of the courtroom, reiterated that he was being persecuted, and waved around...

  • Facing Right-Wing Revolt Over Foreign Aid Plan, Johnson Says He Won't Resign

    Yuval RosenbergApril 16, 2024House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted Tuesday that he will not give up his gavel after a second member of his

  • Trump prosecutor says it's 'very likely' ex-president will be jailed if found guilty

    The historic criminal trial of former President Donald Trump may see a historic prison sentence should the jury render a guilty verdict. That's the thinking by Tristan Snell, the former New York State assistant attorney general who took the real estate mogul to task before he became president and helped bring about the demise of Donald Trump’s Trump University. In an interview with Scott Dworkin in the Substack newsletter The Dworkin Report, Snell said he predicts some form of prison sentence is...

  • Maldives court frees jailed ex-president Abdulla Yameen, orders fresh trial

    A high court in Maldives overturned former president Abdulla Yameen's conviction and 11-year prison sentence on graft and money laundering charges, paving the way for his release from jail. A three-judge bench in the archipelago nation held Yameen's 2022 trial as unfair and ordered the lower court to restart the criminal proceedings."The lower court ruling was not fair," judge Hassan Shafeeu said while reading out a lengthy decision that was broadcast live.Read: Maldives' opposition parties...

  • Mike Johnson says he won’t resign as Republican anger grows over foreign aid

    ‘Wartime speaker’ indicates he will press forward with aid package, which would force him to rely on Democrats to pass itDefiant and determined, the House speaker, Mike Johnson, pushed back on Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed US aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office.“I am not resigning,” Johnson said after a testy morning meeting of fellow House Republicans at the Capitol. Continue...

  • Speaker Mike Johnson says House to vote on separate Israel, Ukraine aid packages

    April 16 (UPI) — House Speaker Mike Johnson announced late Monday that the House will vote this week on two separate aid packages for Israel and Ukraine, in response to “precipitating events around the globe.” Following months of delays, Johnson announced the plan, which includes a total of four packages, during a closed-door House GOP conference meeting Monday […] The post Speaker Mike Johnson says House to vote on separate Israel, Ukraine aid packages first appeared on Gephardt Daily.