• Litman: Jack Smith's latest push to get Donald Trump's Jan. 6 trial moving before the election

    Special counsel Jack Smith’s latest brief to the Supreme Court on Donald Trump’s immunity claim strives to ensure that the justices' decision puts the Jan. 6 trial back on track, ending the detour the former president has extracted from a weak argument. The bulk of the brief Smith filed Monday is a methodical rejection of Trump’s far-fetched claims to immunity from prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Smith and his Supreme Court specialist, Michael Dreeben, closely follow...

  • Trump, Johnson: 'Election integrity is tied to border security'

    (The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson have raised the alarm about non-citizens voting in U.S. elections, citing the border crisis. They did so after Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week that his policies were impacting U.S. elections and after Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, reintroduced a bill to require proof of citizenship to vote. DHS Secretary...

  • Ex-ESPNer Wants Stephen A. Smith Fired Over Trump Comments

    Stephen A. Smith continues to face backlash over his Donald Trump comments. Last week, Smith went viral when he appeared on Fox News and defended Trump by saying there was some truth about Trump’s comments on how black americans can relate to his legal troubles. “As much as people may have been abhorred by Donald […]

  • Pro-Trump election denier fired from RFK Jr. campaign for 'misrepresentation'

    Rita Palma, a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign New York State staffer and pro-Trump election denier who attended the pre-insurrection January 6, 2021 rally, has been terminated for “misrepresentation,” according to multiple news outlets and the campaign.Palma made headlines earlier this week when unearthed video of her promoting a plan to “get rid” of President Joe Biden to help elect Donald Trump went viral.Palma was identified as the campaign’s New York State director, but RFK Jr.’s...

  • Police to review security outside courthouse hosting Trump's trial after man sets himself on fire

    NEW YORK (AP) — Police officials said they were reviewing whether to restrict access to a public park outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial after a man set himself on fire there Friday. “We may have to shut this area down,” New York City Police Department Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry […]

  • 'That must stop': Jack Smith torches Trump's 'plainly wrong' bid to delay docs deadlines

    Special Counsel Jack Smith Sunday smacked down Donald Trump's effort to ask Judge Cannon to delay certain deadlines in his classified documents case, citing the criminal hush money trial he is facing.One day earlier, Trump moved to use his upcoming criminal case in New York to seek a delay on disclosure deadlines to reveal information to Smith. In Trump's hush money trial set for Monday, the former president stands accused of falsifying business records to conceal a "catch-and-kill" scheme aimed...

  • Lawfare crises: Impartial jury possible? How can Jack Smith nail Trump if he can’t leave NYC?

    by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2024 One of the dismissed jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York said it likely is not possible to seat an impartial jury. Reports from the fourth day of the proceedings noted that it may take at least two weeks to seat the full jury of 12 […]

  • 'Trump is desperate': Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder says new song is about Trump's election denial — claims Trump gave people PTSD

    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...

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    Delaware State Fire Marshall investigating residential fire in Millsboro

    MILLSBORO, Del. – The Delaware State Fire Marshall is investigating a fire that occurred early Sunday Morning at 28253 Basin Rd in Millsboro. As first responders arrived, the fire was advancing to the eaves, attic, and roof line of the two-story residential structure. Firefighters conducted a primary search of the structure on the account of conflicting reports that an occupant

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    Fire officials investigate cause, origin of two-story structure fire in Kailua

    Officials said the call came in just after 1 p.m. when it was reported that smoke was coming out of a two-story residential structure on North Kalaheo Avenue.

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    St. George Fire Department investigating fire at Jones Creek fitness center

    BATON ROUGE — The St. George Fire Department is investigating a structure fire at Club 4 Fitness on Jones Creek Road.Fire crews responded to the fire on April 16 and found smoke coming from the wall in the men’s sauna, as well as charred wood and pipes inside the fitness center's walls. Investigators found evidence that the sauna had been tampered with, which caused the fire.The business was closed for a few days following the fire, the SGFD said. Anyone with information as to who...

  • 1 fired after FWPD investigating shots fired report after alleged fight at Dana

    The report indicated a fight led to at least one shot being fired inside the auto parts manufacturer plant on West State Boulevard.