Toward the end of Jane Smiley’s new novel, “Lucky,” its narrator takes a moment to flip through her mother’s record collection. It’s got a lot of ’60s folk-rock, including, she notes, “the four J’s.” Presumably she means artists like Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Janis Ian. But maybe one of the J’s is the narrator herself — Jodie Rattler, a moderately famous singer with a knack for writing melancholy love songs. “Lucky” is framed as a rock ’n' roll novel, but it’s a tricky and...
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), chair of the House Freedom Caucus, in a Tuesday interview, downplayed the likelihood that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) would ultimately face an effort by his conference to oust him as speaker. In an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill" on Tuesday, Good said he was committed to working on passing urgent legislation
Fox News host Jesse Watters argued Thursday on "Jesse Watters Primetime" that despite Democrats' efforts to keep former President Trump trapped in courtrooms, he manages to get his campaign message out, whether it be a visit to a bodega or greeting construction workers. JESSE WATTERS: Trump's always loved a good construction site for a real estate mogul like him at home. Judging by the "We love Trump" chants, they love him, too. SCOTUS SEES ‘DANGEROUS PRECEDENT’ IN TRUMP IMMUNITY CASE IF...
Here are five takeaways from the pivotal arguments on presidential immunity.
The former leader of the National Enquirer testified Friday he would have published a Trump Tower doorman’s story about Donald Trump having a child out of wedlock if it were true as defense attorneys cast a payoff to the man as an attempt to protect the tabloid’s reputation for scoops and not an election-related scheme.
Rep. Tony Gonzales went after his Republican colleagues Sunday while defending House Speaker Mike Johnson against motion to vacate threats.
A co-defendant of Donald Trump in Georgia wasn't indicted for a similar scheme in Arizona, and the best explanation is that he's cooperating with prosecutors, a legal analyst said Wednesday evening.Andrew Weissmann, the former top prosecutor on former special counsel Robert Mueller's team, appeared on MSNBC's The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell, where he was asked about Trump attorney and co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro.Specifically, the host noted that Chesebro "traveled to Arizona to cooperate...
The embattled ex-president offered surprising words of praise to Mike
A major Republican Jewish group became the latest notable organization to back a primary challenge to Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.). The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) announced Monday that it was backing state Sen. John McGuire (R) in the GOP congressional primary for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, citing Good’s vote Saturday against a foreign aid package
On Thursday, former President Donald Trump approached a gaggle of reporters with a wad of news clippings and proceeded to thumb through them to suggest they prove he's being persecuted (not prosecuted) in his historic criminal hush money trial. A body language and emotional intelligence expert noted the unspoken things Trump is expressing while going on a rambling speech about his purported unfair treatment. "These are all stories from legal experts saying how this is not a case," Trump said,...
President Joe Biden took a number of shots at his opponent in the 2024 general election, former President Donald Trump, during his Friday speech at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ Construction and Maintenance Conference. Biden and Trump are chasing union endorsements ahead of the general election in 2024, with both men relying on support […]