House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said his sons almost drowned after he had dinner with former President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida last fall, according to a new profile on Johnson by The Atlantic. The Speaker visited Palm Beach, Fla., the week of Thanksgiving for a fundraiser, and he and his sons had
The Alvin Bragg case has gotten grander at trial, but also more ridiculous.
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Former President Donald Trump in November 2021 was warned by someone in his inner circle that he would be indicted unless he returned sought-after materials to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), according to newly unsealed court documents in Trump's federal classified documents case.Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election, faces 40 federal charges over his handling of sensitive materials recovered from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm...
Former President Trump reiterated his support for Mike Johnson as the House
(The Center Square) – A child welfare bill was gutted just moments before going to the Illinois House floor and replaced with an omnibus election bill. House sponsor of Senate Bill 2412, State Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, said the bill does three things. “It places three non-binding referendums on the General Election ballot, eliminates the slating process to place candidates on the ballot in certain circumstances and moves up petition deadlines by 28 days,” said...
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is "part of the conspiracy" to "take down" former President Donald Trump, according to Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Trump.While interviewing Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Wednesday on his far-right War Room podcast, Bannon accused Johnson of having "hate" for Trump's MAGA movement and being part of what he says is a "vast criminal conspiracy" against the ex-president.Greene, who is planning to force a vote on a motion to oust Johnson as...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is working to stay in the good graces of former President Donald Trump as he attempts to defuse a possible rebellion by his right flank in the House. Trump has repeatedly voiced support for Johnson as hard-liners, upset by a series of deals Johnson cut in the last month, weigh whether […]
Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's Erin Burnett OutFront, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni tried to blame Republicans Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson for the escalation by far-left anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University that included taking over and occupying an academic building. Host Erin Burnett recalled that other schools had had more success in negotiating the demands of protesters, and then posed: "What do you think is different here about Columbia? There has been no...
Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's Erin Burnett OutFront, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni tried to blame Republicans Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson for the escalation by far-left anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University that included taking over and occupying an academic building. Host Erin Burnett recalled that other schools had had more success in negotiating the demands of protesters, and then posed: "What do you think is different here about Columbia? There has been no...
Among the things Aileen Cannon ordered to be unsealed in the August 2022 search warrant affidavit for Mar-a-Lago is a description of Trump and Melania's private suites at the resort.
To the editor: In a remarkable moment of clarity, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) seemed to realize his choice was between dooming GOP control of the House in the 2024 elections by maintaining legislative paralysis, or dooming Donald Trump's candidacy by resolving the issues on which Trump has claimed the big problems can't be solved until he is back in office. ("The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle," April 20) Johnson did this with a courageous and...