A kerfuffle in Grand Rapids, Mich., in recent days revealed a grim truth about America’s institutions in these troubled times: Too many of them lack the courage to stand up to the threat to democracy that is Donald Trump, thereby contributing to the alarming staying power of the once and perhaps future president. We already know about the failure of the main institutional players in this constitutional crisis: those atop the Republican Party. “Political parties are democracy’s gatekeepers,”...
Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-KS), one of the youngest House Republicans, is not running for reelection in 2024, joining the mass exodus of GOP members leaving Congress after a tumultuous year on Capitol Hill. LaTurner, 36, announced his retirement from the House on Thursday. The Kansas congressman is the 22nd House Republican to decide against running […]
If you thought last year's seven percent HECS debt indexation was a doozy, then we have bad news for you: experts are predicting HECS debt will be indexing in near-record numbers again.
Former President Donald Trump's latest demand to put the Manhattan hush money trial on hold was just smacked down.According to the Associated Press, Trump was seeking to stay the trial, the first of his four criminal cases to go to court, while he tries to get the case moved out of Manhattan to another jurisdiction on the grounds that he can't get a fair jury pool there.However, according to the report, Justice Marsha Michael "has once again denied a request by Trump’s attorneys to halt his...
Trump's new grift: Charging GOP candidates to use his name As if selling sneakers and Bibles wasn’t grift enough. Jimmy Kimmel's late-night digs are driving Trump bonkers Kimmel’s trolling of “yabba dabba doofus” is just what we need. Cartoon: The running mate Sometimes you’re just stuck with someone. New poll shows when Republicans talk about abortion, they're losing Despite what Republicans hope, abortion is not a subject that can be swept under the rug. Trump wants to gut diversity...
No reasonable jury in America would convict anyone of the charges laid out against Trump, but this is New York City.
It is also the first time the WNBA Draft has drawn more than 1 million viewers, and it also flew past the TV figures of the MLB and NHL drafts in 2023, according to various reports.
SEATTLE (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store in 2019 — the third
ROMARIO has come out of retirement 15 YEARS after his last professional match. The Brazilian legend and World Cup winner has signed up with America-RJ. The club plays in the second division of the
A Republican party official who was a founder of her state's "Women for Trump" advocacy group is admitting she is not enthused with the former president's third bid for the Oval Office and hopes that, if he doesn't win, he will just go away.According to a profile in the Guardian digging into Donald Trump's voter woes in the key swing state of Wisconsin, local activist Terri Burl bluntly admitted she is "not excited" by the 2024 campaign and is making a unique pitch to some "Never Trump"...
MANCHESTER UNITED will once again have to pin their hopes on Willy Kambwala this weekend. The 19-year-old is set to start alongside Harry Maguire against Bournemouth after the Red Devils confirmed
Brady, 46, stepped away from the NFL 'for good' after the 2022-23 season. However, the seven-time Super Bowl champion hinted that the door for him to return is not completely shut.