Barring a last-minute hiccup, today a Democratic prosecutor — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — will begin his unprecedented criminal trial of former President Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s certain presidential nominee in November’s general election. Despite the obvious political implications of such a prosecution, a new study of ABC, CBS and NBC evening news coverage shows at least 90% of their coverage failed to inform viewers that Bragg and the other elected Democrats going...
Barring a last-minute hiccup, today a Democratic prosecutor — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — will begin his unprecedented criminal trial of former President Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s certain presidential nominee in November’s general election. Despite the obvious political implications of such a prosecution, a new study of ABC, CBS and NBC evening news coverage shows at least 90% of their coverage failed to inform viewers that Bragg and the other elected Democrats going...
Dan Rather — the former CBS News anchor who fell from grace over a story about former President George W. Bush that relied on forged documents — doesn't seem to be quietly riding off into the sunset at age 92.In a span of six hours Wednesday, Rather dropped two bombs on social media — one post about former President Donald Trump and a second post about pro-lifers.Around 11 a.m. he let loose with this:Then around 5 p.m. Rather got this in his head:As you might guess, Rather's comments attracted...
A Manhattan court on Monday placed strict limits on what a leading candidate for president is allowed to say in public.
House Speaker Mike Johnson's office said Tuesday that it will delay the transmission of articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Democrats are the "radicals" on abortion, former President Donald Trump said after revealing his official position on the issue.
Donald Trump is backing the Republican vying to replace Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two remaining GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach the ex-president.
(The Center Square) — Georgia Democrats want an investigation after they said a state audit surfaced questions about whether Gov. Brian Kemp's administration circumvented state contracting requirements, potentially for political gain. It's not immediately clear which state or federal agencies might lead the probe, and Democrats said they haven't formally requested an investigation. At issue is a $1.1 billion contract the Georgia Department of Human Services...
A new ruling today from the Arizona Supreme Court revives an old law and enacts a near-total ban on abortion. Such developments are likely to keep the issue in the front of voters' minds, as will messaging from Democrats.
Donald Trump is doubling down on his claim that babies are executed "after the ninth month" as part of his argument against abortion rights. Trump released a video Monday declining to outline a national abortion policy, and instead saying he believed it should be decided at the state level. In that video, he said that people are aborting babies after the ninth month — a claim that has been dismissed by experts.A few hours later, when the Biden campaign singled out pieces of Trump's video, he...
Donald Trump started Monday by staking his official incoherent position on abortion in a too-many-minutes-long speech packed with lies. Like ending Roe v. Wade was something that “all legal scholars—both sides—wanted, and, in fact, demanded.” And his assertion that Democrats “are the radical ones on this position because they support abortion up to and even beyond the ninth month.” CNN’s Jim Acosta quickly fact-checked both of those claims. “Democrats do not believe in execution after birth,”...
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) said that former President Donald Trump is normalizing “bigotry” over his stance against illegal immigration. The Michigan lawmaker argued that the United States is a nation of immigrants and that the former president is encouraging people to hold their “bigoted views” against immigrants. Trump is the presumptive nominee for the Republican […]