HE used to claim he was the “Hardest Geezer” in the Sussex seaside town of Worthing. Now Russ Cook has proved he is the hardest geezer in the world — by becoming the first man in history to run the
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...
Brian Cox is giving his take on Joaquin Phoenix's performance in Ridley Scott's Napoleon and pondering on leaving the U.S. if Donald Trump wins the presidential election.
By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who raised the possibility that voting for the independent presidential candidate would help Donald Trump defeat President Joe Biden previously promoted false claims that the 2020 election was rigged and attended “Stop the Steal” rallies after the election, including the rally on
In the midst of one of his early morning social media snits, Donald Trump thumped out an all-caps “KILL FISA” insisting that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was used to spy on his campaign. Trump’s timing wasn’t coincidental, as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson had scheduled a rule vote on Wednesday to bring the FISA bill up for reauthorization. It’s the kind of thing that should have gone along without an issue. During both tenures of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the number of rule...
Donald Trump has repeatedly said he could end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. His plan includes getting Ukraine to give up land to Russia to end the conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will not surrender territory
by Courtney Vaughn The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! The weather forecast can no longer be trusted. Spring is unpredictable, like an emotionally detached, fickle lover. It brings us flowers,...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed that former President Donald Trump's "emissaries" asked him to serve as Trump's running mate."President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I'm soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer," Kennedy tweeted. — (@) Chris LaCivita, a Trump campaign senior advisor, claimed that nobody from Trump's campaign has reached out to Kennedy about serving as...
Jane Timm, senior reporter for NBC News, talks with Alex Wagner about how threats and harassment from radicalized Trump supporters have made the already difficult job of election administration even more challenging, driving out huge numbers of election workers at exactly the worst time.
Ohio’s secretary of state on Friday signaled that the Democratic National Convention may take place too late for President Joe Biden to appear on the general election ballot in the state, according to a letter obtained by NBC News. “The Democratic National Convention is scheduled to convene on August 19, 2024, which occurs more than a week after the August 7 deadline to certify a presidential candidate to the office,” Secretary of State Frank LaRose wrote to Ohio Democratic Party Chairwoman Liz...
President Biden touted his new plans to eliminate student loan debt for as many as 30 million borrowers and vowed to 'never stop delivering relief' on Monday.
A school in northwest London might seem to have little bearing on our culture wars in the United States. But the nature of the Michaela Community School, located in the unfashionable district of Wembley, and of a lawsuit it won this month in Britain’s High Court offer lessons for other countries struggling to accommodate large […]