Politics

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tapped Nicole Shanahan, a Silicon Valley lawyer, as his running mate for president. RFK Jr. made the announcement during an event in Oakland on Tuesday. “I’m so proud to introduce to you the next vice president of the United States, my fellow lawyer, a brilliant …

Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are just asking questions about the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old obscenity law that anti-abortion activists believe could be revived as a national abortion ban. The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case that …

Like a toddler who did not get their way, Trump threw a fit online the day after a New York judge finalized the start date for his criminal hush-money trial. Judge Juan Merchan on Monday rejected Trump’s efforts to further delay the trial and scheduled jury selection to begin on …

Donald Trump is celebrating the Easter season by hawking $60 Bibles. Trump posted a video Tuesday to Truth Social promoting the “God Bless The USA Bible,” named in partnership with pro-MAGA songwriter Lee Greenwood. The leatherbound volumes run for $60 each, not including tax or shipping. “Religion and Christianity are …

MSNBC primetime host Rachel Maddow criticized her own network over its hiring of former Republican National Committee ChairRonna McDaniel and called on NBC News to reverse its decision. Maddow, MSNBC’s highest-rated anchor, began her show with a nearly 30-minute monologue blasting the network’s decision as “inexplicable.” “I want to associate …

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a 948-foot-long container ship collided with it early Tuesday. Stunning video of the incident has circulated online, and search-and-rescue procedures are currently underway. “This is an unthinkable tragedy,” Baltimore’s Democratic mayor, Brandon Scott, said at a press conference. “We have to …

After just a few short days, and a whole lot of internal uproar, NBC News has backtracked on its decision to hire former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor. NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde made the announcement in a memo and said he had made the decision …

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) defended her use of the term “genocide” to describe the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians could soon face famine, according to a recent U.N.-backed report. On Sunday, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Ocasio-Cortez about her comments made on the House floor Friday, …

Donald Trump has been ranting incessantly over his inability to pay his $464 million bond following a New York judge ruling he must pay the state hundreds of millions for fraud. The deadline to pay the bond is Monday, and after the former president fails to do so, state Attorney …

Donald Trump was supposed to have to post a $464 million bond by Monday or else the state of New York could begin collecting on the massive civil fraud judgment leveled against him earlier this year. An appeals court bailed him out, blocking collection of the judgment and giving the …