Politics

Since the summer, Donald Trump’s legal teams have been wracked by one abiding fear: betrayal. On one front, the former president’s inner circle has fretted about how many co-defendants in the Fulton County criminal case — or co-conspirators in the special counsel probes — might turn against him, accept a …

Late Tuesday night, Louisiana’s Mike Johnson became the fourth Republican representative nominated for House Speaker since Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy from the position earlier this month. The decision to nominate Johnson, a key architect of congressional efforts to challenge the 2020 election results, drew glowing praise from former President Donald …

At a fundraiser at the Country Club of Fairfax earlier this month, an attendee sidled up to Bill Woolf, a Republican running for state Senate, and told him plainly that she was disappointed in his embrace of a “compromise” on “the issue of life.” Woolf, who is running for office …

President Joe Biden‘s re-election campaign has responded to reports that Donald Trump has plans to withdraw the U.S. from NATO if re-elected. On Monday, Rolling Stone reported that the ex-president had previously schemed to pull the country out of NATO during his first term, and that the 2024 Republican presidential …

Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezjoined The Daily Show guest host Desus Nice on Monday to shed some light on the GOP infighting following their ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “Republicans kicked out their speaker, and now they can’t find a new guy to run their group project,” the New York congresswoman quipped. “And …

Jenna Ellis, a member of Donald Trump‘s team of lawyers who helped challenge the results of the 2020 election, has taken a plea deal in Georgia. Ellis on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings in connection with the scheme to overturn President …

Donald Trump’s legal team has filed a flurry of legal motions attempting to throw a wrench in the Justice Department’s 2020 election interference case against him. The former president’s lawyers submitted four motions to dismiss, in whole or in part, in D.C. court late Monday night. Each one employs a …

Tom Emmer has withdrawn his name contention to become the next House Speaker hours after Republicans nominated him for the position and Donald Trump trashed him on Truth Social. Republicans nominated Tom Emmer to become the next House Speaker in a closed-door vote Tuesday morning. The nod toward the Minnesota …

Jenna Ellis smiled in her mugshot. The former Trump attorney who was indicted alongside him and 17 others over an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results even made the Fulton County booking photo her profile picture on Twitter. “Those who mock me, my former client, and my God …

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen testified against Donald Trump today in New York’s civil fraud lawsuit against the former president. The courtroom encounter marked the first time Trump and his infamous former fixer have been in the same room in over five years. The trial will determine how much Trump …