Politics

Chris Christie is running for president. The former New Jersey governor on Tuesday filed paperwork to run with the Federal Election Commission, despite every external factor indicating he has absolutely no chance to even sniff the Republican nomination. Christie has charted a familiar, humiliating path through Republican politics since his …

On Tuesday, a cohort of House Republicans blocked a rules package that would allow debate on four pieces of legislation, including two bills that would prohibit regulation on gas-powered stoves. The move is surprising not only because procedural rule votes rarely fail to pass muster, but because for months Republicans …

Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature introduced a package of bills this week to “clarify” the state’s abortion ban, 174 years after it became law. The 1849 ban, which criminalizes abortionin every circumstance, except to save the pregnant person’s life, went back into effect last June after 50 years of obsolescence. …

Kandiss Taylor — the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and a current GOP district chair in the state —was widely mocked late last month for wondering on her podcast why “everywhere there’s globes.” The comments came while she was interviewing two prominent Flat Earthers. “For me if it’s not a conspiracy, …

Mike Pence announced his 2024 candidacy on Wednesday, entering a crowded field of Republican hopefuls that includes Donald Trump — the man who cheered on a mob chanted for the former vice president to be hanged on Jan. 6, 2021. “Jan. 6 was a tragic day in the life of …

Donald Trump’s attorneys were spotted at the offices of the Department of Justice on Monday, where they reportedly begged prosecutors investigating the former president’s hoarding of classified documents not to charge him. The New York Times reported later in the day that Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the …

Prosecutors investigating Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents would like more details regarding a flood at Mar-a-Lago caused by a maintenance worker draining the resort pool, which coincidentally happened to inundate the room housing servers that store the property’s surveillance footage. According to a report from CNN, investigators have questioned …

While it didn’t commence with 20 minutes of technical difficulties like the Twitter campaign kickoff of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Monday forum on the site’s audio Spaces platform was still a garbled affair. The environmental lawyer turned conspiracy theorist — now attempting to primary President Biden …

Former President Donald Trump is facing numerous lawsuits as well as civil and criminal investigations — including alleged hush money payments to stave off a sex scandal, possible obstruction of justice, and election interference — but according to Republican Congressman Ken Buck, those investigations and allegations “almost give [Trump] credibility.” …

Chuck Todd announced he is leaving NBC’s Meet the Press, the news show he has hosted for nine years across two presidential election cycles. His successor will be Kristen Welker, the network’s chief White House Correspondent. “I leave feeling concerned about this moment in history but reassured by the standards …