If your lawyers advised you to commit a crime, does that exonerate you? Former President Donald Trump intends to argue this is what happened, and that he is indeed exonerated, in the case of hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels in 2016. In a court filing publicly released Tuesday, …
Read More »RFK Jr. Scouts Aaron Rodgers, Jesse Ventura for Running Mate
Robert Kennedy Jr. has tapped New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and wrestler Jesse Ventura as his top picks for a running mate, the The New York Times reported on Tuesday. Ventura’s son told ABC News on Wednesday that his father had not received a formal offer. The outlet added …
Read More »Progressives Launch Campaign to Counter Pro-Israel Election Spending
Progressive groups are launching a coalition to defend lawmakers targeted by America’s top pro-Israel lobby and counter its sway in Congress. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, is a powerhouse Washington influence machine. Bankrolled in large part by Republican megadonors, the group has the resources to tip elections, …
Read More »Sex Trafficking Survivor Calls Out Katie Britt for Misrepresenting Her Story
A sex trafficking survivor whose story was used by Sen. Katie Britt during her disastrous State of the Union rebuttal called the senator’s characterization of her story “unfair.” On Thursday, Britt said in her State of the Union rebuttal that during a recent visit to the southern border, she spoke …
Read More »Trump Floats Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Donald Trump kicked off Monday morning bright and early with a wide-ranging interview on CNBC, during which he reminded viewers that a second Trump term would bring massive cuts to the entitlements they’ve been paying into for decades. “There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in …
Read More »Trump Says '100 Percent of the Black People Should Vote for Trump'
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, riding high on his Super Tuesday blowout with his only contender Nikki Haley dropping out of the race, took to a podium in Rome, Georgia on Saturday for a “Get out the Vote Rally” as his Democratic opponent, President Joe Biden, also appeared in …
Read More »Katie Britt Defends Sex-Trafficking Story She Misleadingly Linked to Biden
Republican Sen. Katie Britt, who delivered her dramatic rebuttal to the State of the Union in an angry whisper from her kitchen, refused to admit she told a story of a sex-trafficking survivor in her speech that misled the audience to believe it took place in the U.S. under the …
Read More »Netanyahu Intends to Cross Biden's 'Red Line' to Invade Rafah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not abide President Joe Biden‘s “red line” warning not to invade Rafah in Gaza, where more than a million Palestinians have sought refuge from the ongoing assault. “We’ll go there. We’re not going to leave. You know, I have a red line. You know …
Read More »'What the Hell Am I Watching': Republicans Torch Their Own SOTU Rebuttal
The ritual surrounding the annual State of the Union is never complete until the president’s opposition has presented its rebuttal — occasionally in an embarrassing manner. Katie Britt, the junior Republican senator from Alabama, delivered the GOP’s rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s address on Thursday. Her impassioned, breathless speech — …
Read More »Can AI Help the Pentagon Finally Pass an Audit?
Last year, the Pentagon failed its sixth annual audit in a row. An Arizona lawmaker has a proposal for how to help the Department of Defense finally pass one: Use AI. On Friday, Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) introduced legislation that would direct the Secretary of Defense to use artificial intelligence …
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