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Donald Trump isn’t the only individual to be indicted in the Justice Department’s probe into the former president’s handling of classified documents. Trump revealed on Friday that one of his aides, Walt Nauta, has also been charged. “I have just learned that the ‘Thugs’ from the Department of Injustice will …

Federal prosecutors have informed Donald Trump that he is the target of an ongoing criminal probe, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to Rolling Stone. On Wednesday, the Guardian reported that a letter to Trump from prosecutors arrived before Trump’s attorneys met with Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is …

Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors in the state, the New York Times reported. The legislation wouldban hormone treatments and puberty blockers for young people, as well as gender-affirming surgeries. Backed by three Democratic senators, the legislation was approved with a wide-enough margin to …

Ex-Vice President Mike Pence is diving head first into his campaign to defeat his former boss Donald Trump in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination. Hours after delivering a speech in Iowa announcing the launch of his campaign, Pence appeared on CNN for a televised town hall event. Trump, …

Pat Robertson, the televangelist who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, died on Thursday at age 93. The Christian Broadcasting Network, which Robertson founded in 1960, announced the news Thursday morning. Robertson is widely credited with ushering Christian-conservatism into mainstream politics in the 1980s and 1990s, and laying …

Wildfires raging in Canada shrouded the East Coast in smoke this week, leading to hazardous air quality that has led cities to cancel outdoor events. The unprecedented rash of fires is a clear result of climate change, but nothing — not even a post-apocalyptic orange tint or the ever-present smell …

After a decade of steadily chipping away at the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court actually upheld a piece of the landmark civil rights legislation on Thursday, ruling that Alabama had diluted the power of Black voters in the state. The case concerned Alabama’s new congressional district map, which was …

Donald Trump been indicted on criminal charges for the second time in less than four months, this time over his handling of classified documents from his time in the White House. The case — adding to the GOP frontrunner’s legal woes in New York and elsewhere — takes the nation …

What do you get when you strip Tucker Carlson of his multi-million dollar studio, crew of writers, and a much coveted 8 p.m. time slot on the nation’s most-watched cable news channel? Just a guy, posting online, trying desperately to recreate what he no longer has. On Tuesday afternoon, Carlson …

Chris Licht is stepping down as CEO of CNN after barely a year on the job, the network announced on Wednesday. Licht’s brief, tumultuous tenure at the helm of the cable news giant was capped by a widely maligned decision to host a town hall event with Donald Trump last …