As Joe Biden’s campaign attempts to muffle public concern over his fitness for office, one Democratic House member has finally broken the seal of backroom debate and anonymous statements by publicly calling for the president to step down from the 2024 race. Longtime Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) issued a statement …
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Donald Trump spent years being bitterly mad at a Supreme Court majority and a conservative legal movement that did not work hard enough to help him steal the 2020 presidential election. But ahead of the 2024 election, the court seems to be making up for his troubles. The high court …
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The Supreme Court has ruled that presidents are entitled to immunity from prosecution for official acts committed while in office. The landmark decision delivers a critical blow to the Justice Department’s ongoing election interference case against former president Donald Trump, and virtually guarantees the case will not go to trial …
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Steve Bannon reported to prison on Monday to serve out the four-month sentence resulting from his 2022 conviction on charges of contempt of Congress. The former White House adviser to Donald Trump and influential right-wing radio host surrendered himself to the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, a low-security prison …
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On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that American presidents have “absolute immunity” from prosecution for any “official acts” they take while in office. For President Joe Biden, this should be great news. Suddenly a host of previously unthinkable options have opened up to him:He could dispatch Seal Team 6 to …
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We dodged a bullet with the Supreme Court this term. Literally. Last year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided that domestic abusers subject to qualifying protective orders must be allowed to purchase and carry firearms. You read that right. In U.S. v. Rahimi, the court ruled that the Constitution …
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President Joe Biden appeared feeble and occasionally confused during the first 2024 presidential debate last week. Since then, Biden’s campaign and allies have admitted he had a poor showing, but they argue the state of the race is still the same: He is still locked in a close contest with …
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On Sunday, one of President Joe Biden’s top congressional allies defended his poor debate performance, blaming it on “preparation overload” and his stutter. “I have been a part of debate preparation before, and I know when I see what I call preparation overload. And that’s exactly what was going on …
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On Thursday, in their ruling halting the Biden administration’s plan to limit ozone pollution from drifting into other states, Supreme Court justices repeatedly, accidentally referenced “nitrous oxide” — a.k.a. laughing gas — rather than the chemical compounds actually at issue in the case. The opinion, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, …
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Top Democrats, including elected officials, political operatives, and major party donors want President Joe Biden to step aside — “immediately,” many of them say — for a candidate who can more effectively make the case against Donald Trump, and also project the ability to do the hardest job on the …
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