House Republicans released articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday, prompting the federal government to respond in a scathing memo calling the impeachment effort “unconstitutional [and] evidence free.” In addition to accusing Mayorkas of not following immigration laws, the GOP’s articles claim Mayorkas “terminated contracts” to …
Read More »Trump Touts Cognitive Skills Citing He's Related to an MIT Professor: 'Same Genes'
Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Saturday in Las Vegas, his first rally since a jury ordered him on Friday to pay $83.3 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll for repeatedly defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault. At his “Commit to Caucus” appearance at …
Read More »Pelosi Wants FBI to Investigate Pro-Palestine Protesters for Financial Ties to Russia
Nancy Pelosi suggested that Russia may be funding pro-Palestinian protesters who have been interrupting Democratic campaign events, saying that some calling for a ceasefire are promoting “Putin’s message.” Protesters disrupted Pelosi’s appearance in Seattle on Thursday to call for an end to Israel‘s assault on Palestine. Vocal demonstrators have also …
Read More »Nikki Haley Accuses RNC of 'Clearly Not' Being an Honest Broker
Nikki Haley called out the Republican National Committee for favoring Donald Trump, accusing the RNC of “clearly not” being an honest broker in the 2024 presidential primary. “Do you think — just going back to the RNC calling for the party to unify around Trump, which happened, by the way, …
Read More »International Court Says Israel May Have Committed Acts of Genocide
The International Court of Justice has found that there is “plausible” evidence to suggest Israel may have committed acts of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and is ordering the nation to take “take all measures within its power” to prevent violations of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention. …
Read More »Trump Storms Out of Court During E. Jean Carroll Closing Arguments
Donald Trump stormed out of a Manhattan courtroom on Friday as lawyers for E. Jean Carroll delivered their closing arguments in the author’s second civil defamation case against the former president. As Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, addressed the jury, Trump stood up from his place at the defense table and …
Read More »Trump Ordered to Pay E. Jean Carroll $83 Million
A New York jury ruled on Friday that Donald Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in total damages for repeatedly defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault. Trump, the frontrunner to win the Republican nomination for president, must pay the author $7.3 million in compensatory damages, …
Read More »The Climate Activists Fighting Off Cane-Wielding Country Club Members
On Thursday, fresh off a major policy victory, organizers and activists from Climate Defiance confronted Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan at an event at a country club in his home town of Wellesley, Massachusetts. Moynihan was there to participate in a fireside chat about the economy and the finance …
Read More »Andrew Cuomo Sexually Harassed Over a Dozen Staffers: DOJ
Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 13 state staffers over a span of eight years while he was governor of New York, the Justice Department announced on Friday. The revelation comes as part of an agreement to settle the DOJ’s sexual misconduct investigation into Cuomo, and largely confirms the findings …
Read More »Trump Breaks Judge's Rules Twice During Brief E. Jean Carroll Testimony
E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against Donald Trump resumed on Thursday, and this time it was the president himself who was in the hot seat. The former president took the witness stand in Manhattan civil court for a brief testimony largely devoid of the theatrics seen in his previous court …
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