More than 9,000 Palestinians have been killed since Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7, triggering a still-ongoing Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. The death toll, provided by Palestinian health authorities, does not include the countless injured in the attacks, and almost half of the dead and wounded are …
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New York Judge Arthur Engoron expanded a gag order on Friday against Donald Trump to include the attorneys representing him in the state’s civil fraud lawsuit against the former president. The order was originally put in place after Trump attacked one of Engoron’s clerks, Allison Greenfield, on Truth Social, baselessly …
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Rep. George Santos (R., N.Y.), who faces federal fraud charges tied to his 2022 campaign, survived a vote Wednesday to expel him from the House. The resolution failed to gain the required two-thirds vote, with most Republicans and more than 30 Democrats voting against ousting Santos. The final vote was …
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House Republicans had a chaotic October — ousting Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, fighting bitterly about it for weeks, and then electing Mike Johnson to replace him, seemingly because no know knew him well enough to hate him. The GOP may have unanimously agreed to let a Christian nationalist election denier …
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U.S. Special Operations Forces are reportedly prepared for delicate “contingencies” that could involve direct U.S. involvement in efforts to recover American hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. According to Spencer Ackerman of Forever Wars, a senior Pentagon official indicated that “if the time comes where [SOF] are needed,” to …
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Throughout the criminal investigations of Donald Trump, the former president has expected his co-defendants, alleged co-conspirators, and potential witnesses for the prosecution to stay fiercely loyal to him. This has included — according to people who’ve discussed the matter with him — his belief that some of his former lieutenants …
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Can you trademark a joke about the former president’s dick? This critical constitutional question may soon be decided by the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the honorable justices of the highest court in the land will hear arguments in the case of Steve Elster, an attorney and activist, who attempted to …
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The weekslong Israeli assault on Gaza in response to a deadly surprise attack by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 has already cost thousands of lives, and the bloodshed will only continue as a ground invasion gets underway. But thousands of miles distant, paid clout-chasers on X, formerly Twitter, are using …
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At the Louisiana Right to Life Forum on Nov. 15, 2013, Mike Johnson — still lawyer, and not yet a public official —spoke about his efforts challenging the Department of Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate, a provision of the Affordable Care Act that required employers to provide birth control …
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Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza repeatedly interrupted Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. The protesters derailed proceedings at least five times, staggering their interjections throughout his opening statement. “Blinken, you have blood on your hands! Murderer!” one protester yelled amid calls …
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