In the aftermath of a mass shooting in Maine that left at least 18 dead and a dozen injured — with the suspected killer still at large — the usual prescriptions for America’s epidemic of gun violence have been rolled out once more. Some say we should make firearms harder …
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Rep.Jared Golden(D-Maine) said that he was reversing his opposition to banning military-style rifles after18 people were killed in amass shooting on Wednesdayin his hometown of Lewiston, Maine. A manhunt for a suspect is still underway as of Thursday afternoon. “Out of fear of this dangerous world that we live in, …
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Judge Arthur Engoron fined Donald Trump $10,000 on Wednesday after the former president once again violated a gag order put in place by the judge during his New York civil fraud trial. Earlier this month Engoron, who is overseeing the bench trial, slapped Trump with a narrowly tailored gag order …
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Since the summer, Donald Trump’s legal teams have been wracked by one abiding fear: betrayal. On one front, the former president’s inner circle has fretted about how many co-defendants in the Fulton County criminal case — or co-conspirators in the special counsel probes — might turn against him, accept a …
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Late Tuesday night, Louisiana’s Mike Johnson became the fourth Republican representative nominated for House Speaker since Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy from the position earlier this month. The decision to nominate Johnson, a key architect of congressional efforts to challenge the 2020 election results, drew glowing praise from former President Donald …
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At a fundraiser at the Country Club of Fairfax earlier this month, an attendee sidled up to Bill Woolf, a Republican running for state Senate, and told him plainly that she was disappointed in his embrace of a “compromise” on “the issue of life.” Woolf, who is running for office …
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Mike Johnsonis the new Speaker of the House. The Louisiana Republican won the gavel on Wednesday, three chaos-filled weeks after the partyoustedKevin McCarthy from the position earlier this month. Republicans voted unanimously to make him second in line to the presidency. Johnson, who was elected to the House in 2016, …
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President Joe Biden‘s re-election campaign has responded to reports that Donald Trump has plans to withdraw the U.S. from NATO if re-elected. On Monday, Rolling Stone reported that the ex-president had previously schemed to pull the country out of NATO during his first term, and that the 2024 Republican presidential …
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Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezjoined The Daily Show guest host Desus Nice on Monday to shed some light on the GOP infighting following their ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “Republicans kicked out their speaker, and now they can’t find a new guy to run their group project,” the New York congresswoman quipped. “And …
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Jenna Ellis, a member of Donald Trump‘s team of lawyers who helped challenge the results of the 2020 election, has taken a plea deal in Georgia. Ellis on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings in connection with the scheme to overturn President …
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