Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a veteran of the Afghanistan War, was disgusted Sunday by a September 2019 comment that then-President Donald Trump made about a wounded Army captain, as reported Thursday in The Atlantic. Trump, in the same vein as his 2015 declaration that Vietnam veteran and prisoner of war …
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While Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) said definitively Sunday that he “will bet on Kevin McCarthy any day” amid the Republican House Speaker’s struggle to wrangle enough votes from his party to fund the federal government and stave off a government shutdown next month, one of Turner’s colleagues took a different …
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While presidents of the past may have felt honored by receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, or the Four Freedoms Award, former President Donald Trump said Sunday that what he felt was “a great honor” was being indicted four times in one year. “Four times!” he …
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A Washington Post-ABC News poll released Sunday shows President Joe Biden trailing Donald Trump by 10 percentage points nationally, though that number is “probably an outlier” in part due to other recent polls showing a tight contest, as the Post notes. Still, Biden’s disapproval rating remains relatively high, as shown …
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In the first major lawsuit to block Donald Trump from Colorado‘s 2024 presidential ballot, a state judge issued a protective order prohibiting threats and intimidation in the case, according to AP. “I 100 percent understand everybody’s concerns for the parties, the lawyers, and frankly myself and my staff based on …
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Samuels Library has been lending books to the residents of rural Warren County, Virginia, for more than 200 years. But today, it’s continued existence is threatened by a small band of locals upset over the fact that it carries some titles with LGBTQ themes —or as the group calls them, …
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) called for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign from the senate on Saturday, joining a growing chorus of fellow Democrats who are calling for Menendez to resign as he faces indictmenton bribery charges alongside his wife Nadine Menendez. The pair are accused of having “engaged in …
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Clarence Thomas attended donor events hosted by the billionaire Koch brothers — whose organizations and legal projects regularly appear before the Supreme Court. According to a report from ProPublica, the Supreme Court justice has appeared at least two summits hosted by the wealthy conservatives, one of which had been previously …
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Last month, when Donald Trump parted ways with “Billion Dollar Lawyer” Drew Findling as his lead criminal defense attorney in the Fulton County, Georgia, case, the decision was then met with surprise and dismay, including among some of Trump’s closest advisers and lawyers. At first, the reasons behind the departure …
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SEN. BOB MENENDEZ (D-N.J.) has been indicted alongside his wife Nadine Menendez for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for the senator’s influence. The pair are accused of having “engaged in a corrupt relationship with three New Jersey associates and businessmen.” The men, who are co-defendants …
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