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Fox News’ Tucker Carlson gave a bizarre defense of suspected intelligence leaker Jack Teixeira on Thursday night. The primetime host claimed that federal authorities arrested Teixeira to cover up a covert, illegal US presence in Ukraine, and as punishment for contradicting “the National Security State and their obedient servants in …

The Florida state legislature passed a six-week abortion ban on Thursday afternoon, leaving Ron DeSantis to sign the bill into law. He did so almost immediately, signing the bill in a ceremony surrounded by supporters. “We are proud to support life and family in the state of Florida,”DeSantis said of …

Donald Trump has been attacking Ron DeSantis relentlessly as the Florida governor prepares to announce his presidential campaign. The former president has gone after DeSantis especially hard over comments he made over 10 years ago expressing support for privatizing Social Security and Medicare. Trump went after DeSantis from the left …

Mike Pence, who was born in Indiana, represented Indiana in Congress, and served as the governor of Indiana, spoke on Friday at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention, which is taking place in Indiana. He was booed loudly. “I love you too,” Pence said after the not-so-warm welcome. Pence is …

Following his (temporary) expulsion from the Tennessee House of Representatives, Black lawmaker Justin Pearson told reporters that one could not ignore the “racial dynamic” of Republicans’ efforts to remove him from office. On Wednesday night, Tucker Carlson made those racial undertones explicit, mocking Pearson for his cadence when speaking, and …

MSNBC released new audio of Rudy Giuliani admitting to Fox News’ host Maria Bartiromo that he had difficulty backing claims of Dominion Voting Systems‘ involvement in election fraud. The recordings, revealed on Wednesday, also include audio of a Trump campaign official saying that when the Secretary of State did his …

Donald Trump used to call New York City home. He still goes back, but only, it seems, under court order. The former president is in Manhattan on Thursday to answer questions under oath in a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The $250 million suit accuses Trump …

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided late on Wednesday that the abortion pill Mifepristone can stay on the market, partially reversing Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling last week banning it nationwide. The three-judge panel on the federal appeals court stipulated, however, that the drug cannot be sent through the …

The Justice Department says it’s identified the leaker who posted dozens of highly classified documents online in one of the most brazen and bizarre intelligence community leaks in years. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that the FBI arrested Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman, on suspicion of unauthorized retention …

As flash floods ravage Fort Lauderdale and major swaths of Southern Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis is MIA. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, who declared a state of emergency in the city on Wednesday, told reporters that he is confused as to why the head of the state hasn’t tried to …