Trump’s immigration policy was unfathomably cruel. It was just as unfathomably stupid. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Stephen Miller, Trump’s unfathomably racist immigration guru, pressed the Department of Homeland Security to provide an estimate of the number of troops it would take to shut down and secure …
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Federal prosecutors have charged a Capitol Police officer with obstruction of justice for helping a rioter hide evidence that he was at the Capitol on the day of the insurrection. The indictment claims that on January 7th, the day after the insurrection, Michael A. Riley contacted a man who participated …
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Lawyers for the state of Texas defended the state’s six-week abortion ban in federal appeals court by arguing that states have the right to interpret the Constitution however they please, regardless of what the Supreme Court says. “The Supreme Court’s interpretations of the Constitution are not the Constitution itself — …
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Even though former president Donald Trump has not publicly announced he will run in 2024, he is already trash-talking one of his potential opponents, Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor. Speaking about a possible campaign, Trump said in an interview with Yahoo Finance’s Adam Shapiro that he was confident he would …
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Back when George W. Bush was still president, Karim Golding was a 21-year-old music promoter in Queens, trying to get some traction for the rap group he repped. Instead, he ended up ensnared in an investigation by a federal task force targeting hip hop groups. His first prosecution ended in …
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More indictments are likely on the way in a tax evasion case involving former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, his attorney said in court Monday. “We have strong reason to believe there could be other indictments coming,” attorney Bryan Skarlatos told the judge at a pre-trial hearing in …
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President Biden warned ISIS-K members that the United States will continue to retaliate for a bombing near Kabul airport on Thursday that killed a number of people, including 13 U.S. troops. He also warned that military commanders believe another attack is “highly likely” in the next “24-36 hours.” “This strike …
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A rash of new evidence has made clear that Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election were more sophisticated and far-reaching than Americans knew in real time. Trump’s pressure on the Department of Justice, in particular, was relentless. He reportedly plotted to elevate a staunch …
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Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw was heckled during a fundraising event because he said the 2020 presidential election was not stolen from Donald Trump. During the Wednesday event in Illinois, Crenshaw told the crowd that claims of election fraud have been exaggerated, saying, “There’s certain states with problems, but don’t kid …
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Alabama’s Republican Governor Kay Ivey expressed frustration with those who are eligible to get the vaccine but remain unvaccinated, saying they are “letting us down.” On Thursday, Ivey was asked by reporters what is it going to take to get people vaccinated. The governor, seemingly flabbergasted replied, “I don’t know. …
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