House Republicans summon ActBlue attorney Ronald Machen for a closed-door interview, citing contradictions in his prior statements on donor verification.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) slammed the guilty verdict in former President Trump's hush money trial, adding late Thursday that most people wouldn’t be able to afford to “fight this stuff off.” “I think it’s terrible. I think what this shows today, is that they can go after a former president with a ridiculous charge...
Russian Nazis were among the first to take part in aggression against Ukraine in 2014, and they have been playing a significant part on the Russian side there ever since.
When Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) went viral with her “bleach blonde bad built butch body” remark hurled at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, she won waves of applause from many on the left glad to see someone stand up to the Georgia Republican. Yet there were also some who cringed, particularly as the alliterative insult sunk...
Liberal Democrats are going after President Biden for his approach to Israel’s incursion into Rafah, accusing the president of caving on his “red line” warning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to storm into the city for fear of outsized civilian casualties. The Democrats say Netanyahu has clearly crossed that line, as Israeli tanks have...
Republican lawmakers are facing an internal battle over defense spending as prominent Republicans including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (Miss.), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, are pushing for big increases while conservatives are raising alarms over the debt. The battle within the GOP over how much...
Former President Trump’s guilty verdict in his New York City hush-money trial is throwing the presidential election into uncertain territory as Republicans and Democrats grapple with how to move forward in the wake of the historic development. Reactions to the verdict from both sides of the aisle poured in on Thursday, with Trump immediately fundraising...
Florida's public school enrollment rate is dropping, but experts are divided on how much its universal school choice program is to blame. Multiple districts in the state are closing schools as attendance falls while thousands of students flock to private school or homeschooling options. Some experts believe the shift is the natural result...
More than a dozen internet service providers have agreed to continue offering discounted internet plans to low-income households through the end of 2024, as the federal program subsidizing the discounts comes to an end, the Biden administration announced Friday. AT&T, Comcast, Cox, Spectrum, Verizon, and nine other providers will continue offering their $30 or less...
It’s easy for artificial intelligence programs to create mimic voices of politicians like President Biden and former President Trump, posting the risk of a rise in voter misinformation, according to a study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) released Friday. AI-enabled tools created convincing false statements using the mimic voices about 80 percent...
Former President Trump's attorney Todd Blanche doubled down on the belief his client is not guilty in his hush money case, arguing following the verdict that it was difficult for his team to receive a fair trial. "I very much believe that the jury should have found President Trump not guilty. I mean...in my soul...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who has steadfastly refused to comment about the presidential race or his long-running feud with former President Trump, came to Trump’s defense Thursday night. Hours after the jury rendered its guilty verdict, McConnell declared that the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg should never have brought the case and predicted...
May 30, 2024 (Washington D.C.) – The Hill and leading election results provider Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) today released DDHQ’s first forecast for the 2024 races for President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives – and the initial projection is that the GOP has the edge in all three contests. According to DDHQ’s debut weekly forecast: The DDHQ Forecast is a quantitative...
Michael Cohen on Thursday celebrated the guilty verdict in former President Trump's hush money trial, arguing the accountability is "exactly what America needs right now." "Thirty-four counts one after the other, one after the other of guilty. It's accountability, it's exactly what America needs right now. We need for accountability to be had by all...
NEW YORK — “We, the jury, have reached a verdict.” After countless motions and seven weeks of trial that saw 22 witnesses take the stand, Trump could no longer outrun his fate. A jury of 12 New Yorkers returned with a verdict on Thursday that shocked the political world – they found Trump guilty on...
