He’s known for his dead-on impressions of former Presidents Clinton and Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” but now Darrell Hammond is poised to play another famed political figure on stage. Hammond will take on the role of the late Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen in a staged reading beginning next month in New York, organizers announced...
Florida Supreme Court justices seemed sympathetic Friday to the argument from the government that the state constitution does not protect abortion, a view that could pave the way for a sweeping abortion ban to become law. The lawsuit challenging the current 15-week ban was brought by a group of Florida-based abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood. ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) says it’s time to “move on” from speculation that he might run in the 2024 White House race. “Filing deadlines haven't passed. [If] President Biden doesn't run, why shouldn't we consider you a likely candidate?” Chuck Todd asked Newsom in an interview set to air Sunday morning on “Meet the...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) defended his actions surrounding the 2020 election after a grand jury report in Fulton County, Ga., released Friday showed jurors recommended that he be prosecuted. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) ultimately did not pursue the charges. Graham said Friday that his decisions, including his highly-publicized call with Georgia Secretary of...
Ukraine officials are harshly criticizing Elon Musk for his decision to withhold internet access from the Ukrainian military through his Starlink company as Ukraine sought to conduct a strike on Russia in the Crimea peninsula last year. “By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military fleet via Starlink interference, Elon Musk...
After months under seal, a report by the Georgia special grand jury that investigated whether any charges should be brought against former President Trump and a throng of co-defendants was released Friday. The report names 39 individuals whose actions following the 2020 presidential election were investigated over an alleged effort to subvert the state’s election...
Former President Trump lashed out after a Georgia grand jury report released Friday signaled that it had recommended charges for several Trump allies, including Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). "The Georgia Grand Jury report has just been released. It has ZERO credibility and badly taints Fani Willis and this whole political Witch Hunt. Essentially, they wanted...
Former attorneys for the National Security Agency and other parts of the federal intelligence community are busy warning members of Congress about the grave dangers of surveillance reform. Over the August recess they penned and spun pieces in the media that will give their lobbyists plenty of “leave-behinds” when they go from office to office...