Republican presidential candidate and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) criticized and Florida Gov. Ron Desantis (R) for his state’s new standards on the teaching of Black history. Scott rebuked the new curriculum guidelines, including language that Florida students be taught enslaved people “developed skills” that benefited them under the system of American slavery, during a campaign...
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said there is overwhelming evidence in the classified documents case against former President Trump following the announcement of new charges from the Justice Department. Cobb, a lawyer who served under the Trump administration, claimed the superseding indictment unveiled Thursday by federal prosecutors will "last an antiquity," during an interview with...
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) on Thursday said a third indictment could make the former president’s chances in a general election “tougher.” Crenshaw said it would be "silly" not to think Trump's legal woes could affect his chances in 2024. “I hope that doesn't offend anyone to state that fact, but it's pretty obviously true," he...
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) criticized the Republican lawmaker who cursed at a group of teenage Senate pages on Thursday, suggesting that he should “learn to respect others, especially kids.” “My message to the Senate Pages: This is one of the most amazing experiences you’ll ever have. Take it in. Learn a lot. And of course,...
Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller reacted to the new charges brought against former President Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case on Thursday, claiming that it is “further proof” of an effort to prevent him from winning the 2024 election. “It’s just further proof … that this is about an effort to use the Department of...
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) argued on Thursday that the classified documents case against former President Trump is now "a lot stronger," after the Justice Department (DOJ) announced new charges in the case. “Trump apparently asked for Mar-a-Lago security footage to be deleted. After getting a subpoena to produce it, no less,” Schiff tweeted Thursday. “The...
President Biden on Thursday said Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) hold on military nominations — as well the Senate Republicans who have refused to stop it — is causing “a growing cascade of damage and disruption.” “This partisan freeze is already harming military readiness, security and leadership, and troop morale,” Biden said in remarks at the...
Federal prosecutors’ superseding indictment against former President Trump in his classified documents case on Thursday has brought to light several new charges and revelations. Trump now faces a total of 40 criminal counts in the case — three more than he did previously — after prosecutors added allegations that Trump pushed to delete surveillance footage...
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) argued on Thursday that the newest charges brought against former President Trump over his handling of classified materials show that “our justice system is broken.” “The American people understand that Joe Biden and his administration are engulfed in one of the biggest political corruption scandals of all time,”...
Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday deflected a question on whether the indictments against former President Trump make him unqualified to continue in the 2024 presidential election. “At the end of the day, voters make that decision," DeSantis told CBS's Ed O'Keefe during a campaign stop in Iowa. "Some people to...