A jury trial in a lawsuit seeking $2.4 million in damages from Republicans who attempted to cast Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes for Donald Trump in 2020 even though he lost is scheduled to begin just two months before the 2024 presidential election.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said a large volume of listeners caused the technical issues during his Twitter Spaces conversation with Elon Musk to kick off his candidacy for president. DeSantis told Trey Gowdy, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina, in an interview on Fox News that the conversation had a “huge audience” that...
President Biden and former President Obama are remembering Tina Turner, lauding the "Queen of Rock and Roll" as a "once-in-a-generation talent." The "Proud Mary" singer died on Wednesday at 83 following a long illness, her manager confirmed. In a statement following news of her death, Biden cited Turner's humble roots as "a farmer's daughter in Tennessee."...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) raised $1 million in the first hour after he launched his presidential campaign Wednesday, his press secretary said. “There was so much enthusiasm for Governor DeSantis' vision for our Great American Comeback that he literally busted up the internet. Washington is next. $1 million raised online in one hour... and...
Fox News took a swipe at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Twitter owner Elon Musk over the chaotic launch of a Twitter Spaces event that the governor used to announce his presidential candidacy. "Amateur hour," the banner headline on FoxNews.com read Wednesday evening. "Much hyped Ron DeSantis presidential announcement a disaster on Twitter." The...
Progressives are ramping up public pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) amid growing concerns that President Biden will cave to the GOP on the debt ceiling talks. Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.); Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Greg Casar (D-Texas); and other high-profile liberal lawmakers convened Wednesday to address growing worries about Republicans’ unwillingness to budge on a...
A Jan. 6 rioter who was photographed with his feet on former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) desk amid the attack on the Capitol was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Wednesday, according to the Justice Department. Richard “Bigo” Barnett, 62, was convicted in January of four felonies and four misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack...
Democrats erupted in laughter on the House floor Wednesday when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — who was presiding over the chamber — called for decorum. The heckling came as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) was delivering floor remarks about the debt ceiling, which has been the subject of high-stakes negotiations between GOP lawmakers and...
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has the highest unfavorability among all Supreme Court justices, unseating Brett Kavanaugh as the least popular justice for the first time, according to a recent poll. In a new national Supreme Court poll conducted by Marquette Law School over a 10-day period in May 2023, Thomas became the least popular...