Ryan Routh, the man charged with attempting to assassinate former President Trump at his Florida golf course last month, asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday to recuse herself from the case because Trump appointed her and has praised her handling of his classified documents indictment. Routh’s attorneys said the “unprecedented circumstances” could create...
A Florida judge issued a temporary restraining order against health officials in the state, citing the First Amendment and siding with a group that brought forward a lawsuit alleging that its political speech had been censored in the state after it sponsored an ad in support of an abortion rights ballot initiative. The lawsuit came...
The Oregon secretary of state said it temporarily shut down an election phone line because the “system was overwhelmed” by out-of-state misinformation. The office said Thursday in a press release that the proliferation of phone calls occurred due to conspiracy theories spreading online, claiming the state’s election officials kept former President Trump out of Oregon’s...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk kicked off a campaign swing across Pennsylvania Thursday in support of former President Trump, underlining the importance of the battleground state in the rapidly nearing election. “I can't emphasize enough that Pennsylvania is, I think, the linchpin in this election,” Musk said at a town hall in Folsom, Pa. “This election,...
Democratic candidates in the most competitive House races overwhelmingly outraised their Republican opponents between July and September, buoyed by a surge in enthusiasm when Vice President Harris replaced President Biden as the party’s nominee. They also largely lead in overall fundraising this cycle, a major warning sign for Republicans despite their public projections of confidence....
The Trump family's cryptocurrency platform, World Liberty Financial, indicated in a report released Thursday that DT Marks DEFI LLC, a Delaware-based company connected to the former president, could get 75 percent of WLF's protocol revenues. World Liberty Financial, spearheaded by two of Trump’s sons — Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.— was launched nearly a month ago and came as the...
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has shaken up the war in the Middle East, with Israel now having eliminated the top leaders of the Palestinian militant group, including the officials who plotted the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. The Israeli military confirmed Thursday that Sinwar was killed in an operation in Gaza along with...
Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban steps up his campaign efforts for Vice President Kamala Harris - with stops in battleground Wisconsin - as she faces off against former President Trump