A federal judge denied a motion Thursday to delay the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) over bribery allegations. Menendez and his wife were indicted on charges of extortion and misuse of public funds in September. Federal prosecutors alleged the pair accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from interests in Egypt in exchange for political...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Thursday that, if elected president, she would pardon former President Trump, arguing it would be “in the best interest of the country.” “I would pardon Trump,” Haley said at a campaign event, according to a video captured by NBC News. “If he is found guilty, a leader needs...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) criticized the Maine secretary of state’s decision to remove former President Trump from the Maine primary ballot Thursday, arguing that thoughts on the Jan. 6 Capitol riots should be between the voter and the ballot box. “Maine voters should decide who wins the election — not a Secretary of State chosen...

Former GOP presidential candidate Larry Elder blasted rulings removing former President Trump from state primary ballots Thursday, predicting the precedent will “set the country on fire.” Elder, a conservative radio host who had a short-lived 2024 presidential campaign, predicted that Thursday’s decision in Maine and last week’s in Colorado to bar Trump from the respective...

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) criticized the decision by the Maine secretary of state to bar former President Trump from the primary ballot Thursday, saying he should only be left off if convicted of a crime. The moderate Democrat said he believes Trump is responsible for the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, but that he should still...

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday he was not surprised Maine’s secretary of state ruled that former President Trump cannot appear on the primary ballot in 2024. In an interview on Fox News with Jason Chaffetz, Comer characterized the ruling as a political one and said he expects other...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said in a Thursday interview that, if elected president, he would fire special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two indictments against former President Trump, on “day one” of his hypothetical term in office. DeSantis made the case for why he was the best candidate to win the GOP nomination in...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted the decision to keep former President Trump off the ballot in Maine in 2024 while urging Republicans to focus more on Democrats’ shortcomings rather than on Trump’s legal issues. “The idea that one bureaucrat in an executive position can simply unilaterally disqualify someone from office, that turns on its head...