NEW YORK — A federal jury ordered former President Trump to pay $83.3 million for defaming E. Jean Carroll when Trump in 2019 denied the longtime advice columnist’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her decades earlier. It marks the second time Carroll has won damages from Trump at trial, with the new total adding to a $5 million...
The Georgia State Senate voted Friday to create a special committee to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after Republican senators said she misspent tax dollars in her criminal prosecution of former President Trump. The committee is tasked with making recommendations on state laws and spending based on its findings. It doesn’t require approval...
While we dodged a bullet on Natural Asset Companies, this example proves that accountability matters. The Biden administration is desperate to pander to the extreme environmental mob — and the sacrifice they offered was control of those lands that belong to all of us — both public and private — as well as the national, energy and food security that goes with them.
Wayne LaPierre, the head of the National Rifle Association (NRA), confirmed in court Friday that he used company funds for personal trips and gifts. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) sued the NRA in 2020, alleging LaPierre and other company leaders diverted millions of dollars away from the company’s mission and used it for...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley called former President Trump “totally unhinged” during an interview Friday on Fox News, referencing the recent threat he made to blacklist donors who give to Haley. The former South Carolina governor also criticized the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) move to declare Trump as the presumptive GOP nominee with only two...
Given well-documented reports about how the State Department applied — or failed to apply — the Leahy Law and then seemingly changed the law on its own accord, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee must require the State Department Legal Advisor to explain its reasoning and legal advice around implementation of this 25-year old law with respect to Israel.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) argued it is “immoral” for Republicans to reject a border deal to help former President Trump. “I didn’t come here to have the president as a boss or a candidate as a boss. I came here to pass good, solid policy,” Tillis said Thursday, first reported by NBC News. “It is...
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board hit former President Trump over his meddling in congressional talks on border security and his recent threat to donors to GOP presidential primary Nikki Haley’s campaign in a pair of Thursday editorials. Earlier this week, Trump made a threat to Haley’s donors in a post on Truth Social, saying...
There were over 302,000 migrant encounters at the southern border in December, Customs and Border Protection officials confirmed in a Friday afternoon release.