Steve Laffey, a relatively obscure candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, on Friday called on former President Donald Trump to end his campaign and chastised his party rivals for refusing to criticize the ex-president over a seven-count federal indictment in Florida.
Sen. Sherrod Brown and other Ohio lawmakers have jumped into the fray over whether the Biden administration will reverse a 2021 decision to move U.S. Space Command to Alabama from its current location in Colorado.
For Democrats hoping to best former President Donald Trump by brute force rather than at the ballot box, perhaps the second indictment is the charm. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's norm-shattering indictment of the former president turned out to be more of a bust than a silver bullet, with even lefty legal critics such as Ian Millhiser admitting that Bragg's attempt to turn a hush money payout to a porn star into a felony charge of falsifying business records was "dubious" at best. Now, the Justice Department is taking a second bite at the Trump apple, indicting the GOP front-runner on seven counts related to alleged mishandling and possession of classified documents.
As New York sits in an eerie red haze thanks to wildfires in Canada, air quality has plummeted as smoke and emissions are pumped into the air. Local news has urged masks outside, limited time outdoors, and checking in on vulnerable neighbors with preexisting breathing conditions. Amid this spectacle, the East Coast finds itself thrust into a discourse mirroring the challenges long faced by the West: wildfires and their intricate relationship with climate change.
The Biden administration on Friday announced another security aid package for Ukraine valued at $2.1 billion, providing more air defense systems and munitions for Kyiv to defend against Russian missile attacks. The package includes HAWK air defense systems and missiles along with additional munitions for the prized Patriot missile defense systems. Ukraine will also be...
Former President Donald Trump on Friday announced a significant change in his legal team representing him in the case of whether he mishandled classified documents, one day after he was indicted by the Justice Department. Trump posted on Truth Social that he will be represented by attorney Todd Blanche moving forward, “and a firm to...
Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who took the extraordinary step of appointing a special master in the Mar-a-Lago case, may initially oversee the case, according to reporting from multiple outlets. Cannon’s name appeared on the summons for Donald Trump’s Tuesday appearance, as did Judge Bruce Reinhart, who approved the warrant to search the former...
The People’s Republic of China’s growing provocation and influence across the globe demands our attention. From social media propaganda and malicious cyber-attacks to aggression in the South China Sea that threatens our military and allies, we must not shrug off their ever-increasing threats. As the People's Republic of China continues to strengthen its global standing...
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said Friday that Donald Trump had “brought these charges upon himself” after the former president was notified of his indictment in an investigation into his handling of classified materials. “Mr. Trump brought these charges upon himself by not only taking classified documents, but by refusing to simply return them when given...
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Friday appealed a judge’s ruling ordering the names of his bond sponsors be unsealed. U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields on Tuesday granted media organizations’ requests to make the documents public over the embattled congressman’s objection, but she first gave Santos until Friday to appeal her decision. Santos’s attorney, Joseph Murray,...