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Greene threat to oust Speaker Johnson has Senate Republicans anxious

Senate Republicans are anxious and frustrated about the possibility of House conservatives ousting a second Speaker in six months, warning them to avoid at all costs a repeat of the drama that ground...

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5 things to know ahead of Trump’s hush money trial

The first criminal trial of any former U.S. president is set to begin Monday, when former President Trump will stand trial for his role in a hush money deal with an adult film actress ahead of the...

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Suburban women are more complicated than ‘soccer moms’

President Biden and former President Trump are both fighting for the suburban woman voter, but she’s no longer the “soccer mom” caricature that gained traction in the '90s.  The label connotes a...

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Trump blames Biden for Iran strike on Israel: 'It would not have happened if...

Former President Trump on Saturday ripped into President Biden over Iran's recent attack against Israel, arguing it would not be occurring if were still in the Oval Office. “I want to say God bless...

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Trump’s criminal hush money trial to collide with 2024 campaign

Former President Trump’s legal troubles and his 2024 White House campaign are fully colliding this week, with Trump’s trial in New York City over an alleged hush money scheme set to begin Monday....

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Trump to make history as first US president to face criminal trial

It’s a day former President Trump hoped would never come.  After a relentless pursuit for delay, Trump will make history Monday morning by taking his seat at the defense table in a Manhattan...

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Republicans trust Trump on Ukraine more than twice as much as journalists who...

(The Hill) - Republicans say they trust former President Trump for information on the Ukraine-Russia conflict more than they do any other news or government source, according to a new survey released...

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No jurors picked on Trump's first day of hush money trial: Recap

Former President Trump was back in a New York courtroom Monday, this time for the start of his first criminal trial in a matter involving a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels...

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Trump hush money trial judge rejects new demand to recuse himself from case

NEW YORK — Former President Trump’s hush money judge declined to recuse himself from the trial underway Monday, refusing Trump’s latest demand that he step aside over his daughter’s employment at a...

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Prosecutors ask hush money judge to fine Trump $3K for violating gag order

NEW YORK — The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday sought to fine former President Trump over his inflammatory social media posts and remarks about his criminal hush money case. Assistant...

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RFK Jr. says Trump allies asked him to be VP

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday alleged in a social media post that allies of former President Trump reached out to him about joining the Republican presidential ticket as Trump's running mate,...

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Meet the key players in Trump's hush money case

Former President Trump's hush money trial kicked off in New York on Monday, marking the first criminal trial against a former or current U.S. president. The Manhattan trial began with jury selection...

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Dems roast Trump for appearing to sleep in court

(The Hill) – Democratic strategists are roasting former President Trump on Monday for appearing to fall asleep in a New York courtroom during the first day of his hush money trial. Trump at times...

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NY judge says Trump can't attend Supreme Court arguments on presidential...

The New York judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money trial said Monday that Trump cannot attend arguments at the Supreme Court next week over presidential immunity. It came after the...

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Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce felony ban on gender-affirming care for...

(The Hill) – The Supreme Court granted a request by Idaho’s attorney general on Monday to lift a lower court’s temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing its felony ban on...

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Trump hush money trial gets off to sluggish start

NEW YORK – Former President Trump became the first former commander-in-chief to stand trial on criminal charges Monday, but it got off to a sluggish start with even Trump himself appearing to nod off...

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5 takeaways from first day of Trump’s criminal trial

The first criminal trial of an American president got underway in downtown Manhattan on Monday. Former President Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. The underlying events...

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South Texas border officials request info on 'missing water'

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez has asked federal and state officials to account for two South Texas reservoirs, which he believes are "missing water." Cortez on...

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Ticketmaster to face federal antitrust lawsuit, reports say

(The Hill) - The Justice Department is preparing to file a federal antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, according to multiple reports. The Wall Street Journal...

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Biden's new student debt relief proposal aims to avoid Supreme Court fate

President Biden’s latest student loan forgiveness program is giving flashbacks to his 2022 universal relief plan that was struck down by the Supreme Court, but experts aren’t convinced this is going...

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