Jack Taylor 
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office opposed Donald Trump’s efforts to have a gag order lifted now that his hush money trial is over, saying in a letter it should stay in effect at least through sentencing and any post-trial motions. In the letter made public Wednesday, assistant DAs within Bragg’s office shot down claims … Read more
A Georgia appeals court has halted all proceedings in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case while it weighs a request to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from being involved in it. The announcement comes a month after the appeals court agreed to reconsider a lower court ruling that allowed Willis to stay … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation guaranteeing access to contraception, calling it unnecessary and accusing proponents of the bill of staging a political stunt ahead of the November elections. Democrats brought the bill to the floor out of fear that reproductive rights will be further threatened after the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide … Read more
Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy suggested without pushback Wednesday that President Joe Biden’s administration is puppet-mastered by former President Barack Obama. The persistent conspiracy theory among right-wingers, which Campos-Duffy has amplified before, made its way into a “Fox & Friends” discussion about Biden’s age and capability. “We know that the staff is running the show, … Read more
The House on Tuesday approved legislation aimed at penalizing the International Criminal Court (ICC) as it weighs whether to bring war crimes charges against Israeli leaders for their conduct in the war with Hamas. The tally was 247-155, with every Republican voting in favor of the proposal. They were joined by 42 pro-Israel Democrats with a history … Read more
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) pointed to Democrats and largely declined to answer when asked why he joined fellow Republicans in blocking a bill that would guarantee access to contraceptives on Wednesday. “Why vote nay and explain how that’s not a bad issue for Republicans?” Fox News host Bret Baier asked. Scott, who is reportedly being … Read more
President Biden marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings Thursday with a tribute to the bravery of those who landed in Normandy while invoking Ukraine’s fight against “a tyrant,” appealing to Americans to remember the value of international alliances at a precarious moment in world affairs. Biden, speaking adjacent to the U.S. cemetery in … Read more
Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb on Wednesday slammed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s refusal to hear — until later this month — special counsel Jack Smith’s request to place a gag order on Donald Trump in the former president’s classified documents case. “I don’t think I find anything she does surprising at this … Read more
(The Hill) – Former President Trump on Thursday fumed over a federal judge ordering his longtime ally Steve Bannon to report to prison, calling for members of the House panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot to be indicted. Trump called it a “Total and Complete American Tragedy” that Bannon and Peter Navarro, another … Read more
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) mocked House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) as he sarcastically gave his evaluation of the GOP’s impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Wednesday. “It’s going great for Comer. I mean, everything I read, it’s just going so well for him,” Moskowitz told Fox News’ Chad Pergram outside the U.S. … Read more
