Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon ordered to jail by July 1

Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon ordered to jail by July 1

Steve Bannon, former advisor to President Donald Trump, arrives at the federal courthouse to find out if or when a judge will order him to jail on June 6, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A federal judge in Washington, D.C., at a hearing Thursday ordered former Trump White House aide Steve … Read more

Climate disaster survivors call for emissions cap that energy CEOs call unnecessary

Climate disaster survivors call for emissions cap that energy CEOs call unnecessary

The CEOs and executives of some of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies defended their industry Thursday, the same day a group of Canadians personally affected by climate change called on the federal government to implement its proposed cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector. CEOs and senior executives from Cenovus Energy Inc., Enbridge … Read more

Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar Wants To Put Trump’s Face On A $500 Bill

Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar Wants To Put Trump’s Face On A 0 Bill

Around the same time that Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) was publicly slamming the Republican Party for its cult-like devotion to former President Donald Trump, one far-right Arizona lawmaker was busy finalizing legislation to honor the MAGA movement’s leader. Rep. Paul Gosar’s new bill, dubbed the Treasury Reserve Unveiling Memorable Portrait (TRUMP) Act, would require the … Read more

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas got millions in gifts

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas got millions in gifts

(L-R) U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justices Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Samuel Alito attend Judge Neil Gorsuch’s judicial oath ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House April 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted millions of dollars’ … Read more

Can alleged parliamentarian colluders face consequences? CSIS chief weighs in – National

Can alleged parliamentarian colluders face consequences? CSIS chief weighs in – National

Canada’s spy chief says that political leaders could take steps to make sure parliamentarians accused of cooperating with foreign governments face consequences, even if they don’t face criminal prosecution. David Vigneault, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), suggested to a parliamentary committee Thursday that party leaders could disallow any of their MPs … Read more

Poll Shows Trump’s Guilty Verdict May Help Biden’s Chances

Poll Shows Trump’s Guilty Verdict May Help Biden’s Chances

A New York Times poll released Wednesday found that Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony charges may have slightly improved President Joe Biden’s chances of beating him in November’s election. The survey of nearly 2,000 voters previously polled by the Times found that the group favored Trump by just 1 percentage point post-conviction, down 2 … Read more

Billionaire Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid backed by parents group

Billionaire Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid backed by parents group

Frank McCourt, civic entrepreneur, executive chairman of McCourt Global and founder of Project Liberty, speaks at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York City on May 22, 2024. Andrew Kelly | Reuters In the race to buy TikTok, billionaire Frank McCourt is pitching investors with a chance to create a new … Read more