Trump to Mar-a-Lago groupie running for governor: Go home! Kari Lake, the Trump acolyte running for U.S. Senate in Arizona, is a loyal Trump supporter and was once considered a possible running mate in November. But maybe it’d be best if she spent less time ... 04/29/2024 - 1:19 am | View Link
Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis ‘make amends’ during private Miami meeting following bitter primary feud Making amends isn’t just on Trump's agenda: it might be mutually beneficial for both Florida-residents and it could also raise DeSantis’ profile following a brutal primary. The Florida governor hasn’t ... 04/29/2024 - 1:01 am | View Link
Will Trump’s Supreme Court immunity ruling weaken the presidency? The Supreme Court this week appeared poised to rule that former presidents enjoy narrow immunity for official acts they took while in office, prompting divided opinions from legal experts as to ... 04/29/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
How Donald Trump has slowed the cases against him. It now seems likely that Donald Trump will be able to run for president this year without having faced any legal penalties for his effort to overturn the last presidential election. To many of his ... 04/29/2024 - 12:51 am | View Link
A 15-year-old law review by Brett Kavanaugh offers a clue at how the Supreme Court Justice could rule in Trump's immunity case In a 2009 law review, Kavanaugh explained when he believed the law allows for a former president to face criminal prosecution. 04/29/2024 - 12:45 am | View Link
Divided Supreme Court appears open to some immunity for president's ... Trump was charged with four criminal counts in connection with what special counsel Jack Smith claims was a scheme to subvert the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election. He has ... 04/25/2024 - 10:08 am | View Link
Donald Trump again is trying to bend the Supreme Court to his will ... The US Supreme Court on April 23, 2024, in Washington, DC. The Court will hear arguments on April 25, 2024, on whether Donald Trump, as a former president, should be immune from criminal ... 04/24/2024 - 11:59 pm | View Link
Trump indictment: Former president faces 37 counts in docs case Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with his alleged mishandling of more than 100 classified documents. 04/24/2024 - 9:33 am | View Link
Trump arraigned, arrested on 34 felony counts in hush money case ... Former President Donald Trump was arrested Tuesday and charged with almost three dozen felony counts of falsifying business records related to 2016 hush money payments. Updated April 5, 2023,... 04/24/2024 - 9:19 am | View Link
June 13, 2023 Trump pleads not guilty in historic federal indictment Former President Donald Trump, who was indicted by the Department of Justice over potential mishandling of classified documents, has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. Trump was... 04/24/2024 - 7:10 am | View Link
On January 6, Gabriel Garcia—a first-generation Cuban American and former member of the Proud Boys—live-streamed his attempt to breach the Capitol. “How does it feel being a traitor to the country?” he screamed at police officers as he entered the building. Once inside the Rotunda, Garcia yelled “Nancy, come out and play!” as insurrections searched for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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The fossil fuel industry spent decades sowing doubt about the dangers of burning oil and gas, experts and Democratic lawmakers testified on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
The Senate budget committee held a hearing to review a report published on Tuesday with the House oversight and accountability committee that they said demonstrates the sector’s shift from explicit climate denial to a more sophisticated strategy of “deception, disinformation and doublespeak.”
“Big oil had to evolve from denial to duplicity,” said Sheldon Whitehouse, the Rhode Island Democrat, who chairs the Senate committee.
The revelations, based on hundreds of newly subpoenaed documents, illustrate how oil companies worked to greenwash their image while fighting climate policy behind the scenes.
“It’s time to ask the people who caused that problem, who lied about that situation, to pick up the bill,” said Sen.
“A key political operative on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was charged with assault after allegedly choking and punching a woman in New York early Saturday morning,” Mediaite reports.
“Trent Pool, who serves as a paid consultant on the long-shot independent campaign and has been leading the effort to get Kennedy on the ballot in all 50 states, was charged with assault and criminal obstruction of breathing.”