Sullivan rips reporter’s question on Biden swearing as asking ‘when did you stop beating your spouse?’
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan likened a journalist asking about a report that President Biden had grown angry and swore over tanking poll numbers to a “when did you stop beating your spouse question.” Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy confronted Sullivan during the White House’s daily press briefing about a report published by NBC Read More
Ohio Supreme Court primary begins as Democrats try to flip court from Republican control
Tuesday’s Democratic primary for one of three contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court will kick off a high-stakes battle for partisan control of the court this fall. The court, which currently has a 4-3 Republican majority, holds sway over how to implement an amendment to the state constitution protecting abortion rights that voters overwhelmingly Read More
Israel sending delegation to DC after White House blasts lack of ‘coherent strategy’
White House officials will meet with an Israeli delegation in Washington to discuss details of Israel’s plans to invade the Gaza Strip city of Rafah. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan claimed Israel lacks a “coherent and sustainable strategy” for preventing civilian deaths in further Gaza operations. The delegation, whose timing has yet to be announced, Read More
Trump’s immense GOP clout on the line in contentious Republican primary in crucial Senate battleground
PARMA, Ohio – Voters head to the polls Tuesday in Ohio, where a closely watched and increasingly contentious Republican Senate primary has become a high-profile test of former President Trump’s immense grip over the GOP. The winner of the primary will face off in November’s general election against one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats Read More
Trump says ‘disgusting’ New York AG committed ‘FRAUD’ by allegedly convincing judge to undervalue Mar-a-Lago
Former President Trump claimed Monday night that New York Attorney General Letitia James engaged in fraud by allegedly convincing a judge to undervalue his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida amid his civil fraud case in the Empire State. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump called James a “failed and disgusting” attorney Read More
Newsom’s office dismisses report saying California not on pace to meet 2030 emissions mandate
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is dismissing a new report saying the Golden State will fail to meet its climate change mandates unless it nearly triples its rate of reduction of greenhouse gases through 2030. The analysis by Beacon Economics, an L.A.-based economic research firm, found that California’s emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other Read More
Trump trials: Here’s where each case against former president and presumptive GOP nominee stands
Former President Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee for president, will likely spend days in court defending himself against charges in multiple jurisdictions while also crisscrossing the country on the campaign trail until Election Day. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges in all cases. Many trials have been delayed or put on pause. Read More
Massive Chinese firm sues small Michigan town over opposition to controversial EV battery project
The subsidiary of a billion-dollar Chinese energy firm is suing a tiny Michigan town over local officials’ opposition to the company’s massive electric vehicle (EV) battery project. Gotion Inc. – whose parent company, Gotion High-Tech is based in Hefei, China, and has documented ties to the Chinese Communist Party – filed a breach-of-contract complaint against Read More
Decoding Trump: How he engaged, deflected or ducked my questions at Mar-a-Lago
I came armed with a fistful of blue cards, and still didn’t get to half the questions, but Donald Trump made a whole lot of news in our Mar-a-Lago interview. What’s revealing is how he chose to answer the most sensitive questions, or to deflect them, and how various media outlets chose to frame them. Read More
Legal experts weigh in on Trump’s options after failure to secure $464M appeal bond: ‘uncharted territory’
Legal experts are weighing in on Donald Trump’s options after attorneys for the former president said he has not been able to secure a $464 million appeal bond he needs following a New York civil fraud judgment against him. Trump’s lawyers wrote in a Monday court filing that obtaining the nearly half-a-billion appeal was a Read More