US judge denies Trump’s bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in 2020 election case
Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington denied defense lawyers’ request to put the civil cases seeking to hold Trump responsible for Read More
New Trump voter fraud squads begin gearing up for ‘election integrity’ fight
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee say they’ll field a massive team of 100,000 lawyers and volunteers in the key battleground states to monitor and possibly challenge the counting of votes in November’s election. In a statement released Friday morning, the Trump campaign and the RNC touted the launch of what Read More
Dems save Johnson’s $95B foreign aid plan from GOP rebel blockade
Speaker Mike Johnson’s $95 billion foreign aid proposal survived a key test vote Friday morning, setting House lawmakers up to consider its four individual components sometime Saturday. Democrats bucked party norms to support the plan through a procedural hurdle known as a rule vote after conservative foreign aid skeptics defected from Republicans to try to Read More
‘Overtly political’ Trump trial risks eroding Americans’ faith in judicial system, experts say
As a Manhattan courtroom braces for the unprecedented trial of former President Donald Trump, legal minds examine how the case – considered by some experts to be legally weak and politically motivated – could erode trust in America’s justice system. The 45th president and presumptive GOP nominee for the 2024 presidential election was charged by Read More
Trump warns that if he loses presidential immunity, so will ‘crooked’ Joe Biden
Former President Trump warned of the consequences of losing his presidential immunity argument, saying that if he loses that protection, so will “crooked” President Joe Biden. The former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee argued that presidential immunity is essential to the proper functioning of the presidency in a Friday post to his Truth Social Read More
Stefanik accuses Columbia president of ‘pro-terrorist’ professor ‘cover-up,’ warns of potential felony
FIRST ON FOX – House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., accused Columbia University President Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik of attempting to “cover-up” for a “pro-terrorist” professor who had celebrated the Oct. 7 attacks, during her congressional testimony this week. “A reminder to President Shafik that knowingly misleading Congress is a felony,” Stefanik warned Read More
Arrest of Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protest was political, fellow ‘Squad’ member says
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has claimed that the Thursday arrest of fellow “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University was political payback for the congresswoman’s probing of the institution’s leadership the day before. Bowman said Omar, D-Minn., had questioned Columbia leadership’s commitment to “free academic expression” during a fiery congressional hearing on Wednesday Read More
Melania Trump says US ‘must unite’ ahead of Mar-a-Lago Log Cabin Republicans event
Former first lady Melania Trump stressed the importance of unifying the nation, telling Fox News Digital that “equality” needs to be the “everyday experience of every American.” The former first lady is expected to headline an event at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, hosted by the Log Cabin Republicans — a pro-LGBT group. The event will focus Read More
House takes key test vote for Johnson’s $95B foreign aid plan after Dems help it advance
The House of Representatives is voting on whether to proceed with Speaker Mike Johnson’s $95 billion foreign aid proposal on Friday after it cleared its first key procedural hurdle with Democratic help. The Friday morning vote is a test vote of sorts for the four foreign aid bills, known as a “rule vote.” If successful Read More
Vulnerable House Dems do a U-turn on illegal immigration after calling crisis ‘non-existent threat’
A handful of vulnerable House Democrats, all of whom dismissed concern about the southern border crisis and voted against measures to enhance border security in the past, have attempted to show their attention to the issue as they campaign for re-election. Three Democrats in competitive House races this election cycle — Reps. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colo., Read More