A federal judge on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over baseless 2020 election fraud claims made by Trump allies Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.
Rudy Giuliani can no longer practice law after his New York law license was suspended for communicating “demonstrably false and misleading statements… in his capacity as lawyer for former president Donald Trump.” The decision comes as he, along with Trump allies Sidney Powell and Mike Lindell, request Dominion Voting’s billion-dollar defamation suit against them be thrown out. Dr. Jason Johnson and former SDNY prosecutor John Flannery discuss.
Ohio GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandel is calling on Congress to drop plans for a Jan. 6 commission and instead investigate claims of election fraud in the 2020 election.
Nikki Haley renewed her praise for Donald Trump in a speech at the Iowa GOP dinner Thursday after distancing from and disowning him as a GOP leader.
There is some good news for House and Senate Republicans in the latest Battleground Civility Poll.
House Republicans are demanding an apology after a Democrat yelled, "Racist," at a colleague who was quizzing Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about critical race theory during a committee hearing Thursday.
Kevin McCarthy will reportedly meet with police officers injured on Jan. 6
A “miscalculation” in the cat and mouse game with Russia could lead to full blown war, the head of the Armed Forces has warned, after a tense confrontation in the Black Sea this week. General Sir Nick Carter, the chief of the defence staff, said the risk of an “unwarranted escalation” involving Britain is “the thing that keeps me awake in bed at night”. There was a standoff between Britain and Russia when a Royal Navy destroyer passed through a contested part of the Black Sea on Wednesday. Russi
As Republicans around the country continue to rally around false claims of fraud in the 2020 election, two of former President Donald Trump's closest allies who helped push those false claims appeared in court Thursday for the first time as part of a pair of defamation lawsuits filed against them. Former Trump legal team member Sidney Powell and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell appeared in court in Washington, D.C., for a hearing in the billion-dollar defamation lawsuits brought by Dominion Voting Systems, the voting machine company at the center of numerous conspiracy theories related to the election.
Lindsey Graham says he won't be 'extorted by liberal Democrats' over infrastructure deal
Rudy Giuliani, the former personal attorney for former President Donald Trump, was suspended Thursday from practicing law in New York.
As crime spikes, cops are quitting nationwide, often blaming the constant harassment and stress of ordinary people and powerful politicians turning against their profession. Why it matters: The killings by police in 2020 turned many Americans — including liberal activists and many in the media — into harsh critics of law enforcement, with loud calls to defund the police. A year later, there’s a cop shortage, and Democrats are scrambling to reverse their rhetoric and some policies. Stay on top of
Derek Chauvin faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced on Friday for the killing of George Floyd, the African American man whose death sparked a global protest movement. Chauvin, a white former officer, was convicted of murder and manslaughter in April after he was filmed last year kneeling on the neck of Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes as he gasped "I can't breathe". The vital footage of the killing led to intense scrutiny of racism in policing in the US, and across the gl
Lake Powell, upstream on the Colorado River from Lake Mead, loses massive amounts of water annually due to seepage.
A judge heard arguments on Thursday on efforts by Powell, Lindell, and Rudy Giuliani to get Dominion’s lawsuits dismissed.View Entire Post ›
CNN published excerpts from the Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender's upcoming book on Trump's election loss.
Trump advisers reportedly hoped he'd be 'a changed man' after his COVID-19 battle. They were quickly disappointed.
Former vice president Mike Pence said he would remain "proud" that he and members of Congress completed the certification of the Electoral College results, in remarks at the Reagan Library on Thursday evening.
Republican Ron DeSantis claims university campuses are ‘intellectually repressive environments’ The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis: ‘It used to be thought that a university campus was a place where you’d be exposed to a lot of different ideas.’ Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, sparked backlash this week when he signed legislation cracking down on so-called educational “indoctrination” at colleges and universities, soon after the state banned critical race
Tennessee has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the US, thanks in part to partisan politics and weak healthcare systems.
In the mid-2000s, when she was at perhaps her lowest ebb emotionally, Britney Spears received a knock on the door from celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. Spears was in downtown Los Angeles making a video. Hilton, wearing his then trademark pink wig, turned up with a camera crew, demanding an audience. Shooed away by her security, he set up camp on the door-step, where he unveiled a selection of “gifts” for Britney. “I brought her some panties. Because I think Britney should stay covered. We’ve alre
