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In a clear attack on the executive branch, the judicial system, states’ rights, and the rule of law in America, Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson vowed on Tuesday to use all the powers of Congress at his disposal to end all four current criminal prosecutions of ex-president Donald Trump.J...

Allies of South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem were hoping that her new book, "No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong With Politics and How We Move America Forward," would increase her chances of becoming presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's running mate. But various contro...

Former President Donald Trump's federal classified documents trial is almost certainly not going to happen before the November election following the latest decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon.Cannon — whom Trump appointed to her lifetime post in 2020 — recently issued a decision that she ...

Last month, Republican nominee Donald Trump told a Pennsylvania rally crown that if President Joe Biden wins the November election, "our country is going to be destroyed." This declaration was one of many the ex-president has made to successfully stoke fear among his faithful MAGA supporters. In a ...

On Tuesday, adult film star and director Stormy Daniels took the witness stand in former President Donald Trump's ongoing criminal trial in Manhattan. One columnist used her testimony as an example of how "bizarre" American politics has become.Even though Judge Juan Merchan took great care to keep D...

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon late Tuesday afternoon issued an indefinite postponement of the court date in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Donald Trump on Espionage Act charges, in the indictment commonly referred to as the classified documents case.Claiming it would be “imprudent a...

Former President Donald Trump's ongoing hush money criminal trial on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records is connected to a payment that was made to adult film star Stormy Daniels to benefit his 2016 presidential campaign. Daniels testified on Tuesday revealing salacious details of her 2...

Although US Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted by his own GOP colleagues after a short stint as House Speaker last year, and ultimately replaced by US Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), the California lawmaker was known among his party for doing one thing well: fundraising. The Daily Beast reports, "Accor...

I trust the readers of the Editorial Board will correct me if I’m wrong when I say I don’t recall having paid any attention to Kristi Noem. The Republican governor of South Dakota pops into my field of vision now and then, recently as a leading candidate for Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick. Ot...

The GOP over the last decade, Reuters noted in March, has transformed into a "Republican electorate that is more isolationist, more skeptical of globalization, more suspicious of the electoral process and more likely to view Democrats as a threat than it was when former President [Donald] Trump laun...