Rachel Maddow points out that in the midst of several legal entanglements, Donald Trump is dealing with both a civil and criminal case against the Trump Organization. His strategy for one case could hurt him in the other and vice versa.
The first time Celeste Norris laid eyes on Ashli Babbitt, the future insurrectionist had just rammed her vehicle three times with an SUV and was pounding on the window, challenging her to a fight. When she learned of the relationship, Norris called Babbitt’s husband and told him she was cheating. “She pulls up yelling and screaming,” Norris said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, recounting the July 29, 2016, road-rage incident in Prince Frederick, Maryland.
Cohen is suing Barr and Trump for revoking his home confinement in alleged "retaliation" for writing a book about the former president.
Former President Donald Trump should "stay silent" and not hold a Mar-A-Lago news conference on the January 6 Capitol riot anniversary, said Alyssa Farah.
Cheney said "members of his staff were pleading with him to go on television to tell people to stop" as Trump watched the riots from the dining room.
Canadian political scientist warns in op ed of Trumpist threat to American democracy and possible effect on northern neighborThe Steal: stethoscope for a democracy near cardiac arrest Donald Trump speaks in Greenville, North Carolina, last June. Photograph: Jonathan Drake/Reuters The US could be under a rightwing dictatorship by 2030, a Canadian political science professor has warned, urging his country to protect itself against the “collapse of American democracy”. “We mustn’t dismiss these pos
The administration officials who defected from the administration over the riots have almost all receded from public view even as Trump’s stayed put.
The letter was created a day before Trump discussed naming conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell "special counsel" to probe baseless election fraud claims.
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Critics seize on Build Back Better criticisms from controversial candidate nonetheless endorsed by Donald Trump Herschel Walker greets Donald Trump in Perry, Georgia, in September. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Herschel Walker has Donald Trump’s endorsement in the race for US Senate in Georgia but the former NFL star may be struggling to counter fears from some Republicans that he could damage the party’s chances of taking back a seat lost in 2020, and with it the Senate itself. In Dec
The far-right firebrands and conspiracy theorists of the pro-Trump internet have a new enemy: each other. QAnon devotees are livid at their former hero Michael Flynn for accurately calling their jumbled credo "total nonsense." Donald Trump superfans have voiced a sense of betrayal because the former president, booed for getting a coronavirus immunization booster, has become a "vaccine salesman." And attorney Lin Wood seems mad at pretty much everyone, including former allies on the scattered "el
At a time when Democrats and Republicans can agree on little, they find themselves in rare consensus in Wisconsin: Seemingly everyone there wants Sen. Ron Johnson (R) to run for a third term.Democrats view him as vulnerable, pointing to provocative comments on the coronavirus, 2020 election, racial justice protests and more, and are eager to take another crack at him. Republicans see in Johnson a battle-tested incumbent who has twice proven his…
Oh come on, you could tell it was sarcasm … right? AP Photo/Sue OgrockiAfter President Donald Trump said during a rally in June 2021 that increased testing was responsible for the surging number of infections, the condemnation of the inaccurate claim was swift. Six days later, during a Fox News town hall, Sean Hannity asked Trump about those remarks on increased testing. “Sometimes I jokingly say, or sarcastically say, if we didn’t do tests we would look great,” he replied. This seems to be a
During "60 Minutes" on Sunday, journalist Jon Wertheim examined the little-known U.S. special military unit known as the Ritchie Boys.
"I think it's also important for the American people to understand how dangerous Donald Trump was," Cheney said in a "This Week" interview on Sunday.
House intelligence chair: invasion might draw Nato closerSanctions must be ‘at level Russia has never seen’ to deter Putin Adam Schiff speaks in Washington. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock Russia is “very likely” to invade Ukraine and might only be deterred by “enormous sanctions”, the chair of the US House intelligence committee said on Sunday. Adam Schiff also said an invasion could backfire on Moscow, by drawing more countries into the Nato military alliance. “I al
It's unconscionable that any investigation of Trump is timed to two-year election cycles, and the midterms are less than a year away.
Turkey's annual inflation rate surged to its highest level since 2002 in December, official data showed Monday, after a currency crisis sparked by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unconventional economic policies.
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Meijer said on Sunday former President Donald Trump remains relevant in the Republican party because 'there's no other option."
Two drones were intercepted Monday as they neared an Iraqi base that had been housing American forces on the anniversary of the U.S. assassination of a top Iranian commander, a report said.