Politics

Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign now says it has raised a total of $9.4 million since the release of his mug shot. The figure has been revised since the campaign first said this past Saturday that it raised a total of $7.1 million in less than three days, according […]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (COVINGTON, Ky.) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday appeared to freeze again during a press conference in his home state of Kentucky. Video showed the Republican senator speaking in Covington when he was asked by reporter about whether he will run for reelection in 2026. McConnell […]

ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and a top associate are set to be sentenced Wednesday following their convictions last May on charges of seditious conspiracy and several other felonies stemming from their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors are seeking 33 years in prison […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced Tuesday that he is suspending his campaign for president after failing to qualify for the first Republican primary debate last week in Milwaukee. “Running for President of the United States has been one of the greatest honors of my life,” Suarez said. “This country has […]

Kenneth Chesebro is seen in a mugshot provided by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, Aug. 23, 2023. — Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in a filing Tuesday reiterated her desire for all 19 defendants charged in her Georgia election interference case to stand trial together, telling the […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy lambasted each other at last week’s GOP presidential primary debate, and the feud is only getting fiercer. The two have tangled over their names, foreign policy and more, with no end in sight. Meanwhile, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez suspended […]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows surrendered on state charges in the Georgia election interference case, they used a service that common criminal defendants use: a bail bondsman. The president of the company that put up their bonds in Fulton County, Georgia, said hiring a bondsman is “a piece of the […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal trial over former President Donald Trump’s alleged illegal efforts to overturn the 2020 election is slated to start on March 4, 2024 — one day before “Super Tuesday” in the GOP presidential primary. Yet that, just like four indictments and two impeachments, may not stop the steamroller that […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, charged along with 18 others in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia, is in court Monday to try to have his trial moved from state to federal […]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case has ordered the trial to begin on March 4, 2024. The ruling came after Trump’s attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith’s team clashed in court Monday over when the case should go to trial. Smith said in a filing […]