William Barr: Trump Charges Will Bolster Him In Primaries, Hurt Him In General Election
Democrats “want him to be the nominee because he is the weakest of the Republican candidates,” said Donald Trump’s former attorney general.
Democrats “want him to be the nominee because he is the weakest of the Republican candidates,” said Donald Trump’s former attorney general.
Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, expelled by Republicans for joining a protest against gun violence, said they have always felt unwelcome at the state Capitol.
The nation’s top health official says a court ruling threatening the availability of a main drug used in medication abortion was “not America.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report frequent luxury trips paid for by a billionaire Republican megadonor named Harlan Crow, leading to renewed calls for the conservative jurist’s impeachment. According to ProPublica, Thomas has for decades accepted flights on Crow’s private jet, trips on his yacht and frequent stays at his exclusive lakeside resort, in apparent violation of a law requiring justices and other federal officials to disclose most gifts.
Israel has bombed southern Lebanon and Gaza as tension soars in the region days after Israeli police repeatedly attacked Palestinian worshipers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. In response to the raids on the mosque, militants in southern Lebanon and Gaza fired dozens of rockets into Israel. It was the largest rocket attack from Lebanon in 17 years.
We speak with Justin Jones, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by a Republican supermajority in the Tennessee state House of Representatives Thursday for peacefully protesting gun violence in the chamber last week as thousands rallied at the Capitol to demand gun control after the Covenant elementary school shooting in Nashville. A vote to expel their white colleague who joined them in solidarity failed.
We speak with award-winning journalist and author Jeff Sharlet, who has spent the last decade reporting on the growing threat of fascism across the United States. In his new book, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, Sharlet says the language of “civil war” has become central to right-wing rhetoric, mainstreamed by former President Donald Trump, Congressmember Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans.
In a new interview, the porn star at the center of Donald Trump’s hush money case said he has been “dethroned” and is “no longer untouchable.
Lawmakers killed a bill to give free lunches to more K-12 students but passed legislation to boost meal reimbursements for state employees.
“They’re letting the MAGA extreme wing of their party run the whole show,” the New York Democrat warned after a judge halted FDA approval of abortion pills.
Republicans expelled two Democratic House members who participated in a gun control protest on the House floor.
The U.S. representative added to recent criticism of the state’s Republican-led House following the expulsion of two Democrats.
We speak with award-winning journalist and author Jeff Sharlet, who has spent the last decade reporting on the growing threat of fascism across the United States. In his new book, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, Sharlet says the language of “civil war” has become central to right-wing rhetoric, mainstreamed by former President Donald Trump, Congressmember Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans.
“It wasn’t about the three of these leaders, it was about who they were representing,” the vice president said in a speech at Fisk University in Nashville.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the DOJ “strongly disagrees with the decision” of a Texas judge to invalidate FDA approval of mifepristone.
The ruling from a Texas judge will go into effect in seven days, giving time for the Biden administration to appeal.
Nashville’s Metropolitan Council could vote to reinstate Rep. Justin Jones as soon as Monday evening.
The Supreme Court justice said he was “advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends” was not “reportable.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report frequent luxury trips paid for by a billionaire Republican megadonor named Harlan Crow, leading to renewed calls for the conservative jurist’s impeachment. According to ProPublica, Thomas has for decades accepted flights on Crow’s private jet, trips on his yacht and frequent stays at his exclusive lakeside resort, in apparent violation of a law requiring justices and other federal officials to disclose most gifts.
Israel has bombed southern Lebanon and Gaza as tension soars in the region days after Israeli police repeatedly attacked Palestinian worshipers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. In response to the raids on the mosque, militants in southern Lebanon and Gaza fired dozens of rockets into Israel. It was the largest rocket attack from Lebanon in 17 years.
We speak with Justin Jones, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by a Republican supermajority in the Tennessee state House of Representatives Thursday for peacefully protesting gun violence in the chamber last week as thousands rallied at the Capitol to demand gun control after the Covenant elementary school shooting in Nashville. A vote to expel their white colleague who joined them in solidarity failed.
As students across the United States today join a nationwide school walkout to demand lawmakers take action on gun control, we go to Tennessee, where Republicans are trying to expel three Democratic lawmakers for supporting student-led gun control protests at the state Capitol after last week’s school shooting in Nashville.
It’s “shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent,” the president said after the Tennessee House expelled two Democratic lawmakers.
Republicans voted to expel two Democrats from the state House for their support of protests led by gun control advocates following a school massacre.
The right-wing majority in the state legislature overrode the Democratic governor’s veto and enacted the terrifying ban this week.
The coup-attempting former president opted not to insult Justice Juan Merchan’s integrity to his face when given the opportunity.
State House Republicans expelled Democratic state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson but did not have the votes to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson.
We speak with award-winning journalist and author Jeff Sharlet, who has spent the last decade reporting on the growing threat of fascism across the United States. In his new book, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, Sharlet says the language of “civil war” has become central to right-wing rhetoric, mainstreamed by former President Donald Trump, Congressmember Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spent the last four years locked up at the Belmarsh high-security prison in London, where he has been fighting extradition to the United States on espionage charges. He faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted. This week, amid growing concerns about Assange’s health, Reporters Without Borders attempted to become the first NGO to visit with Assange since his arrest four years ago.
We speak with Joshua Yaffa, a close friend of Evan Gershkovich, The Wall Street Journal reporter who has been jailed in Russia since his arrest last week, when he was accused of trying to obtain state secrets related to the Russian military — days after the United States indicted a Russian man in Brazil on espionage charges. Gershkovich’s parents left the Soviet Union for the United States before he was born, and he has reported in Russia since 2017.