“This will get worse”: Jordan loses first speaker vote — and even more Republicans plan to defect
With only 200 votes out of the 217 needed to secure a victory, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, lost
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“Carnival of idiots”: GOP holdouts threaten embarrassing defeat for Jordan as “bullying” backfires
The House GOP is expected to vote on a new speaker as early as Tuesday at noon but House Judiciary Chairman
Read more“I’m willing to go to jail”: Trump attacks Judge Chutkan hours after she slapped him with gag order
Former President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan after she imposed a partial gag
Read moreLegal expert warns Trump lawyers could face “disbarment” and “possibly be jailed” over court stunts
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team appears more focused on leveraging his New York fraud trial to lay the groundwork
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U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday issued a limited gag order on former President Donald Trump in his Washington
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Read more“Approximately” 20 Republicans plot to block Jim Jordan amid the “dumbest” pressure campaign
Between 20 to 40 House Republicans may vote against House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan’s, R-Ohio, speaker bid, a senior Republican
Read more6-year-old Illinois Muslim boy’s killing “directly connected to dehumanizing of Palestinians”: Dem
A 6-year-old Illinois boy on Saturday was killed and his mother was wounded by a landlord because they were Muslim
Read moreExpert sounds alarm as Texas book bans grow: These efforts are “well-organized and well-funded”
Local book bans in Texas are gaining momentum after a new law started restricting student library book choices in the
Read moreHouse GOP picks Jim Jordan for speaker, maybe. Or maybe not
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio won an internal vote for House speaker among House Republicans on Friday, although he remains
Read moreAs Moms for Liberty spreads, so does school turmoil
Carl Kalauokalani has no children, no background in education and no experience in political or community organizing. Yet a year ago,
Read moreEven colleagues have “never” heard of new Jim Jordan challenger as GOP speaker fight grows desperate
Rep. Austin Scott, a relatively unknown Georgia Republican who’s served in Congress since 2011, announced Friday that he would pursue
Read moreEx-prosecutor: DOJ targeting freed fraudster a “reminder of Trump’s gross abuse of pardon power”
Less than five years into his 20-year sentence for orchestrating a massive healthcare fraud scheme, Philip Esformes was granted clemency
Read more“Put up or shut up”: Ex-US attorney says Jack Smith may gain access to Trump’s “trove of secrets”
Special counsel Jack Smith, in a motion filed this week, asked a federal judge to order Donald Trump to provide
Read moreCannon abruptly shuts down hearing — accuses Jack Smith’s prosecutors of “wasting the court’s time”
U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon rebuked the prosecutors in Donald Trump’s federal classified documents case, accusing them of “wasting
Read more“Highly problematic”: Ex-Trump CFO’s testimony abruptly halted after he’s accused of perjury
Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg’s testimony came to a screeching and unexpected halt Thursday afternoon just hours
Read more“Devastating human consequences”: UN sounds alarm over Israel’s “impossible” Gaza evacuation order
The United Nations on Thursday appealed to Israel to rescind an order to evacuate 1.1 million people in northern Gaza,
Read moreLegal expert: Jack Smith has “very few tools” to prevent Judge Cannon from delaying Trump trial
Donald Trump’s legal team on Wednesday accused special counsel Jack Smith’s office of violating the former president’s due process rights
Read more“I was wrong to be optimistic”: Ex-prosecutor slams Cannon for considering Trump’s “frivolous” suit
U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon has floundered in her handling of former President Donald Trump’s federal criminal case in
Read more“Follow the money”: Experts suspect Weisselberg’s “muted” testimony linked to $2M severance deal
The lapses in former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg’s recollection of his work for Donald Trump during his testimony in
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