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  • 'Coming for them': Ex-prosecutor says Trump is promoting 'fake allegations about jurors'

    Donald Trump is already sharing "fake allegations about jurors" in his criminal hush money case, a former federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.Trump made history this week when he became the first former president to face criminal trial after jury selection began in the case accusing the ex-president of falsifying business records to hide an affair from the public ahead of the election. Before the fog has even settled on the jury selection, the former president is now coming directly for those...

  • 'Hypocritical' Mitch McConnell blasted after fit about 'ignoring' Senate procedure

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) complained that Democrats had ignored Senate procedures after they voted down two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.In a vote along party lines, Democrats managed to table the two articles of impeachment. Republicans cried foul because the move circumvented a Senate trial."We've set a very unfortunate precedent here," McConnell said following the vote. "This means that the Senate can ignore,...

  • 'Going to need some Democrats': Jake Tapper corners Speaker Johnson in rare CNN interview

    House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was confronted by CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday morning about how exactly he plans to fend off the motion to remove him from power being planned by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her allies, and whether he has looked for any votes from Democrats to save him in the midst of a critically narrow House majority.Johnson had few answers to any of these questions."I'm wondering, have you talked to Democrats at all about if that happens and if some of these...

  • 'Selfish': Melania Trump said to be 'sad' Donald brought Barron into criminal court spat

    Melania Trump is standing by her man while he faces his first criminal trial, but behind-the-scenes she's fuming their son Barron was thrust into headlines. "He talked about missing Barron's graduation to the cameras and then again on Truth Social because it caused a lot of coverage about that and it's just not something she would have liked," Trump's former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham told The Daily Mail. "No reason to put such a happy occasion into new stories like that,...

  • Trump 'open' to slashing taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare: report

    Former President Donald Trump is toying with the idea of promising a large tax cut for the middle class as part of his 2024 re-election campaign — and one way he might do it is to raid the funding for Social Security and Medicare.According to Gram Slattery of Reuters, "Donald Trump has indicated to advisers he is keen on a new middle-class tax cut should he return to the White House, two people familiar with the discussions said, an initiative that could appeal to voters but could also worsen...

  • 'He's unwell': Conservative George Conway shows how to use Trump's anger against him

    Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway poked fun at Donald Trump Wednesday, suggesting it was easy for the conservative attorney to trigger the former president."You have an interesting perspective on how thin-skinned Donald Trump is," MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace told Conway. "Your tweets drove him bat s--t crazy.""He can't help it!" Conway exclaimed. Trump, he said, "hate watches" MSNBC. Trump is known for attacking the network as being nothing more than a branch of the Democratic Party. "He...

  • 'What does he know?' House Republicans 'scoff' at Trump-loving J.D. Vance in meeting

    GOP Sen. J.D. Vance is urging his fellow Republicans in the House to block Speaker Mike Johnson's foreign aid plan -- a move characterized in a news report as "an uncommon effort by a member of one chamber to sway policy across the Capitol." In remarks before the Republican Study Committee this Wednesday, Vance argued that aside from aid to Israel, there was no reason to advance any other aid bills, such as the ones pertaining to Ukraine and Taiwan, until Republicans score a victory on border...

  • 'Therapy session': James Comer mocked for dealing with 'loss' of impeachment efforts

    Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) extended Wednesday a tender hand toward a fellow House representative he feared was suffering after a grievous loss. That representative was Rep. James Comer (R-OH) — and after a less-than-successful battle of wits against Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) — the loss was the pretense he'll ever impeach President Joe Biden, Moskowitz explained. "I think it’s important that together as a committee that we begin Chairman Comer’s therapy session," the Democrat said. "Chairman...

  • Trump campaign tells GOP candidates he's taking a cut of their cash if they use his name

    The campaign for Donald Trump's 2024 presidential bid has come up with a new way to raise cash — which involves calling on down-ballot candidates who use his name and likeness in fundraising pushes to give him a cut of the money they raise. “Beginning tomorrow, we ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC. This includes, but is not limited to, sending...

  • 'Strap on a Glock': Kari Lake slammed in latest attack from Meghan McCain

    In her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat presently held by outgoing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), far-right MAGA Republican Kari Lake has recently been making an effort to soften her image. Lake now claims she was speaking "in jest" when she told "McCain Republicans" to "get the hell out" of a GOP event, and she has come out against an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that makes an anti-abortion law from 1864 enforceable.But Lake's critics, including conservative GOP activist Meghan McCain and likely...

  • Republican hints death threats against family forced his resignation

    Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) suggests death threats may have motivated his resignation from Congress, a WLUK report revealed Wednesday. Gallagher announced he would not seek re-election in February after he refused to support the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Instead of stepping out of the post after the election, he decided to leave on April 19. Now, he's revealing details about the possible reason why."This is more just me wanting to prioritize being with my...

  • Prosecutors outline ammo they'll hit Trump with if he takes stand in hush money trial

    Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney have filed a notice of the prior bad acts they intend to interrogate former President Donald Trump on, should he choose to take the witness stand in his hush money trial.The case, which began jury selection at the start of this week, centers on Trump's alleged falsification of business records to conceal a hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges this was effectively a scheme to interfere with the 2016...