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Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker (R) said that the Supreme Court was “absolutely right” in blocking the Justice Department (DOJ) from charging Jan. 6 rioters with obstruction. Whitaker, who served as former President Trump’s Acting AG for three months in 2018 after Jeff Sessions vacated the role at the president’s request, said he viewed...

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd called on President Biden to abandon his re-election campaign following his poor debate showing on Thursday night, warning that deciding to run was ill-advised and made him no better than his adversary, former President Trump. “He’s being selfish. He’s putting himself ahead of the country. He’s surrounded by opportunistic...

Pro-Palestine protestors disrupted a joint rally between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) on Saturday. The protest was organized by Within Our Lives, a self-described Palestinian-led, New York pro-Palestine organization.  “Endorsing Biden is endorsing the ongoing genocide in Gaza,” Within Our Lifetime wrote in a thread on X...

Robert Ray, who served as an impeachment lawyer for former President Trump, agreed with prosecutors that the hush money gag order should remain in place through Trump's sentencing next month. “The case isn’t over until the sentencing is heard and sentence is imposed,” Ray said Friday on CNN’s NewsNight. “I have absolutely no problem, frankly,...

Former President Donald Trump slammed Bill Maher and his late night show Saturday, calling him " highly overrated" and saying his show is dead. "Bill Maher, the highly overrated 'Star' of the ratings challenged show with the Fake, Loud and Obnoxious laughter pouring out of your set every few seconds, even when nothing was said...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday condemned the American public’s lack of focus on the crisis in Sudan, which has displaced about 8.8 million Sudanese people, subjected millions to risk of famine, and left thousands dead since its start in April 2023.  “We are defining the soul of our nation, as Americans, by how we are...

“The immigration surge, we project from 2021 to 2026, will result in about $1 trillion in additional revenue” over a ten year period, Dr. Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) told lawmakers during a Tuesday hearing. Members of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security convened to examine the current...