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Charly Triballeau/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is seeking a new trial in the defamation case brought by former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, arguing that the judge in the case improperly restricted his testimony. Trump in January was ordered to pay $83.3 million in damages to Carroll for defaming […]
(WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s lead prosecutor in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump made news last week when he told a federal judge that putting Trump on trial in the days leading up to the 2024 presidential election would not violate Justice Department policy. The federal judge overseeing Trump’s case, […]
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ) — A new Missouri bill would make it a felony offense for school teachers or counselors to support or contribute to the social transitioning of a transgender minor. The proposed law would also have an offender be placed on the sexual offender registry. Social transitioning, as defined in House Bill 2885, […]
(WASHINGTON) — Confirming what was long suspected, Sen. John Thune formalized his bid to replace Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as the next Senate Republican leader in an interview Monday with a news outlet in his home state of South Dakota. Thune, in the clip, was asked by a reporter from Keloland News about whether he […]
(WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has issued an administrative stay which temporarily blocks Texas’ strict immigration law, SB 4, after the Biden administration asked the court to intervene. The law remains blocked until March 13 at 5:00 P.M. (EDT) to give the justices time to decide how to proceed. Justice Alito also gave […]
(NEW YORK) — With jury selection scheduled to begin in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial in three weeks, the former president’s defense lawyers have asked Judge Juan Merchan to deny prosecutors’ recent request for a limited gag order, arguing the former president should be permitted to fully respond to attacks by his political […]
(WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley has repeatedly promised to remain in the Republican primary race against Donald Trump until Super Tuesday, which offers the last big chance for the former governor and ambassador to start catching up to the former president in delegates for their party’s 2024 nomination. But Haley has also repeatedly hedged on her […]
Ali Majdfar/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Severe thunderstorms are targeting the South this week, with states from Florida to Louisiana to Texas bracing for large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and flooding rain. On Monday, the thunderstorms spanned from Wisconsin to Louisiana, bringing large hail and damaging winds. Several inches of rain fell along the […]
(WASHINGTON) — The North Carolina gubernatorial race is shaping up to be one of the most competitive and closely-watched face-offs in the battleground state. Leading candidates with polar opposite views are vying for the executive mansion seat in a race that could serve as a precedent for voters’ choices in the polling booth for the […]
(LOS ANGELES) — Less than two months after the Los Angeles Innocence Project took up the case of convicted murderer Scott Peterson, a judge in San Mateo County, California, has scheduled a status hearing. The court confirmed Peterson will be represented by the LA Innocence Project, and it is believed the status hearing will be […]
