President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats said they will use the next two years to "repair the courts"—a phrase that they have adopted to disguise their intention to abandon precedent and fill the federal judiciary with Democratic Party activists.
"I call it repair the courts," said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.,...
(Headline USA) Impeachment fever has struck Kentucky, where grievances over coronavirus restrictions and the outcome of the Breonna Taylor death investigation have spurred petitions to oust both the governor and the attorney general.
It's a card rarely played in any serious way in the Bluegrass State, though Kentucky has had...
(Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday.
Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, both South Carolina lawyers, are no longer with Trump's defense team.
One of...
(Headline USA) The U.S. is backing off for now on a plan to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to the 40 prisoners held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Biden administration has been widely criticized for the plan to administer the shots to enemies of the country ahead of citizens...
(Headline USA) They've endured a financial crisis. Two deep recessions. Mounds of student debt. Stagnant pay. Costly health care. Dim job prospects.
They've seen the uber-rich grow richer while tyrannical government shutdowns threw tens of millions of people out of work and left many more isolated and vulnerable at home.
Now,...
(Headline USA) Travelers on airplanes and public transportation like buses and subways will be required to wear face masks starting next week.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a mask-wearing rule late Friday that builds on an order announced Jan. 21 by Joe Biden.
The rule "will protect...
(Headline USA) Newly filed lobbying records show Venezuela's socialist government previously hired a longtime Democratic Party donor for $6 million at the same time it was lobbying to discourage the U.S. from imposing sanctions on the oil-rich nation.
The documents, which were disclosed Thursday, show a U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela's...
(Headline USA) South Carolina Republicans on Saturday issued a formal censure to U.S. Rep. Tom Rice to show disapproval over his vote in support of the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump.
Rice was among 10 GOP representatives who joined Democrats on Jan. 13 in voting to impeach Trump...
(Headline USA) Former President Donald J. Trump faces his second impeachment trial around Feb. 8.
The charge? “Incitement of insurrection,” specifically the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
Trump’s remarks at the pre-revolt Save America Rally confirm his guilt---as these quotes from my relevant file show:
Describing his rage over November’s election...
(Headline USA) Just two weeks ago, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy declared Donald Trump culpable in the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. By Thursday, he was seeking his political support.
A private meeting between the two men at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort signaled a remarkable turnaround in the former president's...
(Headline USA) Donald Trump has mused about forming a third party. But it's unclear why he needs one.
As he faces yet another left-orchestrated impeachment trial for inciting insurrection, state and county Republican Party committees have held their ground in Trump's defense.
It suggests that contrary to the wishes of some,...
(Headline USA) New York state’s parks commissioner is trying to figure out if the state is obligated to keep former President Donald Trump’s name on a 436-acre state park on land he donated in the New York City suburbs 14 years ago, after local opposition sunk his plans for...