WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling in a major election case was bad news for John Eastman — the Donald Trump-aligned lawyer who pushed a new legal theory in his bid to void the 2020 election. Tuesday’s 6-3 ruling rejected a radical version of what has been dubbed the ‘independent state legislature theory’, which holds … Read more
In an audio recording recently obtained by NBC News, Donald Trump appears to be discussing a sensitive military document and admits that he did not declassify it when he was president, according to a partial transcript included in his indictment by federal prosecutors this month. Trump claimed in media interviews after his indictment that he … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court on Tuesday dismissed Ivanka Trump in a sweeping fraud lawsuit filed against her father and his business last year by the state attorney general. The civil lawsuit, filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James, accused former President Donald Trump of increasing his net worth by … Read more
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Georgia’s top election official, Brad Raffensperger, is set to answer questions on Wednesday from federal investigators examining former President Donald Trump’s efforts to nullify the 2020 presidential election, a spokesman for the office said. by Raffensperger. Raffensperger, Republican Secretary of State for Georgia, will likely be asked about a phone … Read more
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy announced Tuesday that he will seek the 2024 Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana as the Democrat seeks a fourth term. Sheehy, 37, was recruited by GOP leaders keen to unseat Tester as they attempt to wrest control of the Senate from … Read more
An audio recording referenced in Donald Trump’s federal indictment showed the former president discussing a document on Iran that he called “highly confidential” and admitted he could not declassify because that he had left office. “This is secret information,” Trump said in the audio clip. “You see, as president, I could have declassified it,” Trump … Read more
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, on Tuesday expressed doubts that former President Donald Trump is the best GOP candidate to defeat President Joe Biden and win back the White House the year next. In an interview on CNBC, McCarthy first said the former president could beat Biden in November 2024. “Yeah, he can … Read more
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is stepping up his attack on President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle policy, speaking on Tuesday at the grand opening of a company that has received more than $100 million for refine the graphite for the electric batteries of the infrastructure law signed by Biden. “Georgia’s electric mobility boom … Read more
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyers will on Tuesday ask a U.S. federal judge to transfer from state court a criminal case accusing the former president of falsifying business documents related to a silent payment to a porn star . Trump says federal court is the proper venue for the case, arguing that … Read more
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to give state-level politicians more power over federal elections by limiting the ability of state courts to review their actions, inflicting a defeat on Republican lawmakers in Carolina North. The 6-3 ruling, written by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, upheld a 2022 North … Read more