Nevada Republican convicted of taking money meant for officer memorial
A Nevada politician was found guilty of taking money meant for a memorial honoring a police officer killed in the line of duty and spending it on plastic surgery, rent…
Republicans are trying to rig 2024 the way they claim 2020 was rigged
There are two theories that allies of Donald Trump promote to assert that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate. The first is that rampant fraud — maybe with mail-in ballots,…
Vance gives full-throated support for Israel, has choice words for Biden-Harris at Oct 7 memorial rally
Sen. JD Vance blasted the Biden-Harris administration on Monday for not doing enough to bring home the hostages that Hamas took from Israel during the deadly Oct. 7 attack one…
Local Republicans decry hurricane falsehoods — as Trump spreads them
The Republican Party in the Trump era has overwhelmingly embraced an all’s-fair-in-love-and-war approach to politics. That’s evidenced by the fire hose of misinformation flowing from Donald Trump and his allies…
Supreme Court declines to intervene in Texas emergency abortion case
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to require doctors in Texas to perform certain emergency abortions when the procedure would conflict with the state’s strict abortion ban. The justices left…
Women for Trump, Goya team up to provide relief to Hurricane Helene victims in Georgia
Several high-profile volunteers with the group Women for Trump flew to Georgia to provide relief for victims of Hurricane Helene in the group’s first mission before they crisscross the country…
Trump suggests ‘bad genes’ to blame for undocumented immigrants who commit crimes
Donald Trump suggested Monday that people in the country illegally who have committed crimes have “bad genes,” the latest example of rhetoric by the former president that dehumanizes immigrants and…
Saying immigrants bring ‘bad genes’ echoes Trump’s history — and the world’s
Former president Donald Trump has long espoused a worldview in which genes are the determinative factor in someone’s life. In 1988, for example, he told Oprah Winfrey that success requires…
Why asking about the 2020 election isn’t a ‘gotcha’ question
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is not interested in talking about the 2020 election. “See, this is the game that is always played by mainstream media with leading Republicans. It’s…
‘We haven’t done that much’: Former Estonia head says US fears of escalation with Putin are unwarranted
As U.S. support for aiding Ukraine continues to fracture Americans, Kersti Kaljulaid, the former president of Estonia, wants to remind Americans what’s at stake.Estonia, a country in Northern Europe bordered…