Fresh off a Texas rally appearance during which he wailed that the “2020 election was rigged,” former President Trump said explicitly on Sunday that he wanted former Vice President Mike Pence to “overturn” President Biden’s win. “Unfortunately, he didn’t exercise that power, he could have overturned the Election!” Trump concluded …
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KHARKIV, Ukraine — The House of Actors theater was packed on Saturday night in Kharkiv, a Ukrainian city just 33 miles from the Russian border. The crowd spent the evening laughing at stand-up comedy from the Saxalin-UA troupe, who performed in Russian here in the heart of the country’s supposedly …
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is very good at football. He’s probably going to be named the NFL’s MVP in a few weeks, an award he also won last year, and in 2014, and in 2011. This year’s been a little different, though, as his play on the field …
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WASHINGTON — In mid-November, Vice President Kamala Harris joined a video call with a coalition of nearly 250 groups trying to pass new legislation to protect the right to vote and prevent future election sabotage attempts like what happened after the 2020 election. The participants on the call included the …
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Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes has been charged with “seditious conspiracy” over the Jan. 6. plot. “The purpose of the conspiracy,” the indictment alleges, “was to oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force.” Rhodes was arrested Thursday in Texas. The indictment (embedded below) charges that Rhodes and 10 …
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Melania Trump‘s decision to sell an NFT, or a non-fungible token, was met with healthy skepticism when the former first lady announced the move earlier this month. Now we can add to the list of critics a former Trump White House official who claims to have interacted with her on …
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) faulted White House staff and Democratic leadership for his decision to end negotiations around Build Back Better and accused his party of trying to “badger” him into supporting it. In a Monday interview on a local West Virginia radio station, the senator told host Hoppy Kercheval …
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A grand jury indicted the Republican speaker pro tempore of Oklahoma‘s state House for allegedly misusing his power to alter state law so that his wife could become a tag agent. State Rep. Terry O’Donnell faces five felony and three misdemeanor charges while his wife, Teresa, faces three felonies and …
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Donald Trump‘s former White House chief of staff has, once again, decided not to testify before the House committee investigating Jan. 6. But while he won’t speak to the panel, he will go on Fox News and speak to Sean Hannity about a potential criminal contempt referral. “They’ve been pretty …
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Donald Trump — the disgraced former president and frustrated insult comic — is using what remains of his political platform and media clout to workshop a nasty new nickname for Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate minority leader. Last week Trump trotted out “Old Crow Mitch McConnell.” A little low energy? …
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