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Editorial: Jan. 6 (2025) is coming ... and Trump just weaponized the GOP's fundraising arm
A thought exercise: Describe a scenario under which former President Donald Trump clearly loses the 2024 election — and reacts by gracefully conceding to President Joe Biden.
It’s a trick question, of course. No such scenario exists. As Trump has repeatedly demonstrated, he is psychologically incapable of acknowledging electoral defeat.
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Have South Carolina's abortion numbers changed after heartbeat bill? Here's what the data says
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A state representative claimed during last week’s budget debate that South Carolina hasn’t seen a “significant change” in abortions since the heartbeat bill was upheld by the state’s Supreme Court.
But a review of provisional data from the Department of Health and Environmental Control, which keeps track of abortion...Read more
Commentary: Elections workers must wake up to the risks posed by AI
Days before New Hampshire’s presidential primary, up to 25,000 Granite State voters received a mysterious call from “President Joe Biden.” He urged Democrats not to vote in the primary because it “only enables the Republicans in their quest to elect Donald Trump.” But Biden never said this. The recording was a digital fabrication ...Read more
Spending deal close, though final action could slip past deadline
WASHINGTON — House GOP and Biden administration negotiators were on the verge of a fiscal 2024 Homeland Security spending deal Monday, even as agencies face a potential brief appropriations lapse this weekend with time running tight.
Appropriators still need to put the finishing touches on the Homeland Security bill following the White House�...Read more
Trump rules out Vivek Ramaswamy as running mate as he eyes new team
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as his running mate and is instead eyeing the entrepreneur for a Cabinet job, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Republican presidential nominee sizes up a possible administration.
Trump personally told Ramaswamy he won’t be his vice presidential pick, according to ...Read more
Spending deal done, though final action could slip past deadline
WASHINGTON — House GOP and Biden administration negotiators reached a fiscal 2024 Homeland Security spending deal Monday night, even as agencies face a potential brief appropriations lapse this weekend with time running tight.
Appropriators still need to put the finishing touches on the Homeland Security bill and report text following the ...Read more
Hunter Biden refuses to appear at public House hearing this week
WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden has rejected an invitation to testify at a public congressional hearing into business activities that are the focus of a faltering GOP impeachment inquiry of his father, President Joe Biden.
The younger Biden’s decision not to appear as one of four invited witnesses before the Oversight and Accountability Committee...Read more
Down to the wire: Joe Simitian leads Evan Low by 12 votes in race to replace U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo in California
SAN JOSE, California — After nearly two weeks of counting ballots, Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian leads state Assemblymember Evan Low by just 12 votes in California’s Congressional District 16 race.
The two veteran lawmakers are vying for a spot in the November general election to face former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, who ...Read more
Fewer Georgia voting machines proposed as Senate panel passes election bills
ATLANTA — Georgia senators advanced a series of election-related proposals Monday that would reduce the number of voting machines on election day, require more audits and post pictures of ballots online.
The bill package arrived in the final days of Georgia’s annual legislative session as the Republican-controlled General Assembly sets ...Read more
Texas doctors 'really scared' amid vague abortion laws. Will state board clarify exceptions? <em> </em>
FORT WORTH, Texas — Confusion around Texas’ abortion law has scared doctors, who worry they could be prosecuted, fined or lose their medical license for performing an abortion procedure when a patient’s life or health is at risk.
The Texas Medical Board could offer some clarity, but some Texas OB-GYNs are warning about the difficulties of...Read more
Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen can testify at Trump hush money trial, judge rules
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, porn star Stormy Daniels, Playboy model Karen McDougal and a Trump Tower doorman — all of whom prosecutors allege Donald Trump paid to stay silent about a series of sex scandals to win the presidency — may all take the stand at his Manhattan criminal trial, a judge ordered Tuesday.
In a set of rulings ensuring ...Read more
Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert arrested on bench warrant in Washington, D.C.
DETROIT — Stefanie Lambert, a Michigan lawyer who has championed dubious claims of election fraud, was arrested in Washington, D.C., Monday afternoon because of a bench warrant, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service.
The arrest ended an 11-day saga of uncertainty that played out after Oakland County Circuit Court Judge ...Read more
Trump can't come up with full $454 million bond owed NY attorney general while he appeals fraud ruling
NEW YORK — Donald Trump can’t come up with almost half a billion dollars he owes the New York attorney general for committing large-scale fraud, his lawyers told an appeals court Monday.
With one week to go before the former president’s deadline to put down at least $454 million to appeal the mammoth judgment without its consequences ...Read more
Trump, co-defendants ask to appeal judge's decision not to remove DA Willis
ATLANTA — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and seven co-defendants in the Fulton County election interference case are asking a Superior Court judge for permission to appeal his recent decision that has kept District Attorney Fani Willis at the helm of the prosecution.
The defendants on Monday requested that Judge Scott McAfee ...Read more
Trump, co-defendants ask to appeal judge's decision not to remove DA Willis
ATLANTA — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and seven co-defendants in the Fulton election interference case are asking a Superior Court judge for permission to appeal his recent decision that has kept District Attorney Fani Willis at the helm of the prosecution.
The defendants on Monday requested that Judge Scott McAfee grant a so-...Read more
Missouri attorney general says government censored social media. The Supreme Court seemed skeptical
WASHINGTON — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey emerged from the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, into a biting spring wind and declared that the federal government violated the First Amendment by coercing social media to censor content on their websites.
“We believe that the justices will make the right decision here,” Bailey said, ...Read more
Procedural hoops could drag wrapup spending bill into weekend
WASHINGTON — House GOP and Biden administration negotiators were closing in on a fiscal 2024 Homeland Security spending deal Monday, even as agencies face a potential brief appropriations lapse this weekend with time running tight.
Appropriators will need time to put the finishing touches on the Homeland Security bill following the White ...Read more
Former Georgia official Geoff Duncan passes on No Labels presidential bid
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he won’t launch a third-party presidential bid with the No Labels movement.
“It was an honor to be approached, and I am grateful to all those who are engaged in good-faith efforts to offer Americans a better choice than the Trump vs. Biden rematch,” Duncan ...Read more
2,000 pages of 'confidential' Dominion emails dumped on social media
DETROIT — A new social media account using the name and photo of Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf released Sunday more than 2,100 pages of emails from employees of Dominion Voting Systems as the company maintained Leaf got improper access to internal messages through the breach of a court order.
An account on the website X with the handle @...Read more
Trump can't come up with full $454 million bond owed NY attorney general while he appeals fraud ruling
NEW YORK — Donald Trump cannot come up with almost half a billion dollars he owes the New York attorney general for committing large-scale fraud, according to court papers filed Monday.
With one week to go before the former president’s deadline to put down at least $454 million while he appeals the mammoth judgment, Trump’s lawyers in ...Read more
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