The high court’s recent agreement to review the controversial use of a felony obstruction charge in Jan. 6 cases is already upending some sentencings. A recent Supreme Court decision to review a case called Fischer v. United States, which experts say could weaken prosecutors’ hand in hundreds of Jan. 6 cases, including former President Donald
DA moves to quash a subpoena for her testimony in prosecutor’s divorce case. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Jan. 18 tried to quash the subpoena seeking her testimony in the divorce case of a prosecutor she hired in the Georgia election case against former President Donald Trump and 14 codefendants. Special prosecutor Nathan
A $1.59 trillion spending cap for the fiscal year was agreed upon by House and Senate leaders, mirroring the agreement reached last year. President Joe Biden signed the stopgap funding legislation on Jan. 19 to continue to fund the government until early March, putting off a government shutdown for several more weeks until a full
The South Carolina senator, appointed by Nikki Haley, will throw his weight behind Trump ahead of that state’s Republican presidential primary. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), a one-time rival to former President Donald Trump, is planning to endorse him at an event in Concord, New Hampshire, on Jan. 19. On Friday, an official at Mr. Scott’s
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has appealed the Maine Superior Court decision to defer to the U.S. Supreme Court on matters of former President Donald Trump’s eligibility as a candidate. On Jan. 17, the court had disagreed with Ms. Bellows and wrote that the high court could well address all of the issues raised
What began as a social media campaign calling on candidates in races across the country to pledge their support for pulling the COVID-19 vaccine off the market has grown into a Political Action Committee (PAC) dedicated to funding campaigns that support the cause. Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, a practitioner in Texas and founder of Coalition
He expressed strong support for Tucker Carlson to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate—and so potentially the US Vice President. Former President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., said Thursday he “would love to see” Tucker Carlson be the former president’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election—though he had some positive things to