It was a couple of weeks ago when the public first started hearing reports about fissures within the House Freedom Caucus. By accounts, some in the right-wing contingent were displeased about members who were a little too cozy with the GOP leadership, instead of their Freedom Caucus brethren. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, despite her over-the-top
Republicans ostracized former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey because he refused to join then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn Arizona’s 2020 election results. Ducey’s realization that he couldn’t win a Republican primary with Trump disparaging him as a “Republican in name only” most likely led to his decision not to run for the Senate last year.Even
After his defeat in 2020, Donald Trump and his confederates focused their anti-election efforts on a handful of states, including Arizona, where the Republican fell just short. In fact, we learned this week that the outgoing president reportedly tried to pressure Arizona’s GOP governor to participate in a scheme to overturn the state’s results.It was
Congratulations, Walt Nauta. You have a new lawyer. Now the case can proceed.After multiple delays, Donald Trump’s co-defendant was finally arraigned Thursday in Florida federal court, where he pleaded not guilty to helping the former president cover up his allegedly illegal retention of classified documents. (Nauta’s lawyer, Stan Woodward, entered the plea on the Trump
As demoralizing as last week’s Supreme Court decision effectively striking down affirmative action in higher education was for those of us who are realistic about the state of the country’s race relations, we saw in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson a bright light. In her powerful dissenting opinion, the third African American on the court and
With the 2024 presidential election cycle picking up steam, an ominous sense of inevitability has descended upon the race. Former President Donald Trump maintains a commanding lead in the GOP primary, even as he faces two criminal indictments and remains under investigation for election interference in Georgia and for his conduct surrounding the Jan. 6
The Supreme Court ended its latest term by giving business owners a license to discriminate under the guise of free speech. But a strange aspect of the case has taken on a life of its own — namely, the “service request” for a same-sex wedding that Colorado designer Lorie Smith received doesn’t appear to have
Ahead of Election Day 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court evenly divided, with four justices on the right and four justices on the left. Democrats tried to tell voters this was a historic, once-in-a-generation opportunity to stop the high court’s drift to the right.It didn’t work. Just enough Americans voted for Donald Trump anyway, and the
Although Donald Trump Jr. was accused of making homophobic comments against Pete Buttigieg earlier this year, he’s apparently more comfortable with the gay community than he has admitted in recent years.So says former Danity Kane member Aubrey O’Day, who allegedly had an affair with the former president’s firstborn son between 2011 and 2012.O’Day recently told
This won’t be a very relaxing summer for former President Donald Trump. These months before the presidential primaries begin are often a grueling time for a candidate, but he has the extra layer of stress that comes from having been federally indicted. Namely, several developments in the three weeks since his arraignment threaten to ratchet
