WASHINGTON — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Steve Bannon, the onetime senior adviser to former President Donald Trump who now faces two counts of contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a subpoena from the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol. Bannon was subpoenaed by the […]
Two recent polls whose release bracketed an Independence Day celebration shattered by yet another mass shooting show a United States in which trust in major institutions has fallen to all-time lows. Fewer citizens report being extremely proud of their country than at any time in the past 20 years. Together, these two surveys — both […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump raised $250 million in donations in the weeks after the November 2020 presidential election for an organization ostensibly intended to fund court challenges in support of his false claims that the election was fraudulent. Instead, he directed that money to an unrelated political action committee, or PAC, according to congressional […]
On its face, Tuesday’s primary election for the Republican party’s gubernatorial nominee in the U.S. state of Georgia was nothing remarkable. Brian Kemp, the sitting governor, faced off against former U.S. Senator David Perdue and comfortably won his party’s nod to pursue another term in office by 73% to 22%. Normally, two veteran politicians slugging […]