U.S. Republican lawmakers sparred Monday over a new bipartisan proposal that would tighten migration controls at the U.S.-Mexico border while also providing billions of dollars in new financial aid to Ukraine and Israel. The measure was negotiated by Democratic and Republican senators during months of talks and is supported by Democratic President Joe Biden. But […]
“Guess we now know why former Defense Secretary Mattis has not been publicly critical of Trump,” quipped one observer. Before becoming former President Donald Trump’s defense secretary, retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis secretly worked for the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates while the United States was supporting the monarchy in […]
“A president being immune to prosecution would fly in the face of our nation’s core values,” said one legal analyst. A three-judge panel from the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday unanimously ruled against former U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims of immunity in a criminal case stemming from his efforts to overturn his 2020 loss. “For the […]
The delay sparked criticism of the D.C. Circuit that, as one legal journalist put it, “had a responsibility to Trump, the District Court, the Supreme Court, and the nation to rule expeditiously” on the immunity claims. In a widely anticipated move, the judge overseeing former U.S. President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case on Friday indefinitely postponed […]