WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday about whether likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is ineligible for the office and must be excluded from states’ ballots because of his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. On that day, a mob of the former president’s supporters who believed […]
“Ginni Thomas’ involvement in the seditious conspiracy that led to the January 6 insurrection is a bald-faced conflict of interest,” argued one watchdog. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who once went a full decade without speaking during oral arguments, asked the first question Thursday as the high court heard a case challenging former President Donald Trump’s eligibility […]
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 […]