Democratic Governors Brace For Coming Legal Battles Against Trump Admin
Just days after Donald Trump’s victory, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) — a vocal Trump critic — called for state lawmakers ...
Election Day Went (Relatively) Smoothly Because States Prepped For Violence Like 2020
Officials across the country spent the four years following 2020 preparing for another deluge of violence and chaos during ...
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Anti-Abortion Officials Continue Deputizing Angry Men To Turn Over Their Partners In New Legal Foray
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Rudy Risks Contempt Finding; Dresses Up To Raise Money For Legal Defense
Rudy Giuliani is hard up for cash. He’s staring down a $148 million defamation judgment, and, as his debtors start to collect, is steadily losing access to the material rewards that a lifetime ...
Billy Long, Trump’s Nominee To Lead The IRS, Touts A Credential That Tax Experts Say Is Dubious
The former representative from Missouri, who once pushed to abolish the IRS, has marketed himself as a certified tax and ...
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The Musk Who Stole Christmas
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A North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate’s Bid To Overturn His Loss Is Based On Theory Election Deniers Deemed Extreme
Republican Jefferson Griffin narrowly lost his race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Now he’s asking that 60,000 ballots be thrown out based on a theory that an election denier said amounted to ...
Ethics Committee Finds ‘Substantial Evidence’ That Gaetz Committed ‘Statutory Rape’
The committee released its report Monday, stating that it had found “substantial evidence” that Gaetz violated House rules ...
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
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Violent or Nonviolent? January 6ers Try to Parse Trump Pardon Remarks
January 6 defendants and attorneys have caught on to a shift in Donald Trump’s statements about a pardon in recent weeks: ...
Judge Shuts Down Trump’s Latest Attempt To Skate On Hush Money Conviction
Judge Merchan eviscerated Trump’s arguments and ruled in such a way that makes Trump’s expected appeal quite a bit more ...