Donald Trump really, really doesn’t want the House committee investigating Jan. 6 to get ahold of White House documents about his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election. Late Monday night, the former president filed an emergency request to block the National Archives from sending the material to the committee on …
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More legal trouble for Donald Trump. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the Westchester County district attorney’s office has subpoenaed tax records from both Trump National Golf Club Westchester and Ossining, the town that sets its property taxes. The Times notes that District Attorney Mimi Rocah is likely …
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The Department of Justice on Monday asked the Supreme Court to suspend the Texas law banning abortion after six weeks, arguing that if the law is allowed to stand it would set a precedent for states to essentially override any other decision made by the court. In the filing, U.S. …
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UPDATE: January 6th Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) announced on Thursday that the committee will meet Tuesday, October 19th, to vote on a criminal contempt referral for Steve Bannon, the former Trump adviser who has defied a subpoena to appear before the committee. “Mr. Bannon has declined to cooperate …
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The Republican Party has turned into “an autocratic cult around Donald Trump” that only cares about “maintenance of their power,” House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said. On Sunday, Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan asked Schiff about Democrats trying to pass legislation “only on party lines.” “It once …
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It’s been seven years since Eric Garner was killed during a police stop on Staten Island. Video of Garner’s death in a chokehold ignited protests, but yielded few consequences: Officer Daniel Pantaleo faced no criminal charges, and it would be five years before he was fired from the NYPD. But …
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In the eight days since Category 4 Hurricane Ida roared through her home and community in St. James Parish, Louisiana, 69-year-old Sharon Lavigne has watched crude oil spill out of a holding tank, seen flares shoot fire out of a petrochemical plant, and smelled a foul chemical stench from a …
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On August 3rd, with the Delta variant surging, President Joe Biden‘s administration issued a new 60-day moratorium on evictions in parts of the country with high levels of coronavirus transmission. The Centers for Disease Control determined that stopping people from being kicked out of their homes was essential to protecting …
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A man with a white scarf wrapped tightly around his face strides across a footbridge holding a pistol by his side. An Afghan journalist, sobbing on a friend’s shoulder, says, “They betrayed us.” Passers-by gather around the body of a motorcyclist lying by the side of the road; too much …
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President Trump tried to pressure the Justice Department to declare the election “corrupt,” telling the agency to “leave the rest to me,” according to handwritten notes taken by then-deputy attorney general Richard Donoghue during a phone call with the president. The notes were made public by the House Oversight Committee …
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