Liz Cheney Goes After House Speaker Mike Johnson For Threatening Elections

In a recent interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming characterized the path taken by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson as a threat to the functioning of democracy....

Democrat Berates GOP For Acting Like They’re Protecting Women While Also Backing Trump

In a recent Congressional hearing, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) characterized House Republicans as essentially hypocrites on the issue of protecting women. She was speaking during GOP-led proceedings that had been called with an eye...

State GOP Chairman Indicted For Involvement In Trump’s Elector Schemes

The chairman of the state Republican Party of Nevada -- a man named Michael McDonald -- is among six individuals who have been criminally charged in a case originating with Nevada's attorney general for...

Judge Chutkan Informs Trump The First Amendment Doesn’t Shield Him

Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan recently issued a comprehensive rejection of a range of arguments by former President Donald Trump challenging his criminal case on allegations of attempted election subversion. The judge's decision includes a...

Obamacare Soars Past Donald Trump In Latest Polling, Rebuking The GOP

Recent polling from Morning Consult shows Obamacare -- as the landmark health care law the Affordable Care Act is popularly known -- significantly ahead of Trump himself! Donald Trump, the ex-president-turned-continued GOP front-runner in the...

Way More Americans Trust Democrats Over Republicans On Health Care

Heading into the 2024 elections, survey data from Morning Consult shows a substantial advantage for Democrats on the question of trust among Americans to handle health care. A full 46 percent picked Joe Biden...

Jack Smith Goes After Trump For Attacking Swing State Election Workers

In the federal criminal case accusing former President Donald Trump of multiple election-related conspiracies, prosecutors led by Special Counsel Jack Smith are using his attacks on ex-Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. The...

Jack Smith Is Using Trump Telling The Proud Boys To ‘Stand Back & Stand...

A new filing from federal authorities in the criminal case against Donald Trump alleging attempted election subversion indicates the prosecuting team, led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, is using against him the 2020 comments...

Senate Finally Approves 400+ Military Nominees After Tuberville Concedes

Well, Tommy Tuberville -- the former football coach-turned-Senator from Alabama -- gave up. The Republican had been blocking the orderly approval of what eventually became hundreds of military nominees up for consideration by the Senate...

Jack Smith Implicates Trump In Encouragement Of ‘Rioting’ In Evidence Reveal

In a startling, new filing from federal prosecutors, which is partially redacted in the form currently available to the public, it's revealed that Special Counsel Jack Smith's team evidently possesses evidence that an employee...

Liz Cheney Condemns Donald Trump As ‘Completely Unfit’ To Hold Office

Former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming, pushed from office after she expressed consistent opposition to Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election, continues sounding the rhetorical alarm. In a new interview with MSNBC's...

National Security Official Deems MAGA Aligned With Putin On Key Issue

Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to President Joe Biden, argued in a briefing this week at the White House that members in Congress who vote against proposed funding for assistance to Ukraine are effectively...

Judge Chutkan Tells Trump The Constitution Doesn’t Protect Him From Jack Smith’s Prosecution

In a recent ruling, federal Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected a series of claims from former President Donald Trump challenging his federal indictment originating with Special Counsel Jack Smith, who accused him of a series...

Judge Chutkan Tells Trump He Is Not A King Amid Jack Smith’s Charges

In her recent rejection of some of Donald Trump's attempts to evade criminal charges that were filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith on allegations of attempted election interference after the 2020 race, federal Judge...

Liz Cheney Suggests GOP’s Jim Jordan Needs A Criminal Defense Lawyer

Former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming suggests Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who in this Congress leads the House Judiciary Committee and a subcommittee on the so-called "weaponization" of government, has a need for...

N.Y. Court Deals Trump A Major Defeat Amid Letitia James’ Business Fraud Case

Journalist Stewart Bishop with Law360 shared online this Monday afternoon that an appeals court judge in New York had denied a request originating with Trump's team for a quicker appeals process around the gag...

Adam Schiff Goes After Mike Johnson For Helping Try To Overturn The 2020 Election

In an interview for MSNBC, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) accused leading Republicans in elected office of having essentially abandoned their oaths in service of the political ambitions of Donald Trump. The party elevated election...

Gas Mask-Wearing Jan. 6 Participant Found Guilty Of Multiple Felonies

Criminal convictions keep coming for participants in the attack on the Capitol in early 2021 spurred by the lies that Donald Trump and others had been telling about the then-recently concluded 2020 presidential election. Virginia...

Federal Judge Gives Ruby Freeman A Big Win In Her Lawsuit Against Rudy Giuliani

Federal Judge Beryl Howell has rejected an attempt by longtime Trump ally Rudy Giuliani to get out of going to trial before a jury in the lawsuit brought by former Georgia election workers Ruby...

Jen Psaki Warns That Journalists Need Protection Against Trump’s Authoritarian Threats

During a segment on her MSNBC show this weekend, former Biden administration official-turned-host Jen Psaki sounded an alarm about potential ramifications of the path that Donald Trump is envisioning for the potential second term...

GOP Lawmaker Reveals Potential Circumstances Leading To Matt Gaetz’s Removal From Congress

Could the next member of Congress to be expelled be Florida Republican Matt Gaetz? Actually taking that step would require action against him by a bipartisan coalition... but such a coalition just formed to...