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Steve Bannon, longtime alley of former President Donald Trump, has ceased communications with his team of attorneys in an attempt to delay his upcoming trial in New York State, according to the Daily Beast.

In his most recent court appearance, University of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger was visibly covered in cuts to his face, raising eyebrows.

Newly seated Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., worked for finance company Harbor City Capital which — before it shut down amid scandal — the Securities Exchange Commission described as a "classic Ponzi scheme." And, according to court-appointed lawyers now investigating the former company's assets, Santos received income from that company in April 2021 — at least a month longer than he claimed in his campaign filings and disclosures.

A Texas man who was harassing migrants near a church ended up being arrested for a warrant regarding family violence, KFOX reports.

During opening arguments at the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial, prosecutors zeroed in on messages that members of the gang sent to one another in the wake of the deadly riots at the United States Capitol building on January 6th, 2021.

Classified documents from the time President Joe Biden was vice president have now been discovered at one of his private offices and his garage in Wilmington, igniting a political crisis that many say undermines investigation targeting former President Donald Trump, who was found to be hoarding classified information at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Antisemitic views have risen sharply among Americans in just three years, according to a new study.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced he is appointing Robert Hur as Special Counsel to investigate the handling of classified documents by President Joe Biden, after a small number of classified documents were found in a locked closet in an office at a think tank in Pennsylvania that Biden used, and later, in the President's Delaware home.

Irish premier Leo Varadkar on Thursday played down hopes of a swift end to wrangling over post-Brexit trading rules in Northern Ireland that has caused lengthy political paralysis in Belfast.

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Biden criticized House Republicans who have taken control of Congress for backing tax measures that he said would benefit the wealthy at the expense of middle class taxpayers, and make inflation worse.

The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Monday night that would slash tens of billions of funding dollars for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The measure is not expected to pass the Senate, where Democrats are the majority, and Biden vowed to veto it even if it did. Читать дальше...

An Alabama mother pulled her son out Louis Pizitz Middle School last Friday after learning that her son was the victim of racist bullying the previous year, WVTM reports.

NBC News is reporting more information about President Joe Biden's cooperation over the documents extends to his aides and former staff from the vice president's office working with the investigators to ensure they have the details about how White House documents ended up at the Penn Biden Center and at the VP's home in Delaware.

Do you experience sleep disturbances during the winter months? If you do, there is a good chance that those disturbances come from seasonal depression. A study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research explores the differing patterns and profiles of these sleep disturbances in hopes to improve future treatments. Seasonal depression is a type of mood disturbance associated with a certain time of year, typically winter. Due to the low light of winter in many places, treatments such as light therapy are utilized for seasonal depression... Читать дальше...

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with its June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, former President Donald Trump reportedly said, in private, that he feared the decision could hurt Republicans in the 2022 midterms. Trump, however, didn’t say that publicly in June 2022, and many of the far-right MAGA candidates he backed campaigned loudly and aggressively against abortion rights.

A new Accountable.US analysis published Wednesday revealed that the 11 new Republicans tapped to serve on the House Financial Services Committee collectively accepted more than $6 million from Wall Street during the 2022 election cycle, leaving them ready to do the "industry's bidding."

By Katharine Jackson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nebraska's former Republican Governor Pete Ricketts is due to become a U.S. senator after being appointed on Thursday to fill the seat left vacant by Republican Senator Ben Sasse.

In an anticipated move, Nebraska's Republican Governor Jim Pillen announced the appointment of his predecessor at the state Capitol on Thursday morning.

Ricketts, 58, served two terms as Nebraska's governor, wrapping up his second term last week.

Twice elected to the U.S. Senate... Читать дальше...

Attorney General Merrick Garland is considering appointing a special counsel to investigate whether President Joe Biden mishandled classified information during his time as a private citizen, Bloomberg reports.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) spoke to Raw Story Thursday about the difference between former President Donald Trump refusing to hand over the 13,000 documents he took when moving to Florida after losing the 2020 election. He said that it contrasts with the revelation that President Joe Biden had White House documents at the Penn Biden Center and docs at home packed up as part of his information from his time in the White House. Schiff said that if Biden had withheld information it would have been different. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) spoke to Raw Story on Thursday about information the Washington Post reported this week about the lawyers paid for by Donald Trump to represent those who were called before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Congress.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) took time out of his congressional responsibilities to host Steve Bannon's War Room program.

Donald Trump raged against special counsel Jack Smith and President Joe Biden in a series of Thursday morning posts on his Truth Social website.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A series of atmospheric river storms since Christmas has significantly reduced California’s drought, the federal government concluded Thursday. For the first time in more than two years — since Dec. 1, 2020 — the majority of the state is no longer in a severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly report put out by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Overall, 46% of California’s land area remains in severe drought... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden clashed with Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy on Thursday after the White House said that "a small number" of classified documents had been found at Biden's private residence in Wilmington, Delaware.

Researchers recently found that musicians who are less anxious tend to experience more states of flow while playing music and those who experienced more flow scored higher on emotional intelligence. Their study has been published in PLOS One. Flow is described as a state of optimal experience that is associated with high levels of performance, increased attention, and feelings of happiness. Musicians often experience states of flow, especially musicians involved in improvisation. However, musicians also tend to experience anxiety more often... Читать дальше...

The White House said Thursday "a small number" of classified documents had been found at Joe Biden's private residence in Wilmington, Delaware, dating to the Obama-Biden administration.