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Stashing gold bars at his house has definitely done a number on Sen. Bob Menendez’s chances of winning reelection. New Jersey’s scandal-tarred senior senator trailed fellow Democratic Rep. Andy Kim by an eye-popping 6-to-1 margin in a poll of a potential head-to-head primary matchup released Thursday. Things were even worse for Menendez in a possible three-way race with Kim and First Lady Tammy Murphy, who is also considering a run. The veteran lawmaker scored just 5% support in that race, with Kim beating Murphy by more than 2-1 margin. Читать дальше...

Cornel West is leaving the Green Party to run for president as an independent. “I’m running as an Independent candidate for President of the United States to end the iron grip of the ruling class and ensure true democracy!” the 70-year-old Union Theological Seminary professor declared on social media Thursday, after announcing his candidacy in early June. West, who lists ending poverty and homelessness as priorities on his campaign website, plans to distance himself from “party dynamics” to pursue his 2024 election ambitions. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Nearly two years into Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, jail conditions at Rikers Island and elsewhere in New York City are worse, says a new report by a federal monitor tasked with tracking violence in Department of Correction facilities. Federal monitor Steve Martin and his staff say they are “extremely concerned” about conditions at Rikers Island and other city jails. “The jails remain dangerous and unsafe, characterized by a pervasive, imminent risk of harm to both people in custody and staff,” their report says. Читать дальше...

Watchdog group Campaign for Accountability has filed a complaint against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) with the House Ethics Committee, accusing her of misconduct for soliciting campaign donations from the Capitol grounds.

Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas will take the title for world’s largest cruise ship when it begins sailing from Miami in January, and will hold the title at least until 2025 when its sister ship comes into service. The cruise line announced that ship’s name Thursday going with Star of the Seas, which will begin sailing in summer 2025, although details about the ship and where it will be home ported were not revealed. It’s the second in the line’s new Icon class, which the line said would include... Читать дальше...

Sidney Powell's legal team is going after the Fulton County District Attorney's office, complaining in court Thursday that it's withholding evidence and claiming it's another reason why the case against Donald Trump's co-defendant should be dismissed.

As several Republican United States Representatives seek to be chosen as recently ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) replacement, a group of GOP House members remain in the ex-Speaker's corner, according to an exclusive Axios report.

Two lawyers representing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell have notified the court that they are withdrawing as his attorneys because he can't pay his debts.

Republicans who sided with Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the recent effort to oust him as speaker are focusing part of their anger on Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) after she joined the group of Republican hardliners who opposed him. According to Politico, that decision is now "clouding" her political future.

Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) sent a letter to the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser on Thursday asking that they reexamine Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate to see if the value of the property is as much as Trump has claimed it is. The former president's valuation of his real estate empire is currently at the center of a fraud trial.

Attorneys for Donald Trump have asked U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to dismiss the federal election interference case against him because they say his actions fell within his official presidential duties.

A panel of three federal judges this week redrew Alabama's congressional map, and Cook Political elections analyst Dave Wasserman thinks that Democrats have a reason to celebrate.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) signaled her support for Donald Trump to replace Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker of the House – and celebrated that Congress would become the "House of MAGA!"

U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan on Thursday rejected one of President Donald Trump's expert witnesses in a trial to determine damages after the former president was found liable for defamation of writer E. Jean Carroll.

Donald Trump's continuous attacks on the judge overseeing his New York fraud trial are part of a desperate ploy to escape accountability, according to a report.

After being on the receiving end of a chorus of boos from members of his own party while he was speaking on the House floor, Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz sent out an email asking supporters to send him money.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is preparing to call in some big-name loyalists to former President Donald Trump to testify at the trial of attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell.

Former President Barack Obama once joked in an interview that the question he gets asked the most about his time in the White House is what he learned about UFOs or aliens. Under President Joe Biden's administration, the Pentagon appears to be running the show.

Donald Trump is intrigued by the possibility of serving temporarily as House Speaker – and is reportedly considering a trip to Capitol Hill in the next few days to speak with Republican leaders.

In her new book, "Enough," Cassidy Hutchinson — a former aide to ex-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and one of the key witnesses for the bipartisan January 6 Select Committee in 2022 — looks back on the final weeks of the Trump Administration and her reasons for distancing herself from Trumpworld.

Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign is running into financial difficulties as he has only around $5 million on hand for the remainder of the primary season, Newsweek reported.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders is coming under more scrutiny following revelations that her office paid $19,000 for a podium.

A man was arrested for bringing a gun illegally into the Wisconsin Capitol and demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers – before returning hours later with an assault rifle.

After taking down Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and throwing the U.S. House of Representatives into greater chaos, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is starting to face a fate similar to the now-former and one-term GOP Congressman from North Carolina, Madison Cawthorn.

Donald Trump continued his assault on Judge Arthur Engoron and Attorney General Letitia James in his social media posts Thursday – though he stopped short of crossing the line set by a gag order imposed on him Tuesday which protected only the judge's staff.