Latest Headlines: What We’ve Been Watching
In case you missed ’em—here are some of the stories making headlines this week. Special Master Presses Trump Team on Documents Judge Raymond Dearie, named an independent arbiter, or “special master,” to review the 11,000 documents confiscated by the FBI in its August 8 search warrant upon Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s country club residence, said in […]
Political Pivoting: Will Hard-right Candidates Shift to the Center?
With less than 50 days left before the November 8 midterm election, the primary season is officially over. Historically, candidates who leaned far to the left or right in order to turn out the base during the Democratic or Republican party’s primary election spend this time moving their campaign closer to the center in order […]
News Recap: They Said it on Sunday
In case you missed ’em—here’s what the newsmakers said on the Sunday morning talk shows. The Migrant Crisis: A Tale of Two Mayors Oscar Leeser, the Mayor of El Paso, Texas, which is dealing with an inflow of upwards of 1,300 to 2,000 migrants a day, told ABC’s This Week that probably 80% are currently […]
A Partisan Push for Poll Watchers Ahead of Midterms
The Republican Party has been boasting about its push to recruit thousands of poll watchers ahead of the 2022 midterms. While there have been no reports of equivalent claims on the Democratic side, experts say poll watchers in and of themselves are not cause for worry—they are, in fact, an essential part of the election […]
Latest Headlines: What We’ve Been Watching
In case you missed ’em—here are some of the stories making headlines this week. Trump Pick Named Special Master in Mar-a-Lago Probe U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon appointed Judge Raymond Dearie, who was on the Trump legal team’s list of candidates, to serve as Special Master to review the documents taken when the FBI conducted its […]
Kharkiv Victory May Be Consequential Turning Point in Ukraine War
As the war in Ukraine marked 200 days Sunday, the Ukrainian military enjoyed its most consequential victory over its Russian invaders. With a surprise offensive in the Kharkiv Oblast, the Ukrainians have now taken back more territory in roughly one week than the Russians had taken since April. It’s a move that sent the Russians […]
Lawmakers Urge Credit Card Companies to Flag Gun Sales
Recognizing that some of the most notorious mass shooters funded their massacres with credit cards, lawmakers are turning to credit card companies to reclassify the merchant codes for gun sales and ammunition purchases as something other than “sporting goods” or “retail.” Lawmakers, Others Want a Stand-out Merchant Code for Gun Sales On September 1, Senators […]
Upcoming Supreme Court Case Could Impact 2024 Presidential Election
The U.S. Supreme Court ended its historic 2021-2022 term announcing several cases for the next term that are sure to put its Conservative super-majority’s influence to the test.
What to Expect from the January 6th Hearings Reboot
January 6th Committee members this week began teasing sneak peeks into what the public can expect when the House panel reboots its televised hearings on the attack on the U.S. Capitol. There’s still no exact date for the next hearing, but Committee member Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), said she expects at least one televised hearing […]
New DOJ Filing Raises Security Red Flags and Legal Challenges
A new DOJ filing reveals that Donald Trump held onto more than twice as many classified documents as those his lawyers had turned over in June, and that the documents were likely concealed or mishandled in compromising ways in the former President’s residence. The search warrant and other DOJ filings regarding the government documents at […]
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