Supreme Court Rejects “Independent State Legislature Theory” as Overly Broad
By a vote of 6-3 on Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected the controversial “independent state legislature theory” in the case of Moore v Harper. The theory, advanced by the state of North Carolina, asserts that a state’s legislators have sole authority over its elections, to the exclusion of its governor—or its courts. Had the Supreme […]
FBI and Homeland Security Brushed Off “Massive Amount” of Intel Before January 6: Senate Report
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) downplayed or ignored a “massive amount of intelligence” ahead of the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. That’s according Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. A new report from the committee details how the government […]
FSB Officially Drops Charges Against Prigozhin
Russia’s Federal Security Service, FSB, said Tuesday that it was dropping charges and closing its criminal investigation into the brief uprising of Russian mercenary Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. Despite a deal struck Saturday by Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko that Prigozhin’s mercenaries would receive immunity, and that charges brought against Prigozhin himself would be dropped if they […]
Audio of Trump Discussing Classified Documents is Leaked
CNN Monday night obtained an audio recording of a 2021 meeting at Trump’s residence in Bedminster, New Jersey where he discusses holding documents that he did not declassify. CNN was first to report on a transcript of the audio, which can be heard here, back in May, saying at the time that federal prosecutors had […]
Several Secret Service Agents Testify Before January 6 Grand Jury: Report
Roughly a half-dozen Secret Service agents have testified before a federal grand jury about the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, NBC News reported Monday, citing sources familiar with their testimony. Sources said they had appeared in compliance with subpoenas. It’s unknown what each agents’ proximity was to former President Trump on […]
Putin Speaks Out Post Prigozhin-led Rebellion
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed his nation Monday evening for the first time since Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a two-day uprising against the Kremlin. “There has been a firm support of the constitutional order by all the leading parties, virtually the entirety of Russian society,” Putin insisted, adding that all of those […]
U.S. Distances Itself from Wagner Group’s Rebellion in Russia
The Biden Administration on Monday insisted that neither the U.S. nor its allies had any hand in Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s brief uprising against the Kremlin. “We gave [Russian President Vladimir] Putin no excuse to blame this on the West or to blame this on NATO,” Biden said Monday from the White House’s […]
Republican Senators Urge Chief Justice Roberts to Adopt Supreme Court Code of Ethics
Republican Senate leaders are urging Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to adopt a code of ethics—like virtually every other court in the U.S. The urging comes from Republicans who don’t support legislative measures from Senate Democrats to write up a code of ethics for the Supreme Court. Amid reports that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito […]
Supreme Court Drops Case over Trump Hotel Documents
The Supreme Court on Monday dropped a case brought by House Democrats to obtain federal information about former President Trump’s lease of a Washington DC building he used as a hotel. Last month, the Supreme Court said it would take up the Democrats’ years-old legal bid; however, House lawmakers—now under Republican-majority control—are apparently no longer […]
Prigozhin Releases New Message Saying “We Were on The March of Justice”
Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin resurfaced on Monday for the first time since launching a brief uprising against the Kremlin, posting an 11-minute voice recording to social media. “We showed no aggression, but we were hit by missiles and helicopters. This was the trigger,” Prigozhin said in the audio recording. In a portion of the […]
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