Trump-Hired Software Firm Subpoenaed by Special Counsel

A software firm the Trump campaign hired in 2020 to look into “crazy claims of fraud” has been subpoenaed by Special Counsel Jack Smith, ABC News reported Friday. Simpatico Software Systems founder Ken Block said he’d been subpoenaed to turn over documents related to his work with the former President’s 2020 reelection campaign. Simpatico was the […]

Russian Strikes Kill Civilians Hundreds of Miles from Ukrainian Front Line

Russia fired a series of missiles and two explosive drones, killing numerous civilians overnight Thursday in an apartment building in the central Ukraine city of Uman, hundreds of miles from any active front line. The death toll in Uman was rising toward nearly two dozen just before noon ET Friday, but could rise higher as […]

Senate GOP Votes to Block Equal Rights Amendment

A measure that would have allowed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to be added to the Constitution failed Thursday to exceed a Senate filibuster vote. Senators voted 51-48 to invoke cloture on the motion, with only Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine voting alongside every Democrat in support of the […]

New Review of Kavanaugh’s Senate Hearing Report Raising Questions

New questions are being raised about the nearly six-year-old Senate report on allegations of sexual assault levied against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ahead of his Senate confirmation. The Guardian newspaper was first to reveal that the 28-page report that came out as a result of the 2018 Senate investigation—which had found “no evidence” to […]

New Abortion Restrictions Fail to Pass in Two GOP-led States

Bills to severely restrict abortion each failed by one vote in both South Carolina and Nebraska—two states with Republican-majority legislatures. In South Carolina HB 5399 originally started out as a total ban on abortion at the moment of conception with no exceptions for rape or incest. It failed for a third time by a 22-21 […]

Pence Testifies Before Special Counsel Grand Jury

Former Vice President Pence testified Thursday before the federal grand jury that’s been convened in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of former President Trump’s role in the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection and attempt to overturn the 2020 President election. Pence testified less than 24 hours after a judge blocked Trump’s appeal to block his […]

Senate Presses Chief Justice for Ethics Details

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) said on Thursday he requested that Chief Justice John Roberts provide details about the Supreme Court’s ethics practices. Durbin’s request came two days after Roberts told the Senator that he would “respectfully decline” an offer to testify before the Judiciary Committee on May 2. Instead, Roberts offered a […]

U.S. Imposes Russian & Iranian Sanctions over Detained Americans

The Biden Administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) over unjustly detained Americans. It’s the first rollout of new sanctions that were established by Biden last year to be imposed against those wrongly holding Americans captive. However, the latest sanctions are largely symbolic as […]

Jamie Raskin Says Cancer is in Remission

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said in a statement Thursday that his cancer was in remission after he completed a course of chemotherapy. Raskin announced in late December that he had been diagnosed with Lymphoma. He said at the time that he was getting ready to start chemo treatment on an outpatient basis at MedStar Georgetown […]

Judge Warns Trump Attorney Amid Carroll Cross-Exam

Former President Trump’s attorney questioned plaintiff E. Jean Carroll during cross examination Thursday in a New York City courtroom where she’s suing Trump for rape and defamation. He also responded to warnings from the judge about his client’s behavior outside the courtroom. Attorney Joseph Tacopina began his cross-exam in Manhattan federal court by asserting that […]

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