Senate Republicans on Wednesday cleared the first procedural step toward confirming a large bloc of President Donald Trump’s nominees, setting up a later vote on 97 picks and marking the third time since September that the GOP has advanced a package of nominations after revising Senate confirmation procedures. The move positions the Senate for a […]
President Trump on Thursday issued a full pardon to former Mesa County, Colorado clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted in August 2024 on multiple state charges related to election interference. “Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the ‘crime’ of demanding Honest Elections,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Today I am granting Tina a […]
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) on Thursday sharply criticized a bloc of Republican state senators who joined Democrats to defeat a GOP-backed redistricting proposal—an effort supported by President Donald Trump. Braun said he will actively assist Trump in backing primary challengers against lawmakers who, in his view, sided against fairer maps and against the interests […]
The Pulitzer Prize Board escalated its legal battle with President Donald Trump on Thursday, filing a discovery request in Trump’s 2022 defamation lawsuit and declaring it will “not be cowed by the president’s attempt to intimidate journalists or undermine the First Amendment.” Trump sued the Board after it awarded the 2018 National Reporting Pulitzer Prize to The […]
Rap superstar Nicki Minaj went on a tirade against California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), accusing him of misaligned priorities and declaring that his political future is over. Minaj made the remarks in multiple posts on X, reacting to comments Newsom made about “wanting to see transgender children.” In one post, the “Super Bass” singer shared […]
