AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar6 hours agoThe Floor Action Response Team did not take its acronym into considerationverified_publisherSalon - By Kelly McClureTo break up the monotony of an otherwise average Thursday, amid ongoing news coverage of the former president's third day of his criminal trial, the House Freedom Caucus has revived a team of conservative lawmakers. Their objective, as described by Politico, is to "take shifts monitoring the …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar8 hours agoAll 12 jurors seated for Trump's hush-money trial after he's called out for his "disrespect"verified_publisherSalon - By Kelly McClureAfter three days, all 12 jurors have been seated for Donald Trump’s hush-money trial — seven men and five women — in addition to one alternate, following a shakeup that occurred after two potential jurors were dismissed earlier in the day. According to a report from Axios, one juror was excused …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar10 hours ago"Trump testifying would likely be a gift": Legal experts say DA "has boxed Trump in" at trialverified_publisherSalon - By Tatyana TandanpolieProsecutors in New York plan to question former President Donald Trump about his recent spate of high-profile courtroom losses to challenge his credibility should he take the stand in his hush-money trial, a filing publicly released Wednesday indicates. The list of the former president's misconduct, …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar11 hours agoGOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Some Republicans "want Russia to win so badly" they may oust Speaker Johnsonverified_publisherSalon - By Charles R. DavisHouse Speaker Mike Johnson's, R-La., decision to hold a long-delayed vote on aid for Ukraine could cost him his job because some of his fellow Republicans would much prefer the government in Moscow to the one in Kyiv, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, said Thursday. In February, the U.S. Senate passed a …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar14 hours agoTrump juror quits over fear of being outed after Fox News host says she should scare Trumpverified_publisherSalon - By Charles R. DavisBy the end of Tuesday, seven jurors had been selected to determine whether Donald Trump should be the first president ever convicted of a crime. By Thursday morning, when the Manhattan trial resumed, there were just six. According to Judge Juan Merchan, the juror was excused after later expressing …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar15 hours ago"Oh, it's daddy": George Conway overheard Trump's call to Ivanka revealing fears about affair claimsverified_publisherSalon - By Charles R. DavisWhen former Playboy model Karen McDougal went public about her alleged affair with former President Donald Trump, she claimed that the Republican candidate compared her to his daughter, Ivanka. "He said I was beautiful like her," McDougal recalled in a 2018 interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper. While …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar15 hours ago5 years after Mueller report into pro-Trump Russian meddling, legal scholars still have questionsverified_publisherSalon - By Howard ManlyIn the long list of Donald Trump’s legal woes, the Mueller report – which was released in redacted form on April 18, 2019 – appears all but forgotten. But the nearly two-year investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election dominated headlines – and revealed …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar15 hours agoMarjorie Taylor Greene's Israel aid amendment calls for "space lasers" at the borderverified_publisherSalon - By Charles R. DavisRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is going off about Jewish "space lasers" again, but this time she's suggesting they could be used against immigrants, making them a good thing. In a Wednesday night post on social media, Greene said she is offering an amendment to pending Israel aid package that would …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar16 hours ago"He's in for a rude awakening": Experts say Trump daring judge with "clear violation" of gag orderverified_publisherSalon - By Charles R. DavisDonald Trump is trying to be cute. Subject to a gag order that prohibits him from launching broadsides against prospective jurors, the former president took to the failing social network that he owns to – yes, you already know – attack prospective jurors. Quoting Fox News anchor Jesse Waters, Trump …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar17 hours agoFear and Loathing on the Trump trailverified_publisherSalon - By Brian KaremWhen the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. — Hunter S. Thompson In my mind, I was traveling through the hot, dry landscape of Nevada and headed toward the mecca of debauchery and decadence: Las Vegas. The Trump Tower shimmered in the distance like a mean-spirited heathen God of diseased greed; …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar18 hours agoBlinken sitting on staff recommendations to sanction Israeli military units linked to killings, rapeverified_publisherSalon - By Brett MurphyProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. A special State Department panel recommended months ago that Secretary of State Antony Blinken disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar20 hours ago"You can go three hours that way": Kari Lake and Arizona GOP can't decide if abortion is bad or notverified_publisherSalon - By Amanda MarcotteAbortion is supposedly an act so evil that it's tantamount to murder — yet it's somehow less wicked if someone takes a road trip before doing it. That appears to be the bizarre opinion of Kari Lake, failed gubernatorial candidate turned current Republican Senate candidate in Arizona. At a Tuesday …