October 13, 2023 GOP quickly eyes Trump-backed hardliner Jim Jordan as House speaker but not all Republicans back him WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasingly desperate Republicans convened behind closed doors again Friday as the endless search for a House speaker drags deeper into a second week leaving the GOP majority […]
September 25, 2023 Trump argues First Amendment protects him from ‘insurrection’ cases aimed at keeping him off ballot DENVER (AP) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024 ballot under a rarely used “insurrection” clause of the Constitution should be dismissed […]
September 21, 2023 Attorney General Merrick Garland says “no one” has told him to indict Trump Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress Wednesday that “no one” has told him to indict former President Donald Trump, after Trump claimed in an interview that President Biden told Garland […]
September 9, 2023 The group that won Trump the election in 2016 may win it for him again in 2024 President Joe Biden continues to be plagued by approval ratings well below 50%. Under normal circumstances, that might be worrying for an incumbent heading into his reelection year. But Biden […]
August 26, 2023 Alabama wants to be the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen Alabama is seeking to become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen. The Alabama attorney general’s office on Friday asked the state Supreme Court […]
August 26, 2023 Alabama wants to be the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen Alabama is seeking to become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen. The Alabama attorney general’s office on Friday asked the state Supreme Court […]
July 30, 2023 Facing legal peril, Trump calls on GOP to rally around him as he threatens primary challenges NEW YORK (AP) — At a moment of growing legal peril, Donald Trump ramped up his calls for his GOP rivals to drop out of the 2024 presidential race as he threatened […]
July 19, 2023 Trump’s target letter suggests the sprawling US probe into the 2020 election is zeroing in on him WASHINGTON (AP) — A target letter sent to Donald Trump suggests that a sprawling Justice Department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election is zeroing in on him after more than […]