North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum spoke before a large crowd of Donald Trump supporters Saturday in the latest sign that the competition to be the former president’s running mate is heating up among vice presidential hopefuls. Burgum, who was among Trump’s opponents in the Republican primary before dropping out, praised the presumptive nominee and bashed […]
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Saturday warned that support for freedom of speech is “declining dangerously,” especially on college campuses, as part of a commencement address he delivered at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic college in Ohio. His remarks appeared to reference unrest at various college campuses around the country arising […]
Independent candidate for president Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has changed his stance on abortion once again, saying that he supports abortion up until a certain point rather than at full term. Following pressure from campaign staff, Kennedy announced late Friday that he was walking back his stance of supporting “full-term abortions” in a statement released […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Democratic voters in Maryland’s state capital and affluent suburbs south and west of Baltimore have a tough decision when choosing their likely next member of Congress on Tuesday. They can elect a former police officer launched to national stardom after defending the Capitol during the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, riot, or one […]
SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden is shoring up his support among tech industry Democrats, some of whom are setting aside their reluctance about a second term to focus instead on preventing a second term for former President Donald Trump. Biden swung through the wealthy enclaves of Northern California on Friday to raise money for […]
Rudy Giuliani was suspended from WABC radio on Friday and had his show canceled, according to station owner John Catsimatidis. Catsimatidis, a billionaire and major GOP donor, told NBC News that Giuliani had been warned twice by station management about his on-air comments questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election on his daily talk show, […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Friday that U.S. history shows court decisions unpopular in their time later can become part of the “fabric of American constitutional law.” Kavanaugh spoke Friday at a conference attended by judges, attorneys and other court personnel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Texas, […]
FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness” and “lies” over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a “hideous place.” Thomas spoke at a conference attended by judges, attorneys and other court personnel in the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, […]
Federal prosecutors are seeking 40 years in prison for the man convicted of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to a Friday court filing. “The violent lessons that the defendant wanted to teach are not permitted in this country, and the sentence that this Court imposes must reflect the […]
France’s government is disputing a portion of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s book that describes a canceled meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. The book, which has already had a passage removed over unverified claims of the Republican governor meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, says a planned meet-up between Noem and Macron last […]
