Meadows testifies in Atlanta; March trial date for Trump in D.C.  —  Trump D.C. trial set to begin in March amid GOP primaries and other trial dates  —  U.S. prosecutor says Trump's social media posts show need for quick trial  —  'Let's take the temperature down,' judge says in D.C. hearing

EXCLUSIVE: Eminem sends Vivek Ramaswamy a cease and desist letter demanding he stop rapping his music on the campaign trail  — Rapper Eminem has objected to Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy using his music on the campaign trail, DailyMail.com can exclusively report

Faculty member shot and killed in a campus building, says University of North Carolina official  —  A University of North Carolina faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building, officials said Monday.  A suspect was arrested about an hour and a half after shots were reported …

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro's testimony in contempt case is ‘weak sauce,’ judge says  —  The federal judge overseeing Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress criminal case on Monday called his defense arguments “pretty weak sauce,” injecting last-minute uncertainty into how the former Donald Trump adviser …

GOP silences ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat on House floor for day on ‘out of order’ rule; crowd erupts  —  Republican lawmakers voted Monday to temporarily silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during an already tense House floor session after determining …

Samuel Wurzelbacher, Celebrated as ‘Joe the Plumber,’ Dies at 49  —  For Republicans in 2008, he briefly became a symbol of Middle America when he questioned the presidential candidate Barack Obama in an impromptu televised encounter.  —  Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who briefly became …

The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy's Racist Con Game The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy's Racist Con Game  —  While the emerging GOP star benefits from the right's version of affirmative action, his ugly response to the Jacksonville shootings shows the cost—and constraints—of his strategy.  —  Pocket

Media #MeToo Men Mount Pathetic Comebacks  —  This week, Confider checked on some of the media stars felled during #MeToo and learned that some of them have been trying to mount comebacks—with varying degrees of success. … Summer 2023 has been a busy time for alleged serial sexual harassers hoping …

Pope Francis blasts US Catholics for ‘reactionary’ views  —  Pope Francis criticized the state of the Catholic Church in the United States, calling it “reactionary” in recent comments during a closed-door meeting with members of the Jesuit religious order in Portugal.

A federal hate crime probe is underway after 3 people were killed in a racist rampage in Jacksonville, officials say.  Here's what we know  —  A federal hate crime investigation is underway after a White gunman with a swastika-emblazoned assault rifle killed three Black people at a Dollar General store …

“Fake news”: DeSantis campaign denies Trump claim he might drop out of 2024 race  —  GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign on Monday dismissed former President Trump's suggestion that he had plans to drop out of the 2024 race. … - “Clearly, Donald Trump and his army of consultants …

‘Doing the right thing’ was worth $40 million to this ex-Marine mother of three  —  When Sarah Feinberg left the Corps, she took a job at a prestigious D.C. contractor.  But when she suspected it was overcharging taxpayers $500 million, she became a whistleblower.

Biden is ‘old,’ Trump is ‘corrupt’: AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Old.  Confused.  Corrupt.  Dishonest.  —  Those are among the top terms Americans use when they're asked to describe President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump …

The administration's love letter to unions  —  A new Treasury Department report found unions help to raise wages and benefits for workers and can lead to positive economic “spillover effects.”  —  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen described her agency's report Monday as “the administration's latest action …

OAN Staffers ‘Embarrassed’ by Host's Cringey MAGA Rap Video  —  ‘BIZARRE’ … That cringe-inducing pro-Trump rap video starring multiple One America News hosts has left staffers at the little-watched cable outlet deeply embarrassed, multiple sources told Confider.