Mark Meadows Is a Warning About a Second Trump Term  —  On Monday, Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff, testified in an effort to move the Georgia racketeering case against his former boss Donald Trump and co-defendants to federal court.  On the stand, he said that he believed …

Trump Inflated Property Values by Up to $2.2 Billion, New York A.G. Says  —  Letitia James, the attorney general, asked a judge to find, without a trial, that the former president had fraudulently overvalued his assets.  —  Before Donald J. Trump was indicted four times over …

45 New Victims Allegedly ID'd in Leaked Chats From Andrew Tate's ‘War Room’  —  Paying members allegedly discussed chilling techniques to abuse and groom women into sex work.  —  Members of influencer Andrew Tate's “War Room” group discussed techniques for how to groom women …

Rudy Giuliani Literally Can't Afford to Be Defaming People  —  Rudy Giuliani can't even afford to lie about random people anymore.  —  A federal judge in Georgia ordered Giuliani on Wednesday to forfeit a defamation suit filed by two poll workers, whom he falsely claimed had tampered with ballots after the 2020 election.

McConnell quickly convenes with allies after second public freeze  —  Some senators were already seeking more information about McConnell's status Wednesday afternoon, according to one person familiar with the dynamics.  —  Mitch McConnell's latest health scare guarantees Republican senators …

Alabama attorney general says he has right to prosecute people who facilitate travel for out-of-state abortions  —  Alabama's Republican attorney general said in a court filing that he has the right to prosecute people who make travel arrangements for pregnant women to have out-of-state abortions.

Former North Shore Pizzeria Owner Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for COVID Fraud  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts  —  Defendant purchased alpaca farm using fraudulently obtained pandemic relief funds  —  BOSTON - A former North Shore resident …

Feinstein is a silent character in her sad and messy final chapter  —  Feinstein's daughter battles her stepsisters over the senator's share of a fortune that exceeds an estimated $1 billion.  Daughter's role scrutinized by trustees in new legal motion.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A beach house in an exclusive neighborhood.

Clarence Thomas officially discloses private trips on GOP donor Harlan Crow's plane  —  Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed Thursday that Republican megadonor Harlan Crow paid for private jet trips for Thomas in 2022 to attend a speech in Texas and a vacation at Crow's luxurious New York estate …

RNC Members Acknowledge Their Fundraising Is ‘in the Toilet’  —  The Republican National Committee is having some serious money problems. … Pay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding.  Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.

Top North Carolina judge faces potential sanctions for talking about racial discrimination  —  North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls is being threatened with sanctions for criticizing the court's approach to racial and gender discrimination.  Earls, the only Black woman on the court …

Vivek Ramaswamy, Political Performance Artist  —  He has no government experience, but plenty of conspiratorial demagoguery to sell.  —  A particularly low point of last week's GOP presidential debate came at around the 39-minute mark, when an unusually glib, shallow, overbearing …

Poll shows Matt Rosendale up big over NRSC-backed Tim Sheehy  —  The Scoop  —  National Republicans may have a problem on their hands in Montana.  While the NRSC is backing 37-year old veteran Tim Sheehy for Senate, Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale would start with a sizable lead if he entered the race …

Liberals raise alarms, calling on Biden to sharpen reelection pitch  —  Left-leaning Democrats have backed the president, but some worry his second-term agenda lacks ambition  —  President Biden notched an array of early endorsements from progressive groups.  He has won the support of top liberals in Congress for his campaign.

A Texas judge has declared unconstitutional a law championed by Gov. Greg Abbott that limits the power of Democrat-led cities  — A Texas judge declared a law that prevented cities from passing some local ordinances unconstitutional.  — The law, championed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott …

Americans are getting wise to Joe Biden's corruption — despite his media gatekeepers  —  Almost half the country thinks Joe Biden is corrupt, according to a new YouGov poll.  —  While most Democrats are being ostriches, even 52% of independents don't believe the “Honest Joe” malarkey about the “poorest man in Congress” anymore.

HUD releases new aid for low-income families to keep up with rising rents  —  The Department of Housing and Urban Development said that fair market rents for fiscal year 2024 will rise about 12 % nationwide and that the department has increased funding for housing choice vouchers.

Biden administration announces $450M in funding to beat overdose epidemic  —  The Biden administration announced more than $450 million in new funding to combat the overdose epidemic with the goal to reduce deaths, support recovery efforts and invest in information campaigns that target young people.

New Video Shows Prigozhin Dismiss ‘Liquidation’ Talk Days Before Crash  —  “For those discussing whether or not I'm alive... Everything is fine,” the mercenary boss said.  —  Russia's dead mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin filmed a video reassuring supporters that he hadn't been “liquidated” …