Judge orders Ivanka Trump to testify in $250 million fraud case  —  Judge Arthur Engoron agreed with the AG's office that her testimony is necessary, even though she's no longer a defendant in the case.  —  The judge overseeing the $250 million civil trial against Donald Trump and his company ordered …

Rep. Dean Phillips will challenge Biden in Democratic presidential race: “This is an election about the future”  —  Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota has decided to challenge President Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination and will launch his 2024 campaign on Friday in New Hampshire …

Some of Trump's closest allies have yet to be offered plea deals in Georgia case  —  Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman among those who may have to go to trial, people close to the matter say  —  Donald Trump's top co-defendants charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results …

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Statement on U.S. Military Strikes in Eastern Syria  —  Today, at President Biden's direction, U.S. military forces conducted self-defense strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups.

DeSantis points to ‘liberal, soft on crime policies’ in wake of Maine mass shooting  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) pointed to “liberal, soft on crime” policies in the wake of a mass shooting in Maine that left 18 people dead earlier this week.  —  “[Y]ou look, a lot of the guys who commit violent crime …

Joe Scarborough Delivers Blistering Takedown Of Mike Johnson's Gun Logic  —  “We have more mass shootings in America every year than we have days in the year,” the MSNBC host said.  —  LOADING  —  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) “preposterous” …

US congressman Santos pleads not guilty to new felony charges  —  U.S. Representative George Santos pleaded not guilty on Friday to a 23-count indictment accusing him of an array of corruption, including 10 felony counts that federal prosecutors added this month.

Trump's Vanishing Act: Why Trump Rallies Are Going Extinct  —  Trump has been holding about two rallies per month.  That's way down from his previous campaigns, like in 2016 when he held 323 rallies, or 70 rallies during COVID. … Vanishing Act  —  DERRY, New Hampshire …

Hearings begin as Trump critics attempt to kick him off ballots  —  Lawsuits in Colorado and Minnesota center on the 14th Amendment, which bars those who engage in an insurrection from running for office  —  In two courtrooms 900 miles apart, judges next week will begin to weigh an unprecedented …

Make Mike Johnson Famous  —  If Republicans vote for a medieval insurrectionist, and nobody knows, does it count?  —  I had hoped, without really expecting, that the 20-plus member GOP rebellion against Jim Jordan's efforts to shove himself down their throats would bloom into a greater struggle …

Jenna Ellis's long, strange trip to disgrace  —  In court, she's contrite.  On social media?  Not so much. … On November 19, 2020, Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis stood on the stage at the RNC flanked by Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell and vowed that “an elite strikeforce team” …

Speaker Johnson: US 'can't allow Vladimir Putin to prevail in Ukraine'  —  New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) said a victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine could empower China in comments Thursday.  —  “We can't allow Vladimir Putin to prevail in Ukraine …

A year later, Musk's X is tilting right.  And sinking.  —  The billionaire bought Twitter to revive its business and make it less “woke.”  He has succeeded at only one of those goals.  —  One year after billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, aiming to rid it of a …

Tlaib is the very threat to democracy Democrats warned about  —  For about six years, Democratic politicians and pundits have promoted the phrase “threat to our democracy.”  It was entirely based on constructing a political narrative through fearmongering propaganda meant to brainwash …

‘He Seems to Be Saying His Commitment Is to Minority Rule’  —  A Q&A with historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez on the Christian nationalist ideas that shaped House Speaker Mike Johnson.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson, a Shreveport, Louisiana, native, entered politics after spending …

Trump Jr. Hits RFK Jr. in Iowa: ‘A Democrat Plant’  —  Trump Jr. said that Kennedy should be ‘much more of a threat’ than President Joe Biden  —  Donald Trump Jr., the son of former President Donald Trump, told Iowans while volunteering for his father's 2024 presidential campaign …

Despite Biden's doubts, humanitarian agencies consider Gaza toll reliable  —  U.S. President Joe Biden has cast doubt on casualty figures provided by Palestinian officials in Gaza, but international humanitarian agencies consider them broadly accurate and historically reliable.