Trump's Florida case timeline may need to be pushed back, Cannon says  —  FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's indictment for allegedly mishandling national security secrets suggested at a hearing Wednesday that she might push back the planned trial timeline …

Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad: We Will Repeat The October 7 Attack, Time And Again, Until Israel Is Annihilated; We Are Victims - Everything We Do Is Justified  —  Ghazi Hamad of the Hamas political bureau said in an October 24, 2023 show on LBC TV (Lebanon) that Hamas is prepared to repeat the October 7 …

Does New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Have a Bank Account?  —  Speaker Mike Johnson has never listed a bank account on his financial disclosure.  In fact, on his newest disclosure he doesn't list a single asset at all. … Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not have a bank account.

Netanyahu may not last, Biden and aides increasingly believe  —  The Israeli prime minister's political obituary has been written before.  But U.S. officials are already gauging potential successors.  —  Joe Biden and top aides have discussed the likelihood that Benjamin Netanyahu's political days …

As the World Smolders, the New Speaker Trolls Biden  —  It didn't take long for the new House speaker, Mike Johnson, to demonstrate to the world that he will not be a serious partner for American allies or for those who still believe that governing is not a petty little game.

G.O.P.'s Buck Won't Seek Re-Election, Citing His Party's Election Denialism  —  Representative Ken Buck, one of eight Republicans who moved to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, said his split with his party was too wide to remain in the House.  Others are likely to follow.

A Virginia GOP State Rep. Built Her Political Career On A Story That Doesn't Add Up  —  Tara Durant claims an “angry mob” of Black Lives Matter protesters “assaulted” her car in 2020.  Newly obtained police reports suggest something different.  —  LOADING

2024 Presidential Race Stays Static In The Face Of Major Events, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; RFK Jr. Receives 22% As Independent Candidate In 3-Way Race  —  mail_outline  —  Following a month marked by a war breaking out between Israel and Hamas, global tensions ratcheting up …

Speaker Johnson tells Senate GOP he backs Ukraine aid, funding path through Jan. 15  —  “He indicated he's supportive, but the way it's put together in a supplemental needs a lot of work,” said Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) of Ukraine aid.

Largest Christian university in US fined record amount  —  The largest Christian university in the U.S. is facing a record-setting fine from the Department of Education for allegedly deceiving thousands of students about the cost of its doctoral programs.  —  The department announced …

“A kind of Stepford wife”: It's more than a prayer keeping Mike Johnson's wife suddenly out of view  —  The new speaker's Christian right radicalism really comes into view when looking at his marriage  —  When Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was elected Speaker of the House …

American Ornithological Society Will Change the English Names of Bird Species Named After People  —  Scientists Will Establish a New Multidisciplinary Naming Entity and Seek Public Input, Beginning with 70-80 Bird Species in the U.S. and Canada … FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Contact: media@americanornithology.org

Transformed Trump family will take center stage in New York courtroom  —  Once Trump's right hand, daughter Ivanka has stepped back, while Trump sons Eric and Don Jr. defend his business and political legacy  —  Donald Trump had been a pariah on Wall Street for years when a banker …

‘This is outrageous’: Pentagon officials furious over Tuberville holds after top Marine hospitalized  —  “I cannot help but think [that the vacancies have] added a level of complexity and danger to an already bad situation,” one DOD official said.  —  Pentagon officials have been frustrated …

EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Ellis' lawyer talks guilty plea in Fulton Trump case  —  Frank Hogue says deal came together in just days  —  When Fulton County prosecutors huddled with lawyers for Jenna Ellis, they said the former Trump campaign lawyer could resolve her case by pleading guilty to being part …

Republicans Are Rationalizing Cruelty Toward Gaza  —  TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO, when terrorists massacred Americans in the name of Islam, a Republican president responded with care and clarity.  George W. Bush rejected al Qaeda's attempt to pit Muslims against the United States.

Who is Patrick Dai, Cornell student accused of threatening Jewish peers?  —  The Cornell University student accused of making violent threats against his Jewish peers is a 21-year-old engineering student who suffers from such “severe depression” that his mother worried he was on the brink of suicide just moments before his arrest.

Liz Cheney on the New Speaker, Ukraine and Israel, and Much More  —  Dear Readers: Center for Politics Professor of Practice Liz Cheney sat down with Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato and other members of our team this week for an exclusive discussion on our “Politics is Everything” …