Judge hints at delay for Trump's March trial date in federal election case  —  Judge Tanya Chutkan suggested that Trump will get additional time to prepare for trial if appellate courts reject his claims of immunity.  —  The judge overseeing the federal criminal case against Donald Trump …

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DeSantis regrets anti-media strategy: ‘I should have gone on everything’  —  The governor initially appeared only on conservative outlets before changing his strategy.  —  MIAMI — Ron DeSantis wishes he could have a do-over with the media.  —  In an interview Thursday with radio host Hugh Hewitt …

Donald Trump Has Chosen to Pay Millions to Trash Rule of Law  —  I have a standing complaint that reporters serially fall into Donald Trump's trap of reporting on his courtroom tantrums rather than the evidence of his fraud and crime presented therein.  But I'm going to do just that …

Netanyahu says he has told US that he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has informed the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of any postwar scenario.

Justice Department report finds ‘cascading failures’ in response to Uvalde attack  —  A U.S. Justice Department report released Thursday on the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, found “cascading failures” by law enforcement before, during, and after the attack that killed 19 children and two teachers.

House, Senate pass short-term bill averting government shutdown until March  —  Far-right House conservatives were furious over the move, which sends the bill to President Biden to sign into law and keep the government open.  —  Congress on Thursday passed legislation to keep …

Democratic Lawmakers Plan Push To Get Controversial Biden Adviser Out Of Office  —  House Democrats have drafted a letter seeking the resignation of White House aide Brett McGurk, whose Middle East policies are seen as worsening the Gaza crisis.  —  LOADING

Trump will stay on ballot in Washington state  —  A judge in Washington rejected an effort to boot former President Trump off the state's primary and general ballots in a ruling Thursday.  —  Thurston County, Wash., Superior Court Judge Mary Sue Wilson's ruling was in response to a challenge …

Salad and spinach kits sold in 7 states recalled over listeria risk  —  BrightFarms spinach and salad kits sold in seven U.S. states are being recalled because they may be contaminated with listeria, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

No Labels alleges criminal conspiracy against 2024 presidential effort  —  No Labels, the nonpartisan group preparing to run a third-party presidential ticket, has asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether Democratic and Republican strategists are engaged in an …

Introducing the New England DEI Patriots  —  If racism is America's original sin, then Democrats and others on the Left are the biblical Babylonians of the 21st century.  For a group of people who claim to want racism gone, they wickedly do everything possible to make sure it remains alive — or at least the insinuation of it.

Trump leads Biden with independent voters by 11 points: Poll  —  Former President Trump is leading President Biden with independent voters, outpacing the incumbent by 11 points, according to a new poll.  —  In the new Messenger/Harris poll, the former president garnered 46 percent …

Democrat Frost challenges GOP to introduce bill to remove Statue of Liberty  —  Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) challenged his Republican colleagues to introduce a bill that removes the Statue of Liberty because of their stances on immigration at the southern border.

United States of Ozempic: Where anti-obesity drugs are taking off  —  For every 1,000 people in Kentucky, roughly 21 were prescribed a drug that belongs to a buzzy class of diabetes and anti-obesity medications last year — the highest rate of any state, according to insurance claims data provided …