Donald Trump storms out of closing arguments in E Jean Carroll trial  —  The former president continued to attack the woman suing him for defamation after his testimony on Thursday  —  Why is Donald Trump back in court against E. Jean Carroll?  —  Roughly 20 minutes after walking into the courtroom …

Protest Convoy Headed to Southern Border Is Calling Itself an ‘Army of God’  —  Experts say that the Christian nationalist rhetoric adds a dangerous dimension to the standoff between Texas and the Federal Government.  —  A trucker convoy of “patriots” is heading to the U.S. border with Mexico next week …

Trump's border power play is a push for civil war  —  Donald Trump wants Congress to refuse to do any deal until he can win and create the “PERFECT” border  —  Donald Trump is having a rolling hissy fit that's escalating by the day.  From courtrooms to rallies to incoherent interviews …

API on LNG Permit Pause: A ‘Win for Russia’ and ‘Broken Promise to U.S. Allies’  —  The American Petroleum Institute (API) today released the following statement from President and CEO Mike Sommers on the Biden administration's announcement to pause approvals of new LNG export facilities …

Biden needles Trump in hopes of pushing him off message  —  Three words from Joe Biden's somber speech about Donald Trump had one man in the back of Charleston's Mother Emanuel AME Church the most excited: “He's a loser.”  —  The man, cracking up, poked the woman next to him with a “Can you believe it?” expression on his face.

U.S. pauses funding to UNRWA after 12 staffers accused of involvement in Oct. 7 attack … - State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the U.S. is “extremely troubled by the allegations” and the administration has “temporarily paused additional funding for UNRWA while we review …

Mainstream media bloodbath: News outlets slash jobs as business suffers  —  Nearly a dozen mainstream media companies are gutting staff and scrambling to rescue their struggling businesses. … But an ongoing bloodbath is decimating news outlets nationwide.

Ex-coal CEO who called himself ‘Trumpier than Trump’ launches Democratic Senate bid in West Virginia  —  A former CEO of a coal company who once said he is “Trumpier than Trump” has launched a bid for Senate as a Democrat in West Virginia.  —  Don Blankenship, who previously ran …

DOJ accuses Andrew Cuomo of sexually harassing 13 women  —  The former governor's lawyer says he was never interviewed.  —  ALBANY, New York — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 13 women who worked for the state over the course of an eight-year period …

Missouri GOP Lawmaker Floats Rule Change to Bring Back Duels  —  A senator could challenge another to mortal combat if the first's “honor is impugned.”  —  Bitter divisions between Republicans in the Missouri Senate culminated in a proposed rule change that would allow senators to settle …

Speaker Johnson: Senate border deal ‘dead on arrival’ in House  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a Friday letter to his colleagues that Senate legislation addressing the border and aid to Ukraine and other countries would have been “dead on arrival” in the House, if reports about its terms are true.

Leading Museums Remove Native Displays Amid New Federal Rules  —  The American Museum of Natural History is closing two major halls as museums around the nation respond to updated policies from the Biden administration.  —  The American Museum of Natural History will close …

White House offers unredacted Jan. 6 transcripts to GOP — with conditions  —  House Republicans have pushed for the records for months as they've cast doubt on the Jan. 6 select committee's work.

The Pentagon planned to train troops from coup states.  It backed off under scrutiny.  —  The U.S. military has reversed course on some — but not all — of its plans to train with those involved in coups d'etat or accused of human rights abuses  —  The Pentagon has abruptly abandoned plans …

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in secret legal challenge against ban  —  Exclusive: Thomas has enlisted Canadian law firm Tyr to represent her after going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport  —  Lia Thomas, the swimmer at the centre of one sport's biggest transgender storms …