Trump's $91.6 million question  —  New York juries have found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-90s and then repeatedly defamed her, falsely accusing Carroll of lying about the incident.

Former advisers sound the alarm that Trump praises despots in private and on the campaign trail  —  To Donald Trump, Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán is “fantastic,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “brilliant,” North Korea's Kim Jong Un is “an OK guy,” and, most alarmingly …

How a tenacious reporter revealed Sen. Katie Britt's SOTU response to be ‘beyond misleading’  —  Britt tied an anecdote about a woman who survived sex trafficking to Biden's border policies.  But it happened during the George W. Bush admin.  —  Last Thursday was President Joe Biden's big State of the Union address.

Sex trafficking victim says Sen. Katie Britt telling her story during SOTU rebuttal is ‘not fair’  —  The woman whose story Alabama Sen. Katie Britt appeared to have shared in the Republican response to the State of the Union as an example of President Joe Biden's failed immigration policies told CNN …

How Big Pharma is fighting Biden's program to lower seniors' drug costs  —  In court cases nationwide, drug companies are trying to block a new law that would cut prices on drugs for high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer and diabetes.  —  TRENTON, N.J. — Pharmaceutical giants are mounting …

Biden's proposed budget includes $4.7 billion emergency fund for border migrant surges  —  Congressional Republicans have already refused to approve $13.6 billion the administration wanted for border security, and border agencies face budget shortfalls.  —  President Joe Biden's budget proposal …

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to resign, says affordable housing is ‘an American issue’  —  WASHINGTON ‒ Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down from her top post in the Biden administration this month, she announced Monday, saying that after decades of public service, she's retiring and returning to Ohio.

Peter Navarro ordered to prison on March 19  —  Peter Navarro, once an economic adviser to former President Trump, has been ordered to report to a Miami prison on March 19 to begin serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

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Most Democrats Don't Want Congress to Certify Election if Trump Wins  —  After the Supreme Court rejected attempts to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot, a majority of Democratic voters now support another way to block Trump's possible return to the White House.

Conservatives are furious, but they're not threatening Speaker Johnson's job  —  For a small but passionate band of Republicans, reality appears to be setting in that they won't be able to bend a divided Congress to their will through the election of a speaker.

The GOP nominee to head North Carolina's schools is a QAnon conspiracy theorist  —  Michele Morrow also suggested actor Jim Carrey harvests and drinks children's blood  —  Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee for state superintendent of public instruction in North Carolina …

Italian Police Arrest Three Palestinians Allegedly Planning Terrorist Attacks  —  Italian police have arrested three Palestinians based in central Italy who they said were planning attacks in an unspecified country, a police statement said on Monday.  —  The three men living in l'Aquila …

The one man who could save Joe Biden  —  Jay Powell would very much like to stay out of politics, especially in an election year.  The Federal Reserve chair doesn't want to be perceived as having a horse in the race come November, especially when one of said horses — Donald Trump …