Trump is broke.  That's bad news for the GOP.  —  President Biden, meanwhile, is loaded. … Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump owes the state of New York $454 million for being a fraudulent businessman who lied about the value of his assets for years.

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CNN Ambushes GOP Nominee Who Called for Biden's Execution  —  The GOP pick to run North Carolina's public schools has called for the deaths of Biden and Obama.  CNN couldn't get her to comment, so they found her in person.  —  CNN couldn't get the GOP nominee to run North Carolina's public schools …

Impeachment inquiry appears on ice as House GOP tries to wrangle support  —  ‘Ultimately the American people will be voting ... to decide whether or not this president is suitable for office,’ one Republican said  —  Lacking support and evidence, the GOP-led impeachment inquiry …

Elon Musk Pushes a Vile, Toxic Hate Video—and Exposes His Own Scam  —  For much of the last week, Elon Musk's mighty Twitter feed—sorry, his X feed—featured as its pinned tweet a video that purports to lay bare a vast conspiracy among Democrats to “flood” the country with “illegals” to lock in a “permanent voting majority.”

Apple accused of monopolizing smartphone markets in US antitrust lawsuit  —  The U.S. Department of Justice and 15 states on Thursday sued Apple (AAPL.O) as the government cracks down on Big Tech, alleging the iPhone maker monopolized the smartphone market, hurt smaller rivals and drove up prices.

Kyle Rittenhouse Flees Stage After Face Off With Booing Protesters  —  He refused to answer a question about hate speech and was booed by the crowd.  —  Kyle Rittenhouse, who became a darling of the right after shooting three protesters in 2020, hightailed it off a stage at the University …

Manhattan DA tells judge not to further delay Trump trial: ‘Enough is enough’  —  The district attorney's office said only about 300 of the over 170,000 documents recently turned over to Trump's lawyers have any relevance to the case.  —  State prosecutors in New York said Thursday that fewer …

Trump Media, launched after an insurrection, faces rebellion of its own  —  Four lawsuits involving the founding boosters of Truth Social threaten to erode former president Donald Trump's grasp on a massive financial haul  —  When former president Donald Trump's Trump Media & Technology Group …

Statement from President Joe Biden on Nearly $6 Billion in Student Debt Cancellation for 78,000 Public Service Workers  —  Today, my Administration is cancelling student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers - teachers, nurses, firefighters, and more - through Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Mike Johnson says he will invite Netanyahu to address Congress … - Johnson said he has also been invited to address the Israeli Knesset and “we're just trying to work out schedules on all this.” … - Asked about Schumer, Johnson said, “Well, I guess we'll find out.

Prosecutor tells jury former Milwaukee official who requested fake ballots was no whistleblower  —  A jury found a former Milwaukee election official accused of obtaining fake absentee ballots guilty Wednesday of misconduct in office and fraud, rejecting her arguments that she was trying …

Biden's stutter surges into the presidential campaign  —  Trump mocks and exaggerates the speech impediment.  Biden embraces it as reflecting compassion.  —  President Biden recently sent out a video of a meeting with a 9-year-old with a stutter, telling the young boy, “Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do anything.”

Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion  —  Search for birth control on TikTok or Instagram and a cascade of misleading videos vilifying hormonal contraception appear: Young women blaming their weight gain on the pill.  Right-wing commentators claiming that some birth control can lead to infertility.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Christiane Baissary of Al Hadath  —  RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA  —  QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you for joining us.  —  SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you for having me.  —  QUESTION: This is your sixth tour in the region since the war started in October.

Georgia's Medicaid system is a disaster.  Other states want to copy it.  —  In 2018, the Trump administration issued a rule allowing states to tie Medicaid eligibility to employment, a first in the program's 50-year history.  The policy shift was the result of decades of work by Republicans who believe …

Democrats should try harder to win tough races  —  What we can learn from political outliers and the legislative story of their electoral success … When you hear “Blue Dog,” the progressive left wants you to think of a bloated old white guy stuffing his face with lobbyist appetizers.

House Democrats are lending the GOP speaker a hand — and they don't mind  —  They see Mike Johnson's dependence on them to pass major legislation as a point of leverage that they can use to their advantage.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson got Democratic help to pass a $78 billion tax bill.