Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, agreed to testify in a public hearing before the House Oversight Committee. Republicans immediately shot him down. According to a Tuesday letter addressed to committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), Biden agreed to testify before the committee on Dec. 13 — as long as …
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The Republican Party descended into chaos this week as Matt Gaetz and a handful of rogue lawmakers voted to end Kevin McCarthy‘s fraught tenure as House Speaker. Donald Trump, the most prolific chaos agent in American politics, has been conspicuously absent from the hubbub surrounding McCarthy’s ouster. The most the …
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Newly released 2021 financial disclosures show something that, really, we should have expected: Centrist Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is raking in cash from Republican donors, including at least one who’s also been propping up fellow obstructionist Sen. Joe Manchin. According to new FEC filings, Sinema brought in $1.6 million in Q4, …
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The technology was complicated, but the plan was simple: Scan mail-in and absentee ballots in populous Maricopa County, remove the “invalid votes,” and recertify the state’s 2020 election count, surely declaring then-President Donald Trump the rightful winner. This scheme to subvert the election outcome in Arizona is laid out in …
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Mike Pence‘s office is cooperating the the Jan. 6 committee. Axios reported on Wednesday that “many” figures around the former vice president have voluntarily testified, including his former chief of staff, Marc Short, and his former press secretary, Alyssa Farrah. Keith Kellogg, Pence’s national security adviser who was subpoenaed by …
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Donald Trump has handed out a slew of political endorsements ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. He delivered another big one on Monday, officially lending his support to … Hungarian Prime Minister and ascendant autocrat Viktor Orban. “Viktor Orban of Hungary truly loves his Country and wants safety for his …
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After Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) publicly pulled his support for Biden’s social spending package, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called his excuses “a farce” but laid the blame for Build Back Better’s failure squarely at the feet of Democratic leadership. During an appearance on Morning Joethe day after Manchin told Fox …
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Donald Trump is not a fan of Mark Meadows’ new book The Chief’s Chief. The former president is reportedly mad at his former chief of staff for divulging a few damning details about his bout with Covid-19, most notably that he covered up a positive test result ahead one of …
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UPDATE, Dec. 4: CNN announced it has terminated Chris Cuomo “effective immediately” after “new information … came to light about his involvement with his brother’s defense,” the network said in a statement. CNN added that it has retained a law firm to conduct a review into Cuomo’s conduct and that …
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Nearly 700 people have been charged for their role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S Capitol. The most visible among them may be Jacob Chansley, also known as the “QAnon Shaman.” Chansley became known prior to the insurrection for the tattoos, coonskin cap, and viking horns he sported …
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