Category: News


Trump indictment recap: Jack Smith details how Trump allegedly tried to steal 2020 election


A federal grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump on Tuesday for conspiring to steal the 2020 election from President Joe Biden, including the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, that a prosecutor described as “an unprecedented assault” on democracy.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/01/donald-trump-indicted-election-fraud-live-updates/70476879007/


US intel officials: ‘No reason to doubt’ Putin claims Russia has moved nuclear weapons to Belarus


The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has “no reason to doubt” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russia has moved a first batch of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, senior DIA officials said on Friday.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/21/politics/putin-russia-nuclear-weapons-belarus

Everyone can now agree – the US has a border crisis


A pointless argument battered Washington for much of this year over whether the southern US border is in crisis. But no one is now doubting the chaos and potential migrant surge that could be triggered by an imminent policy shift next week.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/16/politics/biden-immigration-crisis-title-42

Dictionary.com announces word of the year: ‘woman’


Portal said searches for the word increased by 1,400% after Ketanji Brown Jackson was asked to define it in her confirmation hearing

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/13/dictionarycom-word-of-the-year-woman

House Approves Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Sending it to Biden’s Desk


The legislation, which codifies federal protections for same-sex marriage, comes months after a Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion cast doubt on protections for related rights.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-12-08/house-approves-same-sex-marriage-bill-sending-it-to-bidens-desk

US appeals court denies Trump ‘special master’ request in documents case


A US appeals court has ended a “special master” review of documents seized from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63829125