Trump trial: Defense rests, clearing way for jury deliberations next week
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s defense team rested its case on Tuesday morning after questioning two witnesses in as many days in the former president’s hush money trial. Trump did not take the stand, a decision that came after Judge Juan Merchan left open the opportunity for prosecutors to question Trump about some of his […]
RFK Jr. has $5 billion reparations plan to top Biden and Trump in November
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised black farmers he would make good on a $5 billion reparations plan that was watered down after white farmers complained it infringed on their constitutional rights. RFK Jr., speaking on his podcast with John Boyd Jr., founder of the National Black Farmers Association, promised to “get rid” of the people […]
Austin adamant Ukraine not use US weapons to attack Russia: ‘Focus ought to be on the close fight’
‘FOCUS OUGHT TO BE ON THE CLOSE FIGHT’: As Russia advances in northeastern Ukraine while leveling villages with glide bombs launched from aircraft operating with impunity from across the border, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is growing increasingly frustrated by the Biden administration’s ban on using U.S. weapons to target the bombers in Russian air space. […]
Gas prices increase slightly – Washington Examiner
Gas prices slightly increased from Monday. It’s the first such increase after several consecutive days of prices dropping. According to AAA, the current national average price for regular gas is $3.598 per gallon. On Monday, it was $3.59 per gallon. One week ago, regular gas was $3.612 per gallon. A month ago, it was $3.673 […]
Rashida Tlaib has paid $435,000 to firm of anti-Israel activist for terrorism-tied groups
“Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars since being elected to Congress to a consulting firm led by an anti-Israel activist working on behalf of groups linked to Palestinian terrorist factions, records show. Tlaib, who often faces criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for her anti-Israel rhetoric and defense of […]
GOP Senate candidate slams Democrats’ plan to re-up immigration push: ‘Height of cynicism’
Pennsylvania Senate Republican candidate Dave McCormick is sounding off on the Senate’s move to take up a bipartisan border security agreement, calling the legislation “problematic” following a trip to the southern border in Arizona over the weekend. “I honestly think it’s the height of cynicism. I really do because I think the power to stop the […]
New study finds that cannabis poisonings among senior citizens have tripled
The push to legalize cannabis has led to a significant increase in poisonings and visits to hospital emergency rooms, a newly-released Canadian study revealed. Researchers analyzed “the association between edible cannabis legalization and emergency department (ED) visits for cannabis poisoning” in adults in Ontario, Canada, who were 65 years old and older. The study found that […]
Disband the ICC – Washington Examiner
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, called on Monday for the arrest of Israel’s prime minister for war crimes. In doing so, he hammered another nail into the coffin of the ICC, which predictably has become a force not for a better world but for malevolent international apparatchiks to wield as a weapon against Western-oriented liberal democracies. […]
Fani Willis condemns ‘illegitimate’ investigations into her led by ‘clown’ Jim Jordan: ‘Disgusting’
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis slammed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for his investigation into her office, accusing him of prioritizing attacks on her instead of delivering for his constituents. In an interview on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, Willis shared the attacks she has received for her investigation into former President Donald Trump and […]
Scarlett Johansson says ChatGPT CEO used voice ‘eerily’ close to hers in romance film without her consent
Lawyers for actress Scarlett Johansson are asking OpenAI to disclose how an artificial intelligence personal assistant voice was developed, as Johansson believes the company used her voice without her permission. Her legal team has sent two letters to OpenAI, the AI company that owns ChatGPT, asking it to disclose how it developed the voice named […]