Top Stories Daily Listen Now
RawStory

Featured Video

Legal experts think Marjorie Taylor Greene lied under oath -- but proving perjury charges will still be tough

Viewers of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) administrative hearing couldn't help but notice that she kept flipping back and forth about whether she controlled her social media account or not.

Greene on Friday testified under oath for a proceeding that will determine whether Greene is eligible to run for Congress.

Keep reading... Show less

WATCH: Judge declares Marjorie Taylor Green a hostile witness

A judge declared Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) an adverse witness after she repeatedly evaded questions by an attorney who represents voters challenging her eligibility to hold federal office.

The Georgia Republican testified Friday during an evidentiary hearing in the lawsuit, which argues that Greene should be removed from the 2022 ballot because she supported the Jan. 6 insurrection, and she clashed with Free Speech for People attorney Andrew Celli over whether she believed in December 2020 that Donald Trump's election loss was fraudulent.

Keep reading... Show less

Marjorie Taylor Greene testimony immediately starts out with dispute over her oath of office

At the start of her testimony, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) immediately clashed with an attorney representing Georgia voters who want her removed from the ballot over her alleged support for the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The Georgia Republican was called to testify at an evidentiary hearing Friday, and she repeatedly clashed with Andrew Celli, an attorney for Free Speech for People -- including the manner in which she took her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Keep reading... Show less

'These guys are crazy': Morning Joe says Florida Republicans just revealed something disturbing about the GOP agenda

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough laid into Florida Republicans for using the state government to punish the Walt Disney Company for its stated opposition to anti-LGBTQ legislation.

The Florida House passed a bill pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that would eliminate the special district that allows Disney to self-govern its theme park near Orlando, and the "Morning Joe" host said the state's Republicans were signaling an ominous new turn in the party's agenda.

Keep reading... Show less

'Speaker Kevin, we hardly knew ye': Morning Joe buries GOP's McCarthy after new recordings emerge

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough mocked House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after tapes emerged that confirm he wanted Donald Trump to resign over the Jan. 6 insurrection.

His network colleague Rachel Maddow obtained a recording of a call between McCarthy and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) proved he lied in his denial Thursday of a New York Times report about the period shortly after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the "Morning Joe" host said his ambitions of becoming House speaker were probably dead.

Keep reading... Show less

'Your jaw drops': CNN reporter stunned by 'sloppy' Russian spies who bungled assassination plot

CNN is set to air the documentary on Russian President Vladimir Putin's foe Alexei Navalny and the assassination attempt against him. The film was awarded "Best Documentary" at the Sundance Film Festival in January and was nominated for the "Grand Jury Prize."

Set to air Sunday, the network has been promoting it with interviews of Navalny's wife and filmmakers. Navalny is currently behind bars after returning to Russia following the assassination attempt by a Novichok nerve agent poisoning. Other Putin foes have suffered their own poisoning attacks over the past 20-plus years.

Keep reading... Show less

WATCH: Marjorie Taylor Greene had a days-long meltdown over 'insurrectionist' lawsuit – here are 5 key moments

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) has been ordered to testify in a lawsuit brought by a group of voters who want her removed from the ballot for supporting an armed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and she seems pretty stressed as Friday's hearing draws closer.

Judge Amy Totenberg ruled this week that the lawsuit, filed by five voters from her district who argue that Greene should be stricken through the U.S. Constitution's Disqualification Clause, could move forward, and she complained bitterly Thursday during an appearance on Right Side Broadcast Network.

Keep reading... Show less

Kellyanne Conway lashes out at the media: ‘I was a lot nicer to people than they were to me’

Kellyanne Conway took shots at unnamed reporters during a panel discussion at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

The Washington, D.C.-based think tank hosted Donald Trump's former senior White House aide on Wednesday, and she defended her public service and the former president's communication through social media, which largely ended after Facebook and Twitter banned him in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Keep reading... Show less

Morning Joe hammers 'spineless' Republicans who sold their party to a 'failed TV host' they 'loathe'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough remains mystified that Republicans refused to stand up to a "failed TV host," nearly seven years after Donald Trump entered politics.

The "Morning Joe" host, a former GOP congressman himself, knows that Republican lawmakers privately loathe and deeply distrust the former president, but they kept their concerns to themselves as he climbed from celebrity sideshow all the way to the White House.

Keep reading... Show less

Secret Service fatally shoots man at Peruvian ambassador's residence in DC

The Secret Service shot and killed a man on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning after what was thought to be a burglary.

According to NBC4 in Washington, police responded to a "burglary in progress" call at the residence of Peruvian Ambassador Oswaldo de Rivero just after 8 a.m.

Keep reading... Show less

Florida man says he was brutally beaten in front of his own home for being gay

Attacks on LGBTQ+ people continue in Florida where one man says he was beaten up for being gay, reported Miami 7 News.

Last week, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL) signed the so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill, which made it illegal for LGBTQ+ teachers to even mention anything even if they are talking about their spouse. Any teacher who mentions it, or anything else that a parent finds "offensive" can result in a lawsuit.

Keep reading... Show less

WATCH: GOP's Mike Lee won't respond to questions about his involvement in attempts to overturn 2020 election

While back home in Utah, Sen. Mike Lee (R) was confronted about the text messages published by CNN that revealed his involvement in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

On Tuesday, Lee was asked about the texts by The Salt Lake City Tribune but his staffers stepped in, blocking access.

Keep reading... Show less

Morning Joe slams Elon Musk for spreading lies about Mika: 'Twitter would be a sewage dump if he took it over'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough bashed Elon Musk for spreading misinformation about his wife and co-host.

Mika Brzezinski had wondered aloud last week during a broadcast whether some "guardrails" could be set up to prevent Musk from completing a hostile takeover of Twitter, and social media users shared a 2017 video clip of the "Morning Joe" co-host discussing Donald Trump's efforts to undermine media credibility to allow his false claims to flourish.

Keep reading... Show less