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Watch: Uncomfortable silence ensues after 'Fox & Friends' host fact checks GOP senator

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) appeared surprised on Friday when he received a fact check from "Fox & Friends" host Brian Kilmeade.

While appearing on the program, Marshall hyped up the latest purported "bombshell" revelation that Rep. James Comer (R-KY) had dug up about President Joe Biden: Namely, that he received reimbursements from his son's company to repay a loan that he had made his son to purchase a truck.

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Trump re-election could lead to an 'epidemic' of killer stress: medical experts

According to medical researchers and experts consulted by the Atlantic's Jennifer Senior, the reelection of Donald Trump in 2024 could plunge the country into an unabated downward spiral of stress and anxiety with major mental and physical health implications.

Seeking answers about the "psychic toll" a second Trump term would have on the American public, Senior wrote that she personally descended into a state of panic during Trump's first term that seemed to have disappeared after Joe Biden became president, with the columnist writing, "Say what you want about Joe Biden: He’s allowed us to go days at a time without remembering he’s there."

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'Should have been done six months ago': GOP insiders scramble to stop Trump

Donald Trump may have captured the Republican base to build an insurmountable lead in the 2024 presidential primary, but many GOP insiders are hoping there's still a chance to stop him from locking down the nomination.

Four primary challengers qualified for this week's GOP presidential debate, although the ex-president skipped this one like the others, but so far anti-Trump Republicans have not rallied around any of them as the top alternative – although that might not matter to voters, reported Politico.

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Trump fake electors buckle in Wisconsin, get charged in Nevada

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nevada charged six Republican fake electors in connection with a scheme to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden, while 10 false electors reached a legal settlement in Wisconsin that affirmed the Democrat's victory. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Wednesday's actions marked the latest legal developments in a 2020 plan to persuade Republican-controlled legislatures in election battleground states to name their own Trump-friendly electors. The indictments made Nevada the third state, behind Michigan and Georgia, to bring charges against Republicans who serve...

Ken Chesebro cooperating with multiple probes in hopes of avoiding more charges: report

Attorney Ken Chesebro, the architect of the 2020 fake electors scheme that has resulted in criminal charges in multiple states, is not just cooperating with prosecutors in Georgia.

CNN reports that Chesebro is cooperating with prosecutors in Michigan and Wisconsin, which are two of the states where fake pro-Trump electors submitted paperwork falsely declaring themselves to be their states' legitimate representatives in the electoral college.

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'More whoppers': Trump's ex-lawyer says former president's many lies make him vulnerable

Trump's been telling some dangerous whoppers, according to his own former White House attorney.

Ty Cobb during an appearance on CNN's “Erin Burnett OutFront" remained confident that prosecutors would turn his former client into a punching bag for all the lying should he take the witness stand and testify.

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Hunter Biden hit with unknown new charges from federal prosecutors: report

Federal prosecutors have filed new charges against Hunter Biden, according to CNN on Thursday.

The court documents have not yet been released, making the nature of the charges unknown. However, reported Evan Perez, "Special counsel David Weiss, in recent weeks, has been using a federal grand jury in Los Angeles to gather testimony and evidence on possible criminal tax charges against President Joe Biden’s son."

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'No more big wars!' Trump's son loses it in obscenity-laden rant against defense secretary

Donald Trump Jr. erupted in a profanity-filled tirade against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on social media on Thursday evening, demanding an end to U.S. support for Ukraine against Russian aggression.

Trump Jr.'s remarks came in response to a right-wing account saying that former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson "confirm[ed]" that Austin warned "your uncles, cousins and sons" might be sent to fight in Russia if Ukraine didn't get the funding it needs.

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'I don't have to sit here': Trump tells media he came to court so 'you get the true story'

Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he attended his $250 million fraud trial to deliver the "true story."

Following the questioning of the defense's final expert witness, Trump emerged from the courtroom to deliver a 5-minute rant to reporters and television cameras.

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'Pot. Kettle.' Marjorie Taylor Greene called out as hypocrite for latest Biden attack

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene received some pushback on Thursday when she criticized President Joe Biden's decision not to participate in a primary debate.

Greene, who recently attacked her fellow Republicans over a funding deal that she said was a "huge win for Democrats," implied that Biden's refusal to debate meant that he wasn't cognitively qualified to do so.

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Philly GOP organizers fear Trump nomination will be a regional 'bloodbath' for Republicans

Pennsylvania is going to be one of the most closely watched swing states in the 2024 election. President Joe Biden's reelection campaign views Pennsylvania as a must-win state, and polls have indicated that former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley would be the most difficult for Biden to defeat in the Keystone State if she is the nominee.

GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, however, is way of ahead of Haley in polls — a fact that worries some of the Philadelphia-area Republican leaders who gathered for a debate watch party on Wednesday night, December 6, including Philadelphia Republican Party Chair Vince Fenerty.

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Kevin McCarthy's departure leaves GOP with a massive problem: report

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) lost the speakership earlier this year when eight Republicans joined with all House Democrats to vacate his chair, and this week he announced he would be leaving Congress entirely at the end of the year.

According to a new report from Politico about McCarthy's home district, his supporters aren't shocked about the sudden resignation, leaving the GOP with an even smaller margin than McCarthy managed through most of 2023.

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Threats against GOP lawmakers skyrocketed during Trump's presidency: analysis

Threats to elected officials and other government workers have skyrocketed since Donald Trump entered politics, and the Republican 2024 frontrunner's wide-ranging legal problems have sparked new threats.

CNN reviewed more than 540 cases involving individuals charged with making threats against public officials or institutions between January 2013 and November 2023, which researchers at the University of Nebraska found resulted in a nearly 80-percent conviction rate, but many experts believe those cases aren't prosecuted often enough due to First Amendment concerns and a lack of resources at the Department of Justice.

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