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Fani Willis gets election challenge from MAGA attorney who may have met with fake electors

Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis will have two challengers — including an election-denying Republican — in her campaign for re-election.

Courtney Kramer, who describes herself on Instagram as a "MAGA attorney," entered the race Friday as a Republican, joining Willis and Democratic challenger Christian Wise Smith, and the top two vote-getters will advance to the general election in the so-called jungle primary, reported CBS News.

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'Bends easier than a paper plate': Chris Sununu slammed for endorsing Trump

Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu's decision to backtrack on his criticism of former President Donald Trump and endorse him in the 2024 race has spurred outrage from members of both parties — including many in his home state.

Sununu, an avid supporter of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and an outspoken critic of Trump's, announced he was throwing his support behind the lone-standing Republican's 2024 presidential campaign.

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'It fell flat': Former RNC head blames GOP handlers for 'over-coaching' Katie Britt

Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele came to the defense of Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) after her disastrous State of the Union response that was widely mocked by both Democrats and Republicans.

The freshman senator from Alabama was deluged with criticism for the dramatic speech which fluctuated from bright smiles to near tears — with even supporters of Donald Trump piling on.

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Judge invites E. Jean Carroll to object to Trump's $92M bond payment plan

Judge Lewis Kaplan has invited E. Jean Carroll to object to former President Donald Trump's plan to pay a $92 million bond in the defamation case against him through a third party, reported MSNBC's Katie Phang on Friday.

This comes after the former president sought unsuccessfully for the court to grant a series of delays that would have let him put off posting a bond altogether.

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Parodies of Katie Britt's 'creepy' and 'breathlessly weird' SOTU rebuttal flood internet

A Republican Alabama senator left onlookers on both sides of the aisle stunned Thursday — and America's comedians could not wait to parody her.

Sen. Katie Britt's video rebuttal to President Joe Biden's State of the Union, which she appears to have delivered from her kitchen, made headlines Friday for just how badly it was received from both parties.

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Prosecutors tell Hunter Biden indictment of FBI informant has no bearing on criminal case

Prosecutors on Friday rejected Hunter Biden's claims that his criminal case should be dismissed because it had been "infected" by the arrest of a key witness in a separate investigation into him by House Republicans.

Biden had claimed that Alexander Smirnov's claims that Biden and his father had taken bribes from individuals in Ukraine had caused a knock-on effect on the separate federal charges involving tax evasion and gun violations.

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DOJ refuses to give Republicans audio and transcript from Robert Hur's Biden interview

The Department of Justice will hand over documents related to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified material, but will not include the transcript and audio of Hur's interview with Biden.

Hur's characterization of Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory" set off a firestorm of criticism from Democrats who accused the investigator of injecting a partisan angle into the report. It also gave Republicans a new attack line against Biden as the pace of the 2024 presidential campaign continues to heat up.

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RNC member who nominated Lara Trump as co-chair appears to cast doubt on qualifications

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, was elected to be co-chair of the Republican National Committee on Friday, even as many critics have contended that she completely lacks the requisite qualifications for such a job.

Beth Bloch, an RNC member who officially nominated Trump for the position on Friday morning, seemingly alluded to this in her nomination speech.

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Trump is expected to soon find himself $4B richer — but there's a major catch

Donald Trump may suddenly find himself sitting on a gold mine when Truth Social goes public, but there's a major catch.

Truth Social's parent company is set to go public soon once it merges with Digital World Acquisition Corporation, and Trump fans could artificially pump up the value of the former president's investment as a show of political support — but he could face some hurdles to turning those shares into cash, reported Vanity Fair.

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Boebert comes up short again in new district despite Trump endorsement: report

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO ) is learning the hard way that she has a lot of work to do to get voters in Colorado's 4th District to back her third bid for the House of Representatives — even with Donald Trump's endorsement.

The controversial GOP lawmaker's last few months have been filled with scandal and turmoil since she abandoned the 3rd District for a safer seat in the more solidly conservative 4th, and she's still having trouble making inroads with voters at GOP get-togethers.

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Biden campaign uses KKK, Jan. 6 and Trump and Putin images in new ad

President Joe Biden's campaign quickly cut a new ad based on his widely well-received State of the Union Address, and interspersed images of the January 6 insurrection, Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the KKK including an "America First" parade banner, which is also Trump's campaign and policy slogan.

In the Biden ad, the president says, "Again and again I see competing forces in the battle for the soul of our nation." As the audio of those words plays, the video shows the KKK image, then an image of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and then Donald Trump.

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Moms aren't buying Katie Britt's kitchen SOTU rebuttal: analysis

As the world began to celebrate International Women's Day, Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama began a State of the Union response from her kitchen.

The "rising star" may be the youngest-ever female senator elected in the GOP, but analysis shows young women and moms aren't buying what she's selling.

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RNC chair Ronna McDaniel gives her party a warning on the way out the door

Ronna McDaniel, the outgoing chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, stepped down from her position on Friday — but not before she gave her party a warning about future elections.

In her farewell address, McDaniel argued that Republicans had frequently been caught flatfooted on the topic of abortion rights, ever since the United States Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling in 2022.

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