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The company underwriting the $91.6 million bond former President Donald Trump paid Friday in his civil defamation case is part of the insurance group whose appraisal of Trump’s triplex in 2010 was foiled because “Mrs. Trump was sleeping,” court and federal records show.

The Federal Insurance Company secured Trump’s bond Friday in the New York defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll, the writer the former president has been found liable for sexually abusing and defaming, court records show.

As President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address Thursday, former President Donald Trump was watching — and giving live commentary on his Truth Social platform, slamming Biden's claims and applying his own fact-checks.

Of the many parts of Biden's speech that got under Trump's skin, one was Biden's claim that the "pandemic no longer controls our lives," and that the vaccines that "saved us from COVID are now being used to help beat cancer."

Add former Naval War College professor Tom Nichols to those who are wondering today why the Republican Party chose freshman Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) to give the response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.

Appearing on CNN with host Jim Acosta, Nichols — now a columnist for The Atlantic — came down on the side of those who were baffled by Britt's over-emoting and dramatic speech from her barren-appearing kitchen that he concluded came across as "creepy."

Max Rose, a former Democratic congressman from New York, responded to comments about Speaker Mike Johnson's bizarre facial expressions during President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address — and reminded viewers that Johnson wasn't the GOP's first choice for the job.

A New York Times review commented that Johnson, whose myriad of expressions while Biden spoke were mocked online, had one of the "worst poker faces in American politics."

Judge Aileen Cannon may have placed herself closer to getting removed from overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case.

The Trump-appointed federal judge has raised eyebrows with some of her decisions that seem to favor the former president, who's been accused of the mishandling of sensitive government materials, but legal analyst David Lat said Cannon could have jeopardized her role in the case by accepting a pair of briefs arguing it should be thrown out, reported Newsweek.

After President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union Address Thursday night, he spoke with many senators, members for Congress and guests in the chamber, and was caught on a hot mic sharing some strong language about the embattled and highly controversial Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu.

Biden, who has formed a coalition to aid Israel after the October 7 attack by Hamas, has been hammered by those, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who say Israel has been committing war crimes as it battles Hamas. Some have said Biden is not doing enough to protect civilians in Gaza, which he addressed during his SOTU remarks.

Former President Donald Trump has come up with enough money to appeal his defamation verdict against journalist E. Jean Carroll.

CNN reports that Trump on Friday posted the $92 million bond needed to appeal the civil lawsuit in which juries awarded Carroll tens of millions of dollars after Trump was found liable for defaming and sexually abusing her.

During an interview with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) about President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough praised the president for bringing up the Jan. 6 insurrection — and said he put Donald Trump-supporting lawmakers on the spot.

Scarborough made note of how Republicans in the audience reacted to various Biden proposals. Then Schumer brought up the Capitol riot, with Biden telling Republicans, "You can't only love your country when you win."

In the wake of his State of the Union speech Thursday, President Joe Biden hit the campaign trail Friday morning with a huge boost to his campaign coffers. According to reports, the 9, 10, and 11 p.m. hours after the State of the Union were Biden's best for fundraising of the campaign cycle so far.

The Biden campaign raised $1 million on Thursday before the speech even began, and the record hauls continued while he was speaking.

The latest jobs report showed that the American economy added 275,000 jobs in the month of February, but Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo isn't buying it.

Bartiromo, who infamously pushed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that she got from a woman who believes she can speak with the wind, instantly cast suspicion on the numbers.

Donald Trump and his lawyers are trying to stave off his criminal trials by claiming they amount to "election interference," but Department of Justice veterans say that argument carries no weight.

The former president faces 91 felony counts in four jurisdictions, and among various strategies aimed at delaying those trials has been his interpretation of what he calls DOJ's “very strict rules and regulations” prohibiting the prosecution of “a Political Opponent, or anyone, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS/HER CAMPAIGN."

A Republican Senate candidate called to repeal President Joe Biden's infrastructure law but admits he doesn't actually know much about it.

Pennsylvania has received over $13 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law, but GOP candidate Dave McCormick has made rolling back that funding a key issue in his U.S. Senate campaign, reported The Keystone.