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White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby is reportedly telling Americans in Russia to leave as the Biden administration prepares to unveil strong sanctions in response to the death of Russian political prisoner Alexei Navalny.

Kirby also pressed House Republicans to pass critical foreign aid legislation to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

"The View" co-host Joy Behar mocked Donald Trump's fans for shelling out $400 for his sneakers while complaining about gas prices.

The former president unveiled shiny gold sneakers with "45" emblazoned on the side and uppers that resemble American flags, and panelists on "The View" found them ridiculous-looking and overpriced.

Parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke has been sentenced to four prison terms after being convicted of child cruelty.

The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole will ultimately determine the prison time, but the sentences could range from between one and 15 years each.

Nikki Haley tried to juice up her longshot bid at winning the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday by holding a press event where she took shots at her party for rushing to fall in line behind former President Donald Trump.

In her speech, she pointed to multiple recent special election results, as well as others dating back to 2018, to argue that Trump has long been an anchor around the GOP's neck.

Christian actor Kirk Cameron speculated that the End Times might not happen in the near future as many of his religious contemporaries believe.

Despite starring in the 2000 "Left Behind" film about The Rapture, Cameron suggested to right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon that he had given up on Jesus coming back anytime soon.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) was dealt a major blow last week when David C. Weiss — special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice — announced that Alexander Smirnov had been indicted for lying to the FBI.

Comer and his allies had been touting Smirnov as the star witness in a House Oversight probe of President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Now, Smirnov is facing a federal criminal indictment.

A sizable number of Republicans who made false claims about the 2020 election results are running for office again in 2024 — but this time around, the 17 candidates are toning down their election denial rhetoric and not making it the center of their campaign messages the way they did in previous elections.

Now they're focusing on themes like "election security" and "election integrity."

Donald Trump and a host of Republican politicians, right-wing media celebrities, foreign leaders and conspiracy theorists are set to appear this week at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Rumored Trump running mate frontrunners Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY), Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Sen. J.D. Vance (OH) will all speak at the event, held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. And they'll be joined by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (AL), Reps. Jim Jordan (OH) and Matt Gaetz (FL), and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.

The Republican-led House of Representatives last week voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in its second attempt, but the effort is all but doomed in the United States Senate, where Democrats and Republicans have expressed skepticism of the impeachment's merit.

Axios reports that Trump-aligned Senate Republicans are now running to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in an effort to get him to force Democrats to at least hold a trial for Mayorkas.

In a bankruptcy court filing, a law firm representing unsecured creditors for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani demanded information about his donors. Giuliani recently filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $148 million in damages to former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who sued him for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

But Giuliani's financial problems could become even worse, as he is also facing a lawsuit from former employee Noelle Dunphy, who accused him of rape and is seeking $10 million in damages for allegations that include sexual assault, wage theft and harassment. And Giuliani is still a co-defendant in the Fulton County election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

In the wake of civil judgments against him totaling almost half a billion dollars, Donald Trump will need to raise much more money from his followers to pay off the fines, columnist Chauncey DeVega wrote Tuesday — adding that a recent fundraising email sent out by Trump conflates his being punished for his behavior with an attack on his followers.

"The unfortunate reality is that Friday’s $355 million judgment against Donald Trump (and the E. Jean Carroll verdict for more than 80 million dollars before that), as well as his still upcoming criminal and civil trials, will only serve to fuel his followers’ fantasies of persecution — which means they will further embrace even more political violence, terrorism, and thuggery as necessary means of self-preservation," DeVega writes in Salon.

Attorney Alina Habba doesn't worry about her reputation being harmed by representing former president Donald Trump.

Following a devastating judgment against her client in a New York fraud case, Habba was asked about her newfound celebrity in a Tuesday interview on Newsmax.

Donald Trump may have to be on better behavior at his upcoming criminal fraud trial than he was at the civil fraud case that cost him $354 million.

The former president is scheduled to stand trial starting March 25 in Manhattan on 34 counts of fraud, falsifying business records and intent to conceal another crime, including state and federal election laws, as part of his hush money payoff to adult movie actress Stormy Daniels.