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Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for throwing son under bus when asked about stock trades

Marjorie Taylor Greene reacted to accusations that she made “huge gains” on the stock market last year by blaming her son.

The Georgia Republican appeared in a report published Tuesday that named her among members of Congress who made the most money on the stock market.

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‘Not so fast’: Watergate prosecutor warns Supreme Court is going to hand Trump a shock

Donald Trump might be praising the Supreme Court’s refusal of special counsel Jack Smith’s plea for an expedited hearing on the former president’s immunity claim, but he might be celebrating too soon.

Watergate prosecutor Nick Ackerman warned Wednesday that what Trump considers good news is going to blow up in his face.

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New Massachusetts 'Tax the Rich' law raises $1.5 billion for free school lunch and more

A new "millionaire's tax" in Massachusetts was expected to generate $1 billion in revenue last year to help pay for public education, infrastructure, and early childcare programs, but projections were a bit off, according to a fresh state analysis.

The state Department of Revenue estimated late last week that the Fair Share Amendment, which requires people with incomes over $1 million, to pay a 4% annual surtax, will add $1.5 billion to state coffers this fiscal year, which ends in June—surpassing expectations.

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'Suggestive' Jack Smith filings hint at even more Trump crimes: report

The Daily Beast's Jose Pagliery has flagged some recent court filings by special counsel Jack Smith that he describes as "awfully suggestive" of other crimes committed by former President Donald Trump.

Specifically, the filings in question list crimes that Trump could theoretically get away with were his argument about presidential immunity to be upheld by courts, including "accepting a bribe, ordering an FBI director to fake evidence against a political foe, ordering the military to murder critics, and even selling nuclear secrets to a foreign enemy."

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Biden to speak at South Carolina church where Black worshippers were murdered

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden as his 2024 campaign gets underway will visit a historic church in South Carolina where Black churchgoers were murdered by a white supremacist in 2015, to give a speech about the dangers of political violence and to make the case for his reelection this November.

“The choice for the American people in November 2024 will be about protecting our democracy and every American’s fundamental freedoms,” Biden-Harris Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said on a call with reporters Tuesday.

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Supreme Court review of Trump ballot ban supported by successful Colorado plaintiffs

The plaintiffs who persuaded a majority of the Colorado Supreme Court to block former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot under a Civil War-era insurrection clause urged the U.S. Supreme Court to promptly weigh in on the case in a new filing.

The 33-page brief from the attorneys representing six Colorado Republican and unaffiliated voters was filed with the nation’s highest court on Tuesday. It followed the Colorado Republican Party’s petition last week for a so-called writ of certiorari, a formal order the Supreme Court issues when it agrees to review a case.

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Suspect arrested after breaking into Colorado Supreme Court building

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) -A man was arrested on Tuesday after police said he broke into the Colorado Supreme Court building in Denver with a handgun and set a fire in a stairwell. Police arrested Brandon Olsen, 44, on charges of arson, robbery and burglary, saying he had fled the scene of a car crash shortly after 1 a.m. before shooting out a window of the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center in downtown Denver and breaking in. Police say Olsen took keys from an unarmed security guard and made his way up the building's seventh floor, where he fired shots out of windows and lit a fire in ...

'Stone-cold loser': Ex-prosecutor says Trump's double jeopardy argument is doomed to fail

Out of all of Trump's legal "Hail Marys," the notion that he can't be tried criminally after being absolved through impeachment could be dead on arrival.

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance, appearing on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell, called it a "stone-cold loser."

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George Santos reveals his New Year's resolution is to be I.C.E. director under Trump

Expelled congressman George Santos has disclosed his New Year's resolution: It's that he wants Donald Trump to be elected so he can make him I.C.E. director.

Santos, who was booted from his position as a lawmaker after being charged with crimes and accused of lying about his biography, has not slowed down his Trump support now that he's a private citizen.

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'Trump has no new arguments': Ex-president skewered for last-minute immunity filing

Donald Trump late on Tuesday night filed a reply brief to an appeals court defending his claim for presidential immunity, but one legal expert said the former president has "no new arguments."

Trump, who is responding to Special Counsel Jack Smith's briefing in which the prosecutor challenged Trump's key assertions, has continued to insist that he deserves immunity for his actions allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election. In fact, he has argued that it was his duty to "investigate" the supposedly rigged 2020 election.

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Donald Trump's major advantage in primary 'won't work in general election': ex-aide

If former President Donald Trump staves off a conviction through the GOP primaries, he's going to be tough to stop.

That's the logic of Trump's former aide David Urban, and one shared by ex-Trump White House official Alyssa Farah Griffin during their appearance on CNN Tuesday night.

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Trump to rely on 'linguistic gymnastics' to beat ballot removals at Supreme Court: expert

Trump's jumping through hoops to beat back Maine's decision to leave him off of the GOP primary election ballot.

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday dug in for a fight by filing an appeal defending himself against claims that he engaged in an insurrection against the United States.

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Sparks fly in GOP primary as Nikki Haley finally stands up to expose Trump's false claims

Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is taking the fight to former President Donald Trump with a new ad scorching him for lying about her record during an event in New Hampshire, reported The Daily Beast on Tuesday.

In particular, she took aim at a Trump ad that went after her tax record.

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