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'Seems like a good idea': Supreme Court justice backs enforcing ethics code on her court

Justice Elena Kagan on Monday pushed back against critics opposing the enforcement of ethics rules for Supreme Court Justices.

In an appearance at the New York University School of Law, Kagan talked about the need for a lower court of judges to handle accusations of ethical breaches made against Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, NBC News reported Monday.

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Trump's policies prove a 2nd term 'won't just be bad' — it'll be 'much worse': columnist

Former President Donald Trump may not speak clearly when questioned on policy — but the policies he has already outlined are a damning enough indictment of his fitness for office, columnist Eugene Robinson argued for The Washington Post.

In particular, Trump's three major policies will considerably damage the country, undermine the economy, and rip communities apart, he argued.

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Mike Johnson just said something that 'will unnerve many moderates': reporter

House Speaker Mike Johnson is apparently plowing ahead with a showdown over voting legislation that could result in a government shutdown ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

As reported by Fox News' Chad Pergram, Johnson said on Monday that he is determined to pass a measure that would demand proof of citizenship as a prerequisite to voting, despite the fact that it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote and despite the fact that instances of noncitizens voting is incredibly rare.

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White supremacist leaders plotted assassinations to start race war: federal indictment

Two leaders of a white supremacist group have been charged after allegedly plotting assassinations and terrorist attacks that they hoped would bring on a race war.

In a 37-page indictment unsealed by federal prosecutors on Monday, Dallas Erin Humber, 34, and Matthew Robert Allison, 37, were accused of leading a network of channels on the Telegram app that promoted "white supremacist accelerationism."

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Fyre Fest fraudster announces date for re-do of disastrous event

The founder of the catastrophic Fyre Fest is out of prison — and already planning a re-do.

Festival creator Billy McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison after the event, which resulted in hefty lawsuits. But now he's ready to orchestrate Fyre Fest II, which he swears will be the same high-end experience he'd originally promised, but with hotels instead of tents and full meals instead of cheese sandwiches.

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'Grave concern': Writer says Trump left crestfallen by her reaction to 'Kamabla' nickname

Donald Trump has been trying a new nickname for Vice President Kamala Harris in his Truth Social posts, but it seems to be missing its mark.

Several commenters have said his "Kamabla" moniker makes no sense. Now New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi described the ex-president's crestfallen disappointment when he tried out the name during a recent interview — and saw a lack of comprehension on her face.

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'Kill them all': Trump reportedly pushed for firing squads and hangings of gang members

Former President Donald Trump reportedly wanted to kill drug dealers and gang members in mass executions that would be a spectacle aimed at demonstrating his power.

Sources tell Rolling Stone that Trump would regularly make angry demands about using either firing squads or gallows to mass-execute gang members in a way that would see "bodies pile up in the streets."

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'God bless you': Marjorie Taylor Greene praises Jan. 6 rioter for 'assaulting' Democracy

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) thanked a Jan. 6 rioter who was found guilty after he was accused of entering the U.S. Capitol through a broken window and drinking whiskey shots in Rep. Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) office.

At a so-called hearing on the "unusually cruel" treatment of Jan. 6 "political prisoners" on Monday, Greene asked Treniss Evans about his crimes.

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'Stop faking it!' Ex-RNC chair snaps as MAGA rails against anti-Trump 'RINOs'

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) delivered a major election bombshell when she announced that her father — former Vice President Dick Cheney — was planning to join her in voting for Vice President Kamala Harris in November.

Many MAGA Republicans have been attacking the Cheneys as RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) following their Harris endorsements. But former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele slammed such attacks as silly during a Friday appearance on MSNBC.

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'Terrible, overpriced product': Trump attacks family-owned shop after Harris campaign stop

Donald Trump attacked an independent business Monday after it was visited by Kamala Harris during a campaign stop.

He then suggested the Democratic Party might consider bringing President Joe Biden back as its presidential nominee.

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Truth Social would be worth just $1 without Trump's name: financial expert

Donald Trump's slumping social media company pulled him off a list of the world's richest people in April — and the collapse is continuing.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) last week tumbled to their lowest value since a merger that took the company public this spring. The value of the former president's massive stake had already dropped so much that he was knocked off the Bloomberg Billionaires Index of the world’s 500 richest people, reported CNN.

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Trump tried to get DOJ to go after Saturday Night Live for mocking him: report

A new report from Rolling Stone claims that former President Donald Trump wanted to use the United States Department of Justice to go after late-night comedians who made fun of him.

In a lengthy report on Trump's second-term ambitions, sources told the publication that Trump believed that comedians who mocked him on television were guilty of giving what amounted to illegal campaign contributions to Democrats.

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'Corey's a character': Trump explains why he re-hired aide accused of sexual misconduct

A recent interview with Donald Trump published in New York Magazine Monday detailed why the ex-president hired back controversial 2016 campaign adviser, Corey Lewandowski.

Journalist Olivia Nuzzi wrote that the campaign had, relatively speaking, been quiet compared to Trump's previous runs for president. But commentators claimed Trump's decision last month to bring back Lewandowski, who headed previous runs, could shake that up.

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