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Law professor hammered for confidence Supreme Court will dismiss 'nonsense' Trump lawsuit

The Missouri attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday in an effort to overturn Donald Trump's gag order in the hush money case — and halt September's sentencing.

In the filing, far-right Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked for "modest relief: a stay of New York's gag order and impending sentence against Donald J. Trump during the 2024 Presidential election season so Missourians can participate in the election free from New York's exercise of coercive power limiting the ability of Trump to campaign."

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John Roberts opens door to Trump's 'revenge tour' in immunity ruling: columnist

The U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to Donald Trump's promised revenge tour in a potential second term, according to an analysis.

The conservative majority ruled 6-3 to grant the former president immunity for many of his actions to overturn his 2020 election loss, but MSNBC columnist Hayes Brown said chief justice John Roberts had given Trump the green light to target his enemies for the type of politicized prosecutions of which he baselessly claims to be a victim.

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'One of dumber things I’ve ever read’: Ex-CIA attorney bashes Jim Jordan conspiracy theory

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) continued focus on a letter written four years ago in which members of the intelligence community dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop conspiracy as Russian disinformation is drawing the ire of a former CIA attorney who was there during part of Donald Trump's administration.

Jordan published a report last month from the House Judiciary Committee claiming, "CIA contractors colluded with the Biden campaign to discredit Hunter Biden laptop story."

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'As morally bankrupt as the Republican Party': Major donor slams Dems over Biden stance

Democratic donors are losing confidence in President Joe Biden but holding their fire in fear that speaking out against him could hurt the party's chances in the November elections, according to a new report.

Some donors quietly undertook efforts to pressure Biden into leaving the race after his debate performance set off alarms about his age and acuity, but so far those efforts haven't amounted to much or alienated other contributors and Democratic operatives.

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Infighting engulfs Florida GOP as candidate sues over election fliers linking him to China

An internal fight is brewing in the Florida Republican Party as a GOP state Senate candidate is suing a party political committee over "defamatory" attacks linking him to the Chinese Communist Party.

According to ClickOrlando, businessman Bowen Kou, who is challenging the state party's preferred candidate of outgoing state House Rep. Keith Truenow for the open Senate District 13, has been targeted in mailers from the Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, which say, “Why are Chinese donors (from all over the country) flooding Bowen Kou (Lake County State Senate Race) with cash?”

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'That's treason': Project 2025 leader shocks with veiled threat of bloody revolution

The president of the conservative think tank behind former President Donald Trump's controversial Project 2025 platform shocked the nation with a veiled threat of bloody revolution.

Heritage Foundation chief Kevin Roberts appeared on the far-right streaming service Real America's Voice Tuesday to explain to viewers how conservatives were in the process of "taking the country back" from the "radical left," video shows.

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Oklahoma official says Steve Bannon is in jail because schools don't teach the Bible

Oklahoma's top education official argued that former President Donald Trump and Steve Bannon were facing legal problems because the Bible is not taught in public schools.

Days after mandating that the Bible must be taught in all public schools in the Sooner State, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters appeared on Bannon's War Room podcast to promote his decision.

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'Absolutely false': White House scrambles to deny report that Biden mulled quitting

The White House slapped back at the New York Times over its breaking report that President Joe Biden is considering stepping aside.

"That claim is absolutely false," spokesperson Andrew Bates snapped on X. "If the New York Times had provided us with more than 7 minutes to comment we would have told them so."

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'Praying': Insiders reveal unlikely allies quietly plotting to keep Biden on the ballot

President Joe Biden has garnered a slew of unlikely allies who are taking quiet yet bold steps to ensure he remains on the presidential ballot in 2024, insiders say in a new report.

Conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation is rallying Republicans around Biden, the candidate they feel most confident their own controversial candidate — the first former president to be convicted of criminal charges — can beat, nonprofit news site NOTUS reported Wednesday.

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Christian nationalist behind MAGA’s Project 2025 blasted for ‘threatening violence’

Kevin Roberts, the president of the far-right Heritage Foundation, which is behind the multi-million dollar Trump-aligned Project 2025, has a warning for Democrats: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be."

Roberts, according to a January New York Times interview, is "very open about being a Christian nationalist," and "views Heritage’s role today as 'institutionalizing Trumpism.'"

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Biden admits to key ally he may need to quit: N.Y. Times

President Joe Biden has heard calls for him to step aside after his debate debacle, and he's reportedly considering it.

The president has told a key ally he realizes he may not be able to convince voters that he is up to the task of winning the election and serving another term, and that individual told the New York Times that Biden understands his upcoming appearances heading into the July 4 holiday weekend must go well – or he may need to go.

“He knows if he has two more events like that, we’re in a different place,” that ally said, referring to the president's unsteady and unfocused performance on the debate stage.

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Newsmax host stomps on Trump spokesperson’s call for ‘total surrender’ by Democrats

Trump campaign spokesperson Caroline Sunshine called for the "total surrender" of Democrats after the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

Sunshine, deputy communications director for Trump's campaign, made the remarks Wednesday on Newsmax.

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Judge accused of astonishing pattern of misbehavior — capped by drive-by shooting

An Oklahoma judge is facing removal from the bench after accusations of a run of bad behavior leading up to his alleged involvement in a pair of drive-by shootings in two states.

Garfield County associate district Judge Brian Lovell was indicted last September in Travis County, Texas, for allegedly shooting six parked cars at an intersection and then using his SUV to try to force a women's car into oncoming traffic during a road rage incident. Investigators say he fired off his 40-caliber Glock three more times in frustration, reported Law & Crime.

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