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Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account on Wednesday to rage against the civil fraud judgment made against him earlier this year, which put him on the hook for over $450 million in damages and limited his ability to operate in New York.

His complaint arrived days after Trump was convicted in a New York City courtroom on 34 counts of falsifying business records — the first time a former president has been charged with a felony.

The father of a Baraboo High School graduate blocked his daughter from shaking the hand of the Black superintendent as she graduated, video of the incident shows.

The school district, which has had repeated problems with racism and antisemitism, held its graduation Friday. The father was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, Wisconsin News reported.

House Republicans Wednesday issued criminal referrals against President Joe Biden's son Hunter and his brother James.

Republicans on the Oversight, Judiciary and Ways and Means committees accuse the two Biden men of making making false statements to Congress during the impeachment inquiry of the president.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) vowed Wednesday to subpoena New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo if they declined an invitation to appear before his committee.

On Friday, Jordan sent letters to the two New York prosecutors to ask them to testify about the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.

A three-judge panel appointed by Republicans will decide whether Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis will remain on Donald Trump's election interference case in Georgia.

The Georgia Court of Appeals tentatively set an Oct. 4 date for arguments in an effort by Trump and his allies to have Willis and her office removed from the case, and all three judges randomly selected to hear the case – Trenton Brown, Benjamin Land and Todd Markle – were appointed by GOP governors, reported Newsweek.

On Wednesday afternoon the full Senate will vote on legislation to protect the right to contraception. Twenty-two Republicans have signed a letter stating they will vote against the bill, claiming it violates religious liberties, parental right — and even baselessly claiming it provides "condoms to little kids."

"An overwhelming bipartisan majority of Americans support the Right to Contraception Act (81%), which aims to protect access to birth control pills, IUDs, condoms, and other forms of contraception," pollsters at Navigator Research report. That includes 90% of Democrats, 75% of Republicans, and 70% of independents.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is under pressure from Trump allies to clamp down on special counsel Jack Smith's criminal prosecutions of former President Donald Trump, and The New Republic's Greg Sargent argues that his latest reported moves reek of "deep MAGA desperation."

In particular, Sargent reports that Johnson soon may announce proposals that "would restrict federal funding from going to any special counsel to 'bring a criminal prosecution of a former or current president," while "two others would restrict federal funding to other federal and state law enforcement officials pursuing such a prosecution."