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Russian President Vladimir Putin's "chef" and Wagner Group owner Yevgeniy Prigozhin proposed a major deal to Ukraine earlier this year, The Washington Post reports.Per The Post, according to "unreported U.S. intelligence documents leaked on the group-chat…

United States Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) blasted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) during an appearance on CBS' Face the Nation Sunday over the speaker's demonization of migrants at the U.S. border, Rolling Stone reports.Per Rolling Stone, the GOP lawmaker…

Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry (R-TX) told CNN's Jim Acosta that he was pondering whether to run for president again.Acosta asked Perry if he was endorsing Trump in 2024 and Perry hedged, but not because he was thinking about Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). "You…

United States Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) on Sunday attempted to interpret former President Donald Trump's recent comments around the Russia-Ukraine war.CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked the former president during Wednesday's town hall about whether or not he wants…

This week, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) fumbled comments about white supremacy in the military. According to Tuberville, white nationalists are nothing more than Americans and blamed Democrats for saying there were "too many white extremists, white…

Former South Carolina Governor and 2024 GOP candidate Nikki Haley suggested a national abortion is likely not possible during an interview with CBS' Face the Nation Sunday, The New York Times reports.Per Politico, the 2024 hopeful considers herself…

The Washington Post editorial board crafted a pathway for Congress can follow in dealing with the U.S. Supreme Court's ethics problems.Writing over the weekend, the board explained that if Justice Clarence Thomas doesn't intend to amend his disclosure forms…

Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor who consulted for the Manhattan district attorney, is going after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) after he demanded Pomerantz appear before the subcommittee on "weaponization" in government.Jordan has called on District Attorney…

When it comes to political leadership, Russell Moore, the Editor in Chief of Christianity Today, is concerned about character. According to Mediaite, during a Meet the Press interview with Chuck Todd Sunday, Moore discussed his thoughts around former President…

Last week, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) fumbled some comments about white supremacy in the military. According to Tuberville, they're nothing more than Americans. Since then, he's tried to explain away the comments. First, he asked how one defines a white…

New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu, during a Sunday interview with MSNBC host Jen Psaki, claimed "other countries" like France and Chile have raised the retirement age without any backlash — but that's not the case.Several GOP lawmakers have…

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushed back against claims that former President Donald Trump could stop the war on his country in 24 hours if re-elected.Ukrainska Pravda reported Zelenskyy's remarks to Italian media over the weekend."Trump was the…

The president of the North Carolina State Bar Association triggered an explosion of outrage this week after he canceled a drag trivia night so that the organization's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee could "present both sides" of the…

Fox News host Arthel Neville asked Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) why Republicans were not investigating the millions of dollars Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner made while Donald Trump was president.Burchett and House Republicans have spent months looking into money…

Former President Donald Trump authored two Truth Social tantrums for Mother's Day on Sunday, neither of which extended genuine appreciation toward moms or to either of Trump's co-parents.The first post arrived at 11:17 a.m.:Happy Mother’s Day to ALL, in…

During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday morning, former Republican party campaign strategist Rick Wilson said Democrats have their work cut out for them in the 2024 election cycle where he expects Donald Trump will be at the top of the Republican Party…

United States Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) tore into congressional Republicans this weekend for duplicitously traveling to the US-Mexico border for photo ops while offering solutions that Democrats believe would exacerbate the ongoing human rights…

United States Representative and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Kentucky) revealed to Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that a purported "whistleblower" whom congressional Republicans believe bore witness to evidence that crimes…

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy complained that a "crisis of masculinity" was preventing killings by subway vigilantes.On a Sunday Fox & Friends segment, Campos-Duffy defended Daniel Penny after he allegedly killed Jordan Neely on a subway for being…

President Joe Biden delivered the commencement address at Howard University in Washington, DC on Saturday and touched upon the "harsh reality that racism has long torn us apart. It's a battle that's never really over, but on the best days, enough of us have…

The race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination officially kicked off on November 15th, 2022 when former President Donald Trump declared his candidacy for the White House. Trump was joined by three others — ex-South Carolina governor and United…

Why in hell did CNN give Donald Trump a full hour of prime-time television before an audience of ardent supporters who applauded every lie and laughed at every sexist insult?The germ of an answer could be found last August, when Chris Licht, CNN’s new…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has quietly floated plans to directly attack Russia despite publicly insisting that his country's only objective is to reclaim territory that has been seized, annexed, and occupied by Russian President Vladimir Putin's…

Ex-American Idol contestant and Flat-Earther right-wing activist Jimmy Levy resurrected a conspiracy theory that was championed by QAnon and its followers prior to the 2020 election during a speech at the ReAwaken America Tour on Saturday, which took place at…

"These findings fly in the face of Biden's preferred framing of international politics as a 'battle between democracies and autocracies,'" says the author of a new report.President Joe Biden claims that the United States is leading "democracies" in a fight…

I am not saying that a panel of federal health advisers at the US Food and Drug Administration acted politically when it said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold over the counter.…

The U.S. appears likely to legalize over-the-counter contraception—a critical step in increasing women’s bodily autonomy and economic independence.A committee of advisers recently recommended that the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) begin…

As the United States Supreme Court remains under deep scrutiny over issues of ethics, "questions of conflict of interest" are revealing details of the justices' pasts, Business Insider reports. Jane Sullivan Roberts, lawyer and wife of Chief Justice John…

The luxury Trump Towers at Sunny Isles Beach in South Florida reportedly welcomed a different type of visitor on Thursday: the Federal Bureau of Investigation.The raid by the FBI on the property, for which former president Donald Trump has a licensing deal to…

MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner is certain former President Donald Trump incriminated himself on CNN's town hall stage earlier this week, Mediaite reports. The former federal prosecutor took to his YouTube channel to offer a list of ways the 2024 hopeful…