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Violent or Nonviolent? January 6ers Try to Parse Trump Pardon Remarks

January 6 defendants and attorneys have caught on to a shift in Donald Trump’s statements about a pardon in recent weeks: ...

How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes

This story first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big ...

Judge Shuts Down Trump’s Latest Attempt To Skate On Hush Money Conviction

Judge Merchan eviscerated Trump’s arguments and ruled in such a way that makes Trump’s expected appeal quite a bit more ...

How New York Republicans Helped Defend Daniel Penny In Controversial Subway Chokehold Case

Daniel Penny was not present at the New York Young Republican Club’s 112th annual gala on Sunday evening, but in many ways he ...

In An Ominous Sign, ABC News Rolls Over For Trump

ABC News settled Donald Trump’s defamation case against it with the payment of money and an expression of regret.

MAGA Republicans Dodge Questions About Their Own Party’s Plans To Gut Social Safety Net

Some House Republicans in recent weeks have not exactly been shy about their interest in reviving the party’s longtime passion for gutting the social safety net in the wake of Donald ...

The Ultimate MAGA: Global And Domestic Right Gathers, Ready For A New Trump Era

Sunday night offered a sneak preview of what life might be like in President-elect Donald Trump’s second term at the annual black tie gala of Manhattan’s most MAGA political club.

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Musk Says Jump, A Spending Bill Lands In The Trash and Johnson’s Gavel Is Again On The Line