Some Republicans defend courts against Trump administration’s efforts to push them aside

by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | Politics

Anna Rose Layden/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Following Vice President JD Vance’s comments Sunday arguing that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” some Republican lawmakers have pushed back and...

Trump pardons former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich

by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | Politics

Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before Trump commuted his...

Steve Bannon pleads guilty in border wall fraud case, avoids jail time

by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | Politics

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Steve Bannon, the confidante of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding New Yorkers who donated to “We Build the Wall,” an online fundraiser for Trump’s signature project during...

Judge orders FBI to release some information in Trump documents case

by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | Politics

The J. Edgar Hoover building, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters/ Kent Nishimura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has ordered that the FBI must release some records related to its investigation of President Donald Trump’s handling...

Trump says he could withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they reject his Gaza development plan

by admin | Feb 11, 2025 | Politics

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is gearing up for potentially contentious meetings with Arab power players this week as President Donald Trump continues to press his plan for what he calls U.S. “ownership” of Gaza,...