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Former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman — who aided the former president in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election — was handed a loss Wednesday amid in his efforts to continue practicing law.Politico's Kyle Cheney reports via X (formerly Twitter), "JUST IN: The judge who recommended John Eastman’s disbarment denies his urgent request to delay her ruling, which resulted in his automatic suspension from practicing law. She cites the gravity of his misconduct and his refusal to acknowledge any wrongdoing."This comes one month after California State Bar Judge Yvette Roland ruled that "Eastman violated ethics rules when he helped to orchestrate the ex-president's ploy to over

In March, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign hired a firm to assist with "influencer engagement," run by former GOP candidate spokesman Zach Henry, according to a report published by NBC News Tuesday. Henry, NBC reported, called the House January 6 Committee's investigation into the attack on the Capitol a "witch hunt."According to a Wednesday Politico report, in addition to hiring Republican officials to boost his campaign, the Independent candidate's recent and regular interviews with right-wing news are "concerning and beyond logic," Trump co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita said. READ MORE:

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene took the next step today in removing Mike Johnson as House speaker. This play is part of a small story in a larger narrative about the politics of revolt inside the Republican Party. While that tale is worth telling fully, this one isn’t. We can spend our limited time talking about why Greene is pissed about Johnson’s leadership in the passage last week of military aide to Ukraine, contrary to the interests of Donald Trump and the Russian despot whom he openly serves. Or w

Former President Donald Trump was displeased with the amount of support he received in the form of protest ahead of day one of his New York hush money criminal trial. The morning of the start of his trial, the ex-president posted to social media: "America Loving Protesters should be allowed to protest at the front steps of Courthouses. GO OUT AND PEACEFULLY PROTEST. RALLY BEHIND MAGA. SAVE OUR COUNTRY!"A Wednesday NBC News report notes a source told the news outlet that Trump even lamented "no one is defending me."READ MORE:

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was strongly criticized Wednesday after promoting a historically and biblically false, antisemitic claim while declaring antisemitism is wrong.As the House voted on an antisemitism bill that would require the U.S. Dept. of Education to utilize a certain definition of antisemitism when enforcing anti-discrimination laws, the far-right Christian nationalist congresswoman made her false claims on social media.“Antisemitism is wrong, but I will not be voting for the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 (H.R. 6090) today that could convict Christians of antisemitism for bel

Former President Donald Trump has lately made a show of hosting various foreign leaders at his properties, including Trump Tower and his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. But President Joe Biden's reelection campaign says those meetings don't improve their rival's reputation for chaotic international diplomacy.Last month, Trump hosted Polish President Andrzej Duda at Trump Tower in Manhattan, and also had a meeting in New York with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso while he was in town for his criminal trial. And the ex-president has also hosted Hungarian President Viktor Orbán and British Foreign Secretary (and former prime minister)

Visitors to Oklahoma’s State Schools Superintendent’s personal social media page will notice a post vowing to “ban Critical Race Theory, protect women’s sports, and fight for school choice,” a post linking to a Politico profile of him that reads, “Meet the state GOP official at the forefront of injecting religion into public schools,” a photo of him closely embracing a co-founder of the anti-government extremist group Moms for Liberty, and a video in which he declares, “Oklahoma is MA

Former Donald Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified before the House January 6 Committee in 2022 that her former boss attempted to take control of the steering wheel from his Secret Service agent in an effort to make his way to join rioters at the US Capitol. Nearly two years later, Politico's Kyle Cheney reported that the former president confirmed his actions during a Wednesday rally."Trump just said at his rally that he did, in fact, ask his Secret Service driver on Jan. 6 to take him to the Capitol," Cheney wrote via X (formerly Twitter). "'I sat in the back. And you know what I did say? 'I’d like to go down there.' ... They said 'Sir, it’s better if you don’t.'"READ MORE:

Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (R) is currently going through a messy divorce with his ex-wife, Glenna after separating last year. Now, a Kentucky judge has ordered him to stay out of his former spouse's home due to his continued unannounced comings and goings.Louisville Public Media (LPM) reported Wednesday that Bevin — who has been a private citizen since losing the 2019 gubernatorial election to then-Attorney General Andy Beshear (D) — has just one week to obtain all remaining belongings from his ex-wife's home in the Louisville suburb of Anchorage. At that point, he has to obtain permission from the court if he hopes to enter the house.Glenna alleged in a sworn affi

A Pennsylvania congressman has greatly benefited from a President Joe Biden law he's openly criticized, according to a Wednesday HuffPost report. Per the report, US Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) slammed Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in a 2022 statement, as the "so-called Inflation Reduction Act," claiming that it is "loaded with bad policy and wasteful spending that will ultimately worsen inflation, expand government, and hurt the middle-class."