Shortly after House lawmakers overwhelming rejected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attempt to strip the gavel from a second Republican leader in the past year, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told her in a brief conversation on the House floor that he isn’t one to hold a grudge. “Let’s move on, Marjorie. I’m okay with this. Let’s […]Read More

Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign called itself a “juggernaut” in May of that year, on par with a planet-destroying “Death Star” that was “firing on all cylinders.” Trump’s 2024 campaign has traded Star Wars metaphors for talk of a “leaner” and “more efficient” operation, with less real estate, fewer employees and greater dependence on outside groups. […]Read More

Adult-film actress Stormy Daniels and an attorney for former president Donald Trump engaged in a fiery, hours-long cross-examination Thursday, bringing an end to Daniels’s testimony during Trump’s criminal trial. Since Daniels took the stand Tuesday, she has testified about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, at times seeming to describe it as nonconsensual. […]Read More

NEW YORK — New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan blamed Donald Trump’s attorney Susan Necheles in court Thursday for not sufficiently objecting in real time to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels’s detailed testimony this week — and again said Daniels’s testimony does not warrant a mistrial. This post appeared first on The Washington PostRead More

Two political operatives close to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) agreed to plead guilty this year and cooperate with the Justice Department’s bribery case against the lawmaker, according to newly unsealed court documents. The records show that Colin Strother and Florencio “Lencho” Rendon struck the plea agreements in March, admitting to their roles in an alleged […]Read More

Two political operatives close to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) agreed to plead guilty this year and cooperate with the Justice Department’s bribery case against the lawmaker, according to newly unsealed court documents. The records show that Colin Strother and Florencio “Lencho” Rendon struck the plea agreements in March, admitting to their roles in an alleged […]Read More

Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest developments in a 2024 election that could prove stormy, but not perhaps not so much in a court of law. (Did a friend forward this to you? If so, sign up sign up here. You can also hear my analysis weekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, […]Read More

Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest developments in a 2024 election that could prove stormy, but not perhaps not so much in a court of law. (Did a friend forward this to you? If so, sign up sign up here. You can also hear my analysis weekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, […]Read More

Stephen Miller is not subtle. His rhetoric tends toward the apocalyptic, a habit that would seem hard to maintain over the course of a decade that included holding a senior position in the White House. But he sticks to it. On Wednesday evening, for example, Miller warned his followers on X, formerly known as Twitter, […]Read More