As MSNBC reporter Yasmin Vossoughian was announcing on live TV that the jury for Donald Trump's hush-money trial had been seated, with all six alternates, she reported in horror that a man had set himself on fire across the street from where she was reporting. Spectators rushed to assist the man and extinguished the fire, which she said was about 50 feet from her. read more
The Arkansas Legislative Audit this week wrapped up its investigation into the purchase of a $19,000 podium by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' administration. read more
A top leader of the national conservative group Turning Point Action, which has amplified false claims of election fraud by former president Donald Trump and others, resigned Thursday after being accused of forging voter signatures on official paperwork so that he could run for reelection in the Arizona House. read more
Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, according to the US broadcaster ABC News. read more
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden made a combined income of $619,976 last year, and Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband made $450,299, according to the couples' 2023 tax returns the White House released Monday. read more
The former president's campaign sent a letter to vendors demanding a cut of any candidate donations that use his name or likeness read more
Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack ... read more
The Senate quickly dispensed with the two impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, convening a short-lived trial Wednesday that brought an end to a months-long effort to punish the secretary for his handling of the southern border. read more
The Chinese Embassy has held meetings with congressional staff to lobby against the legislation that would force a sale of TikTok, according to two of the Capitol Hill staffers. read more
During jury selection in a criminal trial, it's important that prospective jurors be screened for any potential biases toward the defendant or prosecution. In Donald Trump's hush-money trial, this meant the former president had to sit through the second day of proceedings listening to jokes and memes publicly posted on social media at his expense. read more
Dan Kennedy: I want to return one more time to NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner's long essay in The Free Press about what he regards as his employer's move to the fringe left. Mainly he seems to be worked up about diversity workshops and a change in NPR's audience from one that was more or less balanced ideologically to one that is overwhelmingly liberal and progressive -- which, as I wrote earlier this week, is more a consequence of the great national sorting-out than of anything NPR itself has done. But there were also three factual assertions he made. One is flat-out false; one is devoid of crucial context; and one is questionable.
Dickey Betts, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band whose piercing solos, beloved songs and hell-raising spirit defined the band and Southern rock in general, died Thursday morning at the age of 80. The cause was cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Betts' manager David Spero confirmed to Rolling Stone. read more
In a classified addendum to Russia's official - and public - "Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation," the ministry calls for an "offensive information campaign" and other measures spanning "the military-political, economic and trade and informational psychological spheres" against a "coalition of unfriendly countries" led by the United States. read more
President Biden delivered a flurry of attacks on former President Donald J. Trump during a Tuesday speech. He laid out his vision for a fairer tax code, including raising rates on the wealthy and corporations and using the money to expand the economy and help working families. Then Biden added, "If Trump's stock in his Truth Social company drops any lower, he might do better under my tax plan than his." read more
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