Nikki Haley alleged she was set up by Democratic ‘plant’ after being asked what caused the Civil War

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who is facing backlash over her response to a question about the Civil War at a New Hampshire campaign event, alleged without evidence Thursday that that the questioner was potentially a Democratic “plant.” “We know when they’re there. We know what they’re doing,” Haley said during an interview with the … Read more

Joe Biden Has Blunt 4-Word Reply To Nikki Haley’s Viral ‘Civil War’ Dodge

President Joe Biden had a simple response to a question that Nikki Haley seemed to have trouble answering. At a town hall event in Berlin, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, a voter asked the Republican presidential candidate to state the cause of the Civil War. In a reply that went viral, Haley said it was about … Read more

Nikki Haley, asked what caused the Civil War, leaves out slavery. It’s not the first time

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn’t mention slavery in her response — leading the voter to say he was “astonished” by her omission. Asked during a town hall in Berlin, New Hampshire, what she … Read more

After 40 witnesses and 43 days of testimony, here’s what we learned at Trump’s civil fraud trial

NEW YORK (AP) — After hearing from 40 witnesses over 2½ months, Judge Arthur Engoron sounded almost wistful as he presided over the last day of testimony in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial. “In a strange way, I’m gonna miss this trial,” he said Wednesday. Things aren’t over yet in the case, in which … Read more

A24’s chilling ‘Civil War’ trailer sees America tearing itself apart

Men, Ex Machina, and Annihilation director Alex Garland examines an America tearing itself apart in Civil War, and honestly, the trailer feels deeply uncomfortable to watch. A24 dropped a chilling first look at the upcoming film which sees a “near-future” U.S. descending into brutal conflict. We’re introduced to Nick Offerman as the president overseeing a … Read more

America is on the brink in the first trailer for Alex Garland’s Civil War

The next film from director Alex Garland looks like quite the action-packed dystopia. A24 just released the first trailer for Civil War, which is set in a near-future version of the US that is, as you can probably guess, in the midst of a violent civil war, with forces from Texas and California making their … Read more

Donald Trump’s lawyers again ask for early verdict in civil fraud trial, judge says ‘no way’

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers rested his defense Tuesday and sought anew to immediately end the New York civil fraud trial that threatens the former president’s real estate empire. The judge said “there’s no way I’m going to grant that.” Trump’s lawyers — thwarted in a similar bid last month — were swatted … Read more

What to know about Trump’s decision to not testify again in New York civil fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump was supposed to testify again at his New York civil fraud trial on Monday, but he made a surprise announcement Sunday that he would not be appearing. Trump has already testified once in the trial, repeatedly barreling past questions from the New York attorney general’s office to instead attack the judge … Read more

Dutch lawyers seek a civil court order to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Human rights lawyers went to court in the Netherlands on Monday to call for a halt to the export of fighter jet parts to Israel that could be used in attacks on Gaza. The organizations allege that delivery of parts for F-35 jets makes the Netherlands complicit in possible war crimes … Read more