As soon as Katie Britt finished the GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union speech, commenters online were instantly predicting that Saturday Night Live would be mocking it during this week’s cold open. True to form, SNL did not disappoint — and they got some good old fashion star power to help (in … Read more
You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. There’s no leader whose political shadow dwarfs his actual geopolitical form as much as that of Viktor Orban. The illiberal … Read more
WASHINGTON — A Republican-appointed federal judge who has served on the bench for 37 years slammed prominent politicians for their “preposterous” claims about how the courts have handled Jan. 6 cases and their attempts to “rewrite history” about the U.S. Capitol attack, saying such rhetoric could foreshadow future far-right violence. Senior U.S. District Judge Royce … Read more
ABC News reports that “multiple new witnesses” have been contacted in an investigation into allegations of sex trafficking and lobbying violations SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty US Representative Matt Gaetz A reopened House Ethics Committee probe of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has widened in recent weeks, with ABC News reporting that “multiple new witnesses” have been … Read more
After Hunter Biden skipped a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, choosing instead to call out House Republicans in a scathing public statement, a Fox News panel slammed the GOP’s “botched” effort to begin an impeach inquiry into President Joe Biden. Shortly after the 9:30am deadline, Biden appeared outside the Senate in front of … Read more
Mike Johnson accidentally revealed just how weak the Republican impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden is, when he failed to actually defend one of the central accusations against the president on the merits. Johnson held a Tuesday press conference with Representatives Jim Jordan and James Comer, who have spearheaded the investigation into Biden, to discuss the … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Having lost the first vote to become House speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan will try again on a decisive second ballot that will test whether the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump can win over the holdouts or if his bid for the gavel is collapsing, denied by detractors. Ahead of Wednesday morning’s voting, … Read more