Pence urges Republican voters to reject Trump-style 'populism'
By James Oliphant Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday urged his fellow Republicans to reject the “siren
2023-09-07 04:52
Pence warns Republicans against 'siren song of populism'
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday called on his party to turn away from what he described as a growing threat of populism led by his former White House boss Donald Trump and "his imitators."
2023-09-07 04:20
Pence rails against Trump's 'siren song of populism' as he tries to energize his 2024 campaign
Former Vice President Mike Pence is casting the 2024 election as a fight for the future of conservatism and the GOP
2023-09-07 04:15
Donald Trump's Georgia trial expected to take four months
Prosecutors estimate that approximately 150 witnesses will be called in the election fraud case.
2023-09-07 02:56
Georgia prosecutors predict four-month trial and 150 witnesses for Trump’s election interference case
Georgia prosecutors estimate a four-month trial with more than 150 witnesses for the 19 defendants in a sweeping racketeering indictment targeting an alleged criminal enterprise to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state. Prosecutors offered an early glimpse of the courtroom arguments against Donald Trump and 18 of his co-defendants during the first-ever televised hearing connected to the case on 6 September. Fulton County prosecutors shot down arguments from attorneys for Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, who have sought to be tried separately from the 16 others wrapped up in the indictment, which charges the defendants under the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO statute, alleging 40 separate crimes and 161 different acts connected to an alleged criminal conspiracy to unlawfully reject election results. That four-month timeline does not include jury selection, prosecutors said. Attorneys for Mr Chesebro, among the chief architects of an allegedly fraudulent scheme to enlist Trump loyalists as presidential electors for the state won by Joe Biden, and Ms Powell, who is accused of leading an effort to unlawfully breach voting machines, have alleged that the allegations against them have nothing to do with dozens of other acts involved in the case. By comparison, in 2014, Ms Willis served as the chief prosecutor in a similarly sweeping RICO case targeting corruption within the Atlanta Public Schools system. Eleven of the 12 defendants were convicted in April 2015, roughly seven months after the beginning of the trial. One of the defendants died before the end of the trial. In arguments before Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday, attorneys for Mr Chesebro and Ms Powell argued that their clients would be wrapped up in hours, days or weeks of testimony and evidence presentation that would unfairly wrap them up with crimes they had nothing to do with. But Fulton County prosecutor Will Wooten argued that their involvement in those incidents showed that the criminal enterprise “existed, and “that the enterprise was working.” This is a developing story Read More Trump hearing underway in Georgia election case as lawsuit seeks to bar him from 2024 race - live
2023-09-07 02:18
Washington ethics watchdog files suit to try to block Trump from ballot
A Washington-based ethics watchdog filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to try to block Donald Trump from appearing on
2023-09-07 01:57
Wisconsin Democrats combat impeachment of court justice with $4M effort
The Wisconsin Democratic Party has launched a $4 million effort to pressure Republicans to back down from impeaching a new liberal state Supreme Court justice
2023-09-07 01:20
Election tribunal rejects Peter Obi's presidential election challenge in Nigeria
One of President Bola Tinubu's opponents failed to prove allegations of rigging, the court rules.
2023-09-07 01:00
Lawsuit contends Constitution's 'insurrection' clause bars Trump from running again for president
A liberal group has filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado
2023-09-07 00:57
Christie says DeSantis put 'politics ahead of his job' by not seeing Biden during hurricane visit
Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put “politics ahead of his job” by declining to meet with President Joe Biden during Biden's weekend visit to survey Hurricane Idalia’s damage in DeSantis’ state
2023-09-06 23:57
Factbox-Who are the Republican candidates running for U.S. president?
WASHINGTON Ten Republican candidates are seeking their party's nomination to take on Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden in
2023-09-06 21:48
Complaints over campaign comments by Wisconsin Supreme Court justice are dismissed
A state judiciary disciplinary panel has rejected several complaints lodged against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz alleging that she violated the judicial code of ethics for comments she made during the campaign
2023-09-06 19:18