Federal prosecutors charged at least five people in connection with an alleged plot to kill the president and countless others at Sunday's UFC cage fight on the White House lawn. Ed O'Keefe reports.
Rep. Kevin Hern cruised to a primary victory in Oklahoma and questions why Republican senators won't support the SAVE Act voter ID bill in Congress.
Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) won Tuesday’s Oklahoma Republican Senate primary, all but ensuring a November general election victory in the solidly red state. Hern, endorsed by President Donald Trump, was heavily favored to beat several GOP challengers and will face the Democratic nominee to serve in the Senate seat vacated earlier this year by now-Homeland […]
Rep. Mike Collins (R) is projected to defeat former college football coach Derek Dooley in the Senate Republican runoff to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) in Georgia this fall, according to Decision Desk HQ. Collins’s victory is a major win for President Trump, who issued a last-minute endorsement for the staunch ally over the…
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) won Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff Tuesday, defeating former football coach Derek Dooley in a closely watched contest that became a proxy fight between President Donald Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA). The Associated Press called the race for Collins at 8:37 p.m. With 56% of the vote counted, Collins led with […]
President Donald Trump's Justice Department is headed into illegal territory with their latest move to prosecute 15 protesters from Minnesota for interference with immigration authorities, former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann told MS NOW's Ari Melber on Tuesday.Weissmann has a number of questions about how this was conducted — which would likely paint a damning picture of the current state of the DOJ."Andrew, your view on what we saw out of Minnesota and where it fits in with what I call the declining credibility of DOJ under this administration?" asked Melber, himself an attorney."Absolutely," said Weissmann. "That is something that indeed you worry about, which is how is this presented to the grand jury? What were they told?" He brought up the case of the so-called "Broadview Six" in Chicago, whose indictment for protesting immigration officials was found to be tainted with severe misconduct. "But I think there's something else in addition to all that, which is what I would ask [acting Attorney General] Todd Blanche at his confirmation hearing ... and that is, can you tell me, Mr. Blanche, why you're so concerned about what these people did in protesting ICE?"Weissmann continued that even stipulating to their guilt in this matter, "how does this compare to the protests on January 6th, where those people were pardoned, where you have called that a 'grave national injustice'? Can you explain to me why you are bringing a case against ICE protesters, when you have said that for conduct that is at least as egregious, and I think many people listening to this would say more egregious because of the true assault on police officers — why you called that a grave injustice?"Ultimately, he said, "Doesn't that speak to exactly what the law prohibits, which is vindictive and selective prosecution?" - YouTube youtu.be
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Sending Vice President JD Vance to defend Trump's baffling remarks on inflation was the "worst possible strategy," a political expert said on Tuesday.Paul Rieckhoff mocked the very idea while speaking on a CNN panel on "Erin Burnett OutFront." However, during Vance's appearance on "The View," he found himself defending Trump's "I love the inflation" comments and laughing off pushback. "JD Vance is extremely unpopular," Rieckhoff said. "So sending out JD Vance to try to move people is pretty much the worst possible strategy."Rieckhoff added that the "real bellwether" for how voters feel about inflation will be the general election in November, when Republicans "have to talk about inflation, they have to talk about the economy."In particular, Independents are "not buying a lot of what Trump's pushing right now," Rieckhoff said, adding that they make up 47 percent of the country's voters.
Federal law enforcement said they foiled a plan to attack the White House during the UFC event on Sunday. Five suspects have been arrested and there’s a manhunt for others. NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell reports.