Ben Shimkus

Democratic House Leader Jeffries Warns Country Is Heading For Two Years Of ‘Dysfunction’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) warned that the historically long vote for House Speaker is a troubling sign…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Make Guinness Book Of Records: First Person Ever To Lose $200 Billion In One Year!

Elon Musk has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records again – this time, he probably doesn't want…

2 years ago

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Gloats About House Floor Call With Donald Trump

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) confirmed she spoke with former President Donald Trump on the phone to help gain Republican…

2 years ago

Biden Visits U.S.-Mexico Border For First Time As President Amid Migrant Policy Crackdown

President Joe Biden spent several hours at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday while traveling to a meeting of North American…

2 years ago

Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazilian Capital In Jan. 6-Style Attack

At least 1,200 supporters of far-right Jair Bolsonaro have been detained after storming multiple buildings in Brazil's capital. Key buildings…

2 years ago

Rep. Mike Rogers ‘Regrets’ Nearly Punching Rep. Matt Gaetz During House Speaker Vote

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Alabama) is expressing regret following a tense moment with Republican colleague Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida). Onlookers believed…

2 years ago

Kevin McCarthy Elected House Speaker On 15th Ballot After Contentious Debate

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California) has been voted in as Speaker of the 118th House of Representatives. After a historic 15…

2 years ago

Trump White House Drafted Memo To Fire Anyone Who Wouldn’t Claim 2020 Election Was ‘Rigged’

The Trump administration drafted a memo directing staffers to fire anyone who would not claim publicly that the 2020 election…

2 years ago

Twitter Sued For Reportedly Not Paying $136,000 In Rent On Headquarters

The landlords who own Twitter's San Francisco headquarters have sued Elon Musk after he allegedly stiffed them on thousands of…

2 years ago

Rep. Jamie Raskin Proposes Abolishing The Electoral College: ‘It Doesn’t Fit Anymore’

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D–Maryland) called the Electoral College "a danger" to American democracy. In an interview with Face the Nation, he…

2 years ago

Trump’s Tax Returns Show That His Policies Have Benefitted Him Financially

Donald Trump paid $5.3 million in federal taxes in 2018 - by far the most he spent as President. Then…

2 years ago

Trump Paid More In Foreign Taxes Than U.S. Federal Taxes, Returns Show

The Ways and Means Committee released Donald Trump's tax returns from 2015 to 2020, showing the former President paid more…

2 years ago

Trump’s Not-So-Happy Happy New Year’s Post Wishes “Marxist Lunatics” & “Clueless RINOS” ‘Well’

Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to wish a broad swath of people a "Happy New Year." The…

2 years ago

Cassidy Hutchinson Told By Trump Lawyer ‘The Less You Remember, The Better’ On Jan. 6 Planning

Transcripts of Cassidy Hutchinson's closed-door testimony to the January 6 committee have been released. Hutchinson's testimony suggested the Trump administration…

2 years ago

Kevin McCarthy Caves On Demand Of Right-Wing Congressmen In Last Ditch Bid For Speakership

Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy (R–California) caved to right-wing members' demands for a lower the threshold for a "no confidence…

2 years ago

Special Counsel John Durham Spent $6.5 Million On Investigation That Uncovered Almost Nothing

John Durham, the special counsel investigating the probe into Donald Trump's ties with Russia in the 2016 election, has spent more…

2 years ago

House Passes Bill To Mandate IRS To Audit All Sitting Presidents After Failure With Trump

The House has voted 222-201 in favor of mandating the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to audit all sitting U.S. Presidents.…

2 years ago

Putin Says ‘99.9%’ Of Russians Are Willing To Sacrifice Their Lives For Ukraine War Effort

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that "99.9 percent" of Russians are patriotic enough to sacrifice their lives in the Ukrainian…

2 years ago

Reform Of Electoral Count Act, Which Trump Tried To Exploit On Jan. 6, Becomes Law

As part of the $1.7 trillion bill the House passed to fund the government, lawmakers agreed to reform the 1887…

2 years ago

Judge Rejects Kari Lake’s Election Challenge

An Arizona court rejected Kari Lake's attempt to re-litigate her Arizona gubernatorial loss. Lake's ten lawsuits alleged she lost because…

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