Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana is a lawyer specializing in constitutional issues who had rallied Republicans around Trump’s legal effort to overturn the 2020 election results.
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Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Georgia’s election
The guilty plea from Ellis comes just days after 2 other defendants, fellow attorneys Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, entered guilty pleas.
Michael Cohen testifies that he was told to boost Trump’s asset values ‘arbitrarily’
Cohen, whose testimony was delayed from last week by an unspecified health issue, has said it would be his first time seeing Trump in 5 years.
Carmakers taking away the keys? Right to repair referendum a question of access
Technology continues to evolve in new cars with computerized systems controlling every facet of a vehicle’s operation. Who can access that digital data is at the root of Question 4.
Sen. Menendez enters not guilty plea to a new conspiracy charge
The rewritten indictment added a charge alleging that the senator, his wife and a businessman conspired to have Bob Menendez act as an agent of the government of Egypt and Egyptian officials.
It’s Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names are starting to reach for the gavel
Ousted former speaker Kevin McCarthy calls the whole spectacle ’embarrassing’ for the House Republicans whose majority is being wasted away and for the U.S. government that cannot fully function.
Sen. Menendez returns to New York court to enter plea to new conspiracy charge
Prosecutors said the senator and his wife, Nadine Menendez, accepted bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car over the past five years from 3 New Jersey businessmen in exchange for a variety of corrupt acts.
Sen. Collins joins bipartisan group of senators in Israel to denounce Hamas
The Maine lawmaker spoke at a news conference with fellow senators on Sunday.
Public power question sharpens voters’ concerns about what’s at stake
A proposal to take over the state’s two investor-owned utilities raises worries about reliability, politics, workers’ rights, lawsuits and costs. Some are still in the dark.
Mike Pence faces a cash shortage and questions about how much longer his 2024 campaign can survive
Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, is leading every one of his rivals by at least 40 points in national polls and ended September with $37.5 million on hand.