US supreme court justices skeptical about removing Trump from ballot – video report

The US supreme court heard arguments on whether former president Donald Trump should be removed from the ballot on Thursday after Colorado voters filed a lawsuit last year alleging he was ineligible to run for president under a little-used provision of the constitution’s 14th amendment. Most justices, liberal and conservative, seemed skeptical of Colorado’s arguments … Read more

Biden considered resigning vice presidency ‘in protest’ over Obama’s Afghanistan policy: Hur report

President Biden considered resigning as vice president “in protest” over former President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan policies in 2009 over fear the war would become “another Vietnam,” according to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s mishandling of classified documents released Thursday. Hur has been investigating Biden’s improper retention of classified records since last year. The … Read more

American people ‘exhausted’ by lawmakers ‘kicking the ball’ on immigration: Border town mayor

Democrats and Republicans alike caved to election year politics and refused to compromise on the recently revealed and defeated bipartisan border security bill, said a Texas border mayor who believed the failed legislation would “stop the bleeding.” “I think either party, their actions are because it’s an election year,” McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos told Fox … Read more

New California Democrat bill would ban all plastic bags at grocery stores

California would ban all plastic shopping bags in 2026 under a new bill announced Thursday in the state Legislature. California already bans thin plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and other shops, but shoppers at checkout can purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly makes them reusable and recyclable. LOS ANGELES FREEWAY FIRE … Read more

Biden, White House blame Israel war for forgetting basic facts during special counsel interviews

President Biden said Thursday that he struggled to remember certain key dates during his interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur as a result of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Biden told reporters that he was “handling an international crisis” at the time of his interviews with federal investigators shortly after Hur released his 345-page report Thursday … Read more

Biden classified documents special counsel report: six key takeaways

No charges despite ‘willfull’ retention of material but Robert Hur stresses president’s age and allegedly faulty memory The US Department of Justice special counsel investigating Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents after his vice-presidency released a report on Thursday concluding that he “willfully” kept and shared classified information – but that the now US president … Read more