With the vote split at 50-50 in the Senate, Vice President JD Vance will need to vote to break it and confirm Pete Hegseth, President Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon.
At least 10 people are dead and dozens injured after a driver plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday, days after the vehicle was spotted crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas.
The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president. This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. "No person shall ... hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath ... to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof." This disability can be removed by a two-thirds vote in each House. Disqualification is based on insurrection against the Constitution and not the government. The evidence of Donald Trump's engaging in such insurrection is overwhelming. The matter has been decided in three separate forums, two of which were fully contested with the active participation of Trump's counsel. read more
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial has adjourned his sentencing, which was set for next week. read more
As for you Bat, when I traveled overseas back in the Fall I found myself in a Spanish cafe. There was an American and a Brit speaking and the American was going on and on about how Kamala was going to win; my wife saw me smirking as we were about to leave. As we walked out, I turned to the Brit and said don't listen to this looney lib and told the American, have fun losing in November. Some people just don't get it.