Fact-checking Trump’s recent lies about 2020 election
By Daniel Dale | CNN Former President Donald Trump made a series of inflammatory social media posts on Sunday in which, among other things, he lied that Senate Democrats rigged …
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Villain or hero? Britain wrestles with Murdoch’s legacy
By Jill Lawless and Pan Pylas | Associated Press LONDON — Before he hit America, Rupert Murdoch ripped through Britain’s media like a tornado. His newspapers changed the political and …
Garland clashes with House GOP over Biden case
By Farnoush Amiri and Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing him and the Justice Department of the “weaponization” …
Kari Lake expected to announce bid for Senate soon
By Kristen Holmes, Kyung Lah and Eric Bradner | CNN Republican Kari Lake, who lost the 2022 race for Arizona governor and has closely aligned herself with former President Donald …
Ray Epps pleads guilty to Capitol riot misdemeanor charge
By Ashraf Khalil | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Ray Epps, a onetime Donald Trump supporter who was the target of a right-wing conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack …
Dominion’s $1.6B suit against Newsmax set for 2024 trial
By Marshall Cohen | CNN Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Newsmax over the right-wing network’s airing of 2020 election lies is scheduled to go to trial in …
Jones spends thousands as Sandy Hook families remain unpaid
By Dave Collins | Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — As Alex Jones continues telling his Infowars audience about his money problems and pleads for them to buy his products, his …
CA lawmakers vote to limit hand-counting election ballots
By Adam Beam and Christina A. Cassidy | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers on Friday voted to limit when local governments can count election ballots by hand, a move …
Trump accused of asking staffer to delete Mar-a-Lago footage
By Eric Tucker, Zeke Miller and Alanna Durkin Richer | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump faced new charges Thursday in a case accusing him of illegally possessing classified documents, …
Ex-Mich. gubernatorial candidate pleads guilty in Jan 6 case
By Michael Kunzelman | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A former Republican candidate for Michigan governor pleaded guilty on Thursday to a misdemeanor charge for his participation in the U.S. Capitol …