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Justices to decide Monday on Trump’s claim of absolute immunity over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election

The ‘cowboy Catholic’ head of the Heritage Foundation is on a mission to align the right behind Trumpism, and has a plan in place to overturn the American government as it exists if Trump returns to power

Steve Bannon, one of former US president Donald Trump's chief strategists, reported to a federal prison on Monday to begin serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena investigating the January 6 US Capitol Siege. Bannon argues that the legal proceedings stemming from the January 6…

Family encourages president to stay the course

The US president met with his family at Camp David, after a disastrous debate performance last week led to calls for him to drop out of the election

The US Supreme Court is expected to rule Monday on the most highly anticipated decision of its term -- a ruling "for the ages" on whether Donald Trump, as a former president, is immune from prosecution.

The debate and its aftermath have crystallized some things in my mind, and I thought I'd note them. This subject is outside my academic area of expertise, so I appreciate that I might be mistaken in most or all of my observations. I also expect that others have put all…

Influential House Democrat Jamie Raskin breaks with members of his own party who say Biden’s nomination is set in stone and acknowledges party is in discussions about Biden’s future

A U.S. district judge issued a preliminary injunction at the request of the Department of Justice