Tuesday, July 30, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Trump repeated his assertion that if Christians “vote for me, you’re not going to have to do it ever again – it’s true.” When Fox News’s Laura Ingraham offered Trump an out – saying “You mean you don’t have to vote for you, because you’ll have four years in office” – T…

Monday, July 29, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Biden called for a constitutional amendment to reform the Supreme Court, pressing Congress to establish 18-year term limits and a binding, enforceable code of conduct for the court’s nine justices. Biden, in an op-ed, said “no one” including “a justice on the Supreme Co…

Thursday, July 25, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Biden, speaking to the American public from the Oval Office, said he ended his re-election campaign because there is “a time and a place for new voices, fresh voices — yes, younger voices.” He said that “saving our democracy” was “more important than any title,” and t…

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s war in Gaza and condemned American protesters as “Iran’s useful idiots” in his speech to a joint session of Congress. Netanyahu portrayed the war in Gaza as a “clash between barbarism and civilization” and d…

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries – the top two Democrats in Congress – have also endorsed her for president. “When …

Monday, July 22, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Harris applauded Biden and his “legacy of accomplishment over the past three years” in her first public remarks since he dropped out and endorsed her for president. Harris, who has emerged as the party favorite to replace him at the top of the ticket, called Biden’s ter…

Thursday, July 18, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Obama privately told allies that Biden needs to seriously reconsider his candidacy because his path to victory has been greatly diminished since the debate. Obama said he’s concerned that the polls and donors are moving away from Biden, while Trump’s electoral path is…

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Special Counsel Jack Smith appealed Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to dismiss criminal charges against convicted felon Trump for mishandling classified information and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Smith’s appeal, which was expected, will be heard in the 11th Circu…

Monday, July 15, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free What we know about the Trump assassination attempt so far: The shooting at Trump’s rally on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania is being investigated as an attempted assassination. Trump was shot and hit by a bullet in the “upper part of my right ear,” but is otherwise “fine,…

Saturday, July 13, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free What we know about the Trump rally shooting so far: The shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania is being investigated as an attempted assassination. Trump said he was shot and hit by a bullet in the “upper part of my right ear.” His campaign said he’s “fine.” H…

Thursday, July 11, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Trump claims he has nothing to do with Project 2025 – the plan developed by the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation to transform the American government – despite the fact that at least 140 people from his administration were involved in putting together the 900-pa…

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Nancy Pelosi urged Biden to make a decision about whether to stay in the presidential race, saying “time is running short.” When asked if she supported Biden continuing his reelection bid, Pelosi replied that Biden is “beloved” and “respected” and “it’s up to [him] t…

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, confirmed that Dr. Kevin Cannard, the Parkinson’s expert who visited the White House eight times, “was the neurological specialist that examined President Biden for each of his annual physicals.” O’Connor, after obtaining permissio…

Monday, July 8, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Biden told congressional Democrats that he was committed to “running this race to the end” and that it’s time to “end” the pressure on him drop out. Following mounting concern over his poor debate performance, Biden wrote in the two-page letter that “the question of how …

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Biden privately acknowledged that he’s keeping an “open mind” about the future of his presidential campaign, telling a key ally in the aftermath of the debate that he may not be able to stay in the race if he can’t prove he’s up to the job. “He sees the moment. He’s c…

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Biden denounced the Supreme Court’s decision to grant convicted felon Trump broad immunity from prosecution, warning that it sets “a dangerous precedent” and “undermines the rule of law.” Biden said the court’s 6-3 decision puts “virtually no limits on what a president …

Monday, July 1, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump is entitled to “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution” for “official acts,” but enjoys “no immunity for unofficial acts.” The decision sends Trump’s federal election subversion case back to the trial judge to determine which –…

Thursday, June 27, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ Judge Aileen Cannon rejected convicted felon Trump’s claim that the FBI misled the court in order to obtain a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago related to his mishandling of national security secrets. In an 11-page ruling, Cannon said Trump’s argument that the FBI misrepr…

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ The Supreme Court accidentally posted its draft decision to temporarily allow medical emergency abortions in Idaho on its website. The opinion, which was removed, shows that the justices voted 6-3 to reinstate a lower court order that had allowed hospitals in Idaho t…

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ The U.S. surgeon general declared gun violence a public health crisis. In a first-of-its-kind advisory, Dr. Vivek Murthy warned that gun violence poses a “serious threat to the health and well-being of our country.” The 39-page advisory underscores the physical and men…

Monday, June 24, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ The Supreme Court upheld a federal law that prohibits anyone subject to a domestic violence restraining order from having a gun. Chief Justice John Roberts said there was “no question” that the federal law banning firearms for domestic abusers is constitutional, saying …

Thursday, June 20, 2024 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ The judge overseeing convicted felon Trump’s trial involving “willful retention” of classified documents in violation of the Espionage Act refused to hand off the case to a more experienced judge despite two more senior colleagues on the federal bench in Florida urgin…