Will Trump’s free lips actually sink ships?
Particular counsel Jack Smith might have new questions for Donald Trump after “60 Minutes Australia” launched audio recordings of Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt speaking about his alleged conversations with Trump. Pratt, who can also be a Mar-a-Lago member, stated Trump blabbed to him about every little thing from nuclear submarines to army strikes (and even made pig-headed feedback about his personal spouse, Melania). The revelations in these recordings might find yourself prompting a full-blown espionage investigation.
The speaker race: cauldron of chaos, hazard to nationwide safety
Over this previous weekend, the Republican Nationwide Committee was busy attempting to push a story that President Joe Biden was taking a weekend on the seashore whereas the world burns, however even Fox Information shut that narrative down. Former Rep. Liz Cheney hit the Sunday morning speak exhibits accountable the Republican speaker drama squarely on former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Again on the Hill, resentment and chaos are brewing within the GOP because the speaker race intensifies, at the same time as its intraparty drama and squabbling endangers nationwide and world safety. The leaderless Home Republicans are, in response to one among their very own members, “harmful” and “embarrassing.”
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A turncoat Democrat gave the North Carolina GOP a supermajority. She simply bought her reward
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