The Latest Breaking News on US Politics

FBI chief bats away bizarre Jan 6 ‘ghost bus’ conspiracy at hearing

The bureau’s director Chistopher Wray said he was unfamiliar with the term

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023

Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis could testify in election workers’ defamation trial

December trial will determine how much damage Trump’s ex-attorney caused two Georgia women

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023

‘Life’ at stake? Ominous prediction made as sentencing hearings loom in ComEd bribery case

It’s a sign of how serious all sides are taking the sentencing of Madigan confidant Michael McClain, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker and onetime City Club President Jay Doherty.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 15, 2023

GOP rep hints Nancy Mace has dirt on Kevin McCarthy after elbow saga

Nancy Mace ‘could come back with some stuff that he doesn’t want out there in the public,’ Newsmax host Rob Finnerty chimed in with Tim Burchett

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023

MAGA rages at speaker averting shutdown

Knives out for Mike Johnson over what Steve Bannon described as "abject surrender"

Salon · Nov 15, 2023

Meta allows Facebook and Instagram ads saying 2020 election was rigged

Policy was reportedly introduced quietly in 2022 after the US midterm primary elections, according to the WSJ

The Guardian - US · Nov 15, 2023

Far right criticises Mike Johnson over US funding bill – but so far his job looks safe

Republican House speaker needed Democratic support to avoid shutdown, just as Kevin McCarthy did before being ejected by his party

The Guardian - US · Nov 15, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene schooled by 80-year-old Democrat on shutdown

‘It may be that the gentlelady doesn’t know that there’s another body attached to the US Congress,’ Rep Rosa DeLauro says in MTG roast

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023

Emboldened by success in other red states, effort launched to protect abortion rights in Nebraska

A petition referendum effort is being launched to establish abortion rights in Nebraska, following on the heels of similar successful efforts in other reds states

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023

Ex-lawyer: Trump may be jailed for post

Trump's Truth Social repost is "much like what he did on Jan. 6," says former White House attorney Ty Cobb

Salon · Nov 15, 2023