Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice presidential nominee, dies at 82  —  Joseph I. Lieberman, the doggedly independent four-term U.S. senator from Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000, becoming the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party, died March 27 in New York City.

McDaniel eyes big payout after NBC drama  —  The former RNC chair is in talks with a prominent media talent lawyer about potential legal claims.  —  Will it be the $600,000 interview?  —  The ramifications of NBC's decision yesterday to part ways with former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel …

Settlement reached in lawsuit between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis allies and Disney  —  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney reached a settlement agreement Wednesday in a lawsuit over who controls Walt Disney World's governing district.

Democrat wins Alabama special election in early test for IVF as a campaign issue  —  Marilyn Lands, who defeated Republican Teddy Powell, highlighted IVF and abortion rights in her campaign for a state House seat that had been held by the GOP.  —  Democratic candidate Marilyn Lands …

Judge rules John Eastman should be disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 election  —  A California judge on Wednesday recommended disbarring a lawyer at the center of former President Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.  —  State Bar Judge Yvette Roland found …

COVID-Cautious Americans Feel Abandoned  —  For all of 2020, Alex, a 28-year-old living in New York, followed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 guidance “religiously.”  Then, in 2021, something began to shift.  That spring, the CDC said it was okay …

Matt Schlapp's Accuser Was Paid to Drop Sexual Assault Suit  —  EXONERATED?  —  The GOP operative who sued Matt Schlapp over allegations of sexual assault dropped his lawsuit, prompting Schlapp to take a victory lap.  It's more complicated, however.

How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100 Million in Legal Bills  —  Former President Donald J. Trump has spent more than $100 million since leaving office, on lawyers and other costs related to fending off various investigations, indictments and his coming criminal trials, according to a New York Times review of federal records.

Kari Lake and the Trump movement's billion-dollar defamation problem  —  For the second time in eight months, a top Donald Trump ally has, extraordinarily, declined to try to prove that they didn't defame an election worker.  Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake (R) has joined former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani in that distinction.

Greene says she won't take blame if Jeffries becomes Speaker  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that it is not her fault if House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is promoted to the House's top role after she filed a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from the position last week.

Fugitive US Militant Ammon Bundy Geolocated to Utah  —  In February 2024, American anti-government agitator Ammon Bundy posted a video with a provocative title to his YouTube channel: ‘Want to know where Ammon Bundy is?’  —  Earlier in 2023, Bundy was ordered by an Idaho court to pay …

End of the line for corporate sovereignty (permalink)  —  Back in the 1950s, a new, democratically elected Iranian government nationalized foreign oil interests.  The UK and the US then backed a coup, deposing the progressive government with one more hospitable to foreign corporations:

Caps, Wizards would stay in D.C. under deal announced by Bowser, Leonsis  —  D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and Ted Leonsis, owner of the Wizards and Capitals, said Wednesday they were finalizing a deal that — if approved by the D.C. Council — would keep the teams in downtown D.C. until 2050, ending the owner's planned move to Virginia.

D.C. bar investigators rest case against Jeffrey Clark  —  The former Trump DOJ official said on the witness stand that “a veritable phalanx of privileges” allowed him to avoid answering questions.  —  Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who aided Donald Trump's …

In MAGA world, there are no accidents  —  The Baltimore bridge disaster reminded us that these folks should be nowhere near power. … Donald Trump has been talking disconcertingly often on the campaign trail about a looming terror attack.  All indications are that Tuesday's bridge collapse …

East Bay Man Sentenced To Eleven Months In Prison For Making Threats To Public Officials  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California  —  David Carrier Threatened United States Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

Joe Lieberman  —  Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats' VP pick in 2000, dead at 82  —  Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has died, according to his family.  He was 82 and died of complications from a fall.  —  On Monday, the No Labels Party launched its official kickoff for the 2024 presidential contest.