Trump ties a ribbon on the most MAGA CPAC yet

OXON HILL, Md. — The plan went off without any real hitch: No Republican departed CPAC with more glory than former President Donald Trump. In fact, no one bothered to try. As Trump walked onto the main stage Saturday night to give the keynote address, he was introduced as “the next president of the United States.” At the four-day conference of conservative activists, Trump’s...

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Iran pledges more access for nuclear inspectors, head of UN watchdog says

Tehran offered assurances that it would address long-standing complaints about monitoring of its nuclear program. from Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories https://ift.tt/UdKLOI1 via IFT...

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Ukrainian troops under pressure as Russia moves to surround Bakhmut

UK Ministry of Defense says "intense fighting" is taking place around the city in the eastern Donetsk region. from Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories https://ift.tt/3ZsTKJd via IFT...

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Dems want to cut Fox off after lawsuit revelations

The thunderclap of stories showing Fox News’ role in pushing 2020 election fraud conspiracies and aiding Donald Trump’s campaign has intensified calls among Democrats to black out the network. The revelations, made public as part of a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems, showed that some network hosts and executives endorsed lies about Trump's...

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The Trump world-Fox News war gets nasty

In his first minute onstage at CPAC on Friday, Steve Bannon identified one of his top targets of the moment, an entity he claimed is opposing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign at its own peril: Fox News. The host of the popular War Room podcast and longtime Trump hand started by ripping the conservative channel for announcing that Joe Biden had won Arizona on election...

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Judge denies Jan. 6 defendant’s bid for time to review McCarthy’s Capitol security footage

A federal judge on Friday denied a Jan. 6 defendant’s request to delay her imminent trial in order to review thousands of hours of security footage recently made available by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg said he understood why Sara Carpenter — who is facing two felony charges for her actions at the Capitol — would like time to review the...

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Biopsy found Biden’s skin lesion was a common skin cancer, White House doctor says

The White House on Friday confirmed President Joe Biden’s skin lesion that was removed during his physical last month was basal cell carcinoma — a very common and treatable skin cancer. All cancerous tissue was removed and no further treatment is required, his doctor said. In a memo on Friday, the president’s doctor noted that basal cell lesions “do not tend to ‘spread’ or...

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