We finally have Donald Trump’s mug shot. Trump’s photo was taken as part of his arraignment Thursday in Atlanta related to the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney’s 41-count indictment against the former president and 18 of his associates over efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. With Trump’s three previous indictments this past year, officials…
Former President Donald Trump has been charged with a litany of crimes over the past several months, but his status as defendant-in-chief has now been immortalized by a mug shot. For those who believe Trump broke the law by arranging hush-money payments to a porn star, stealing classified documents, instigating a riot and trying to…
Former President Donald Trump turned himself in at Georgia’s Fulton County jail on Thursday evening, with this latest move in his numerous legal fights standing out in part because it’s expected to yield a mug shot. See: Donald Trump’s mug shot could become ‘the most famous in the world’ Fulton County’s booking system recorded Trump…
The first debate for the 2024 Republican presidential primary featured former ambassador Nikki Haley and former Vice President Mike Pence landing jabs when they tangled with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. “You have no foreign-policy experience, and it shows,” Haley said to Ramaswamy, as he voiced objections to U.S. support for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion of that…
The first Republican presidential primary debate for the 2024 race was … chaotic. The eight candidates fed on the energy of the raucous Milwaukee audience, which repeatedly drowned out the candidates with cheers and jeers as the White House hopefuls sparred over Donald Trump (who skipped the debate to do an online interview with Tucker…
That was former President Donald Trump speaking to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a pre-taped interview that was posted just a few minutes before the Republican presidential debate kicked off Wednesday night. The wide-ranging chat that ran roughly 45 minutes saw Trump and Carlson taking shots at Trump’s legal troubles, his GOP and…
Republican presidential candidates taking the debate stage Wednesday night have questioned the severity of climate change, with at least one White House contender calling global warming a “hoax” in a summer that saw wildfire smoke and extreme heat stifle large swaths of the country. Other GOP candidates among the eight tapped for the party’s first…
The first debate in the 2024 Republican presidential primary offers a chance for candidates to try to chip away at former President Donald Trump’s big advantage in their race, even as the frontrunner himself looks poised to skip Wednesday night’s clash. One GOP strategist, Saul Anuzis, said he expects contenders will aim to not alienate…
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who advocated for a mass shooting of poll workers and threatened two Arizona officials and their children has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison, prosecutors said Friday. Frederick Francis Goltz, 52, of Lubbock, pleaded guilty earlier this year to interstate threatening communications. Goltz was sentenced…
Jerry Gana, a former minister of information has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has not been “fair” to Nigerians with the conduct of elections. Addressing reporters during an interview, Gana also said that INEC has not respected the introduction of modern technology to improve our electoral system. He said; …
Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has stated that democracy in Nigeria remains in bondage ahead of the 2023 Democracy Day on Monday, June 12. A statement released on Sunday by Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, said the governing elite must stop…
Former President Donald Trump is facing even more legal jeopardy as the race for the Republican presidential nomination heats up, following an indictment Thursday by a federal grand jury in the probe into his handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida resort. The historic indictment comes after Trump in April pleaded not guilty to…
Mark Meadows, the fourth and final White House chief of staff during Donald Trump’s four-year presidency, has testified before the federal grand jury reviewing evidence in two special-counsel investigations into the former president, the New York Times reported late Tuesday. ABC News reportedly confirmed the New York Times reporting and quoted an unnamed source as…
The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the governorship election in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states scheduled for November 11, 2023. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the approval of the list followed a meeting held by the…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will announce his presidential bid during a discussion with Twitter owner Elon Musk, a spokesperson for DeSantis’s political team confirmed. NBC News first reported the pending announcement. Musk and DeSantis, a Republican, will appear in an event on Twitter Spaces, the site’s platform for audio chats, on Wednesday at 6 p.m….
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will file paperwork next week to run for president in 2024, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday night. DeSantis’s entry into the race has long been expected. According to the Journal, DeSantis is expected to file formal paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on May 25, the same day he has…
Peter Okoye has replied Lagos police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who on Sunday, May 14, cautioned the singer after he appealed to the police to temper justice with mercy on Seun Kuti who was caught on tape assaulting a police officer on Third mainland bridge. Peter in a tweet shared on his Twitter handle…
Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday night that Republicans should force the government to default if Democrats won’t make spending-cut concessions in the debt-ceiling fight. Trump made the comments in a town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire, with Republicans and undecided voters, hosted by CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins. The prime-time event quickly spiraled out of…
It’s a polling double-whammy for U.S. President Joe Biden. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll puts Biden’s approval rating at 36%, the lowest of his presidency. Meanwhile, according to the same poll, Biden isn’t faring well against key Republicans — namely, former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — that he could potentially…
Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the 2023 general elections saying it was generally peaceful and that the country learnt lessons which would make subsequent polls even better. The President said this in a release issued by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, on Saturday May 6, addressing his colleagues…
A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has urged Nigerians to accept the decisions of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal as final. The hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will start on Monday May 8, as Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party challenge president-elect,…