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Donald Trump took a minute to post an unhinged rant directed at Rep. Nancy Pelosi after her interview with CNN's Dana Bash. The former Speaker of the House called out the felon over his state of mind. While the media is screeching about Biden's debate performance, which admittedly was not good, Trump's daily hissy fits filled with gish-galloping lies on Truth Social and his rallies prove that he's not fit for office. "My people are very much Biden, Kamala Harris," Pelosi said.

When the RNC settled on Milwaukee to be the host for their 2024 convention, it came with promises of riches and windfalls worth billions of dollars. But much like when Trump came to Wisconsin and made grandiose promises about Foxconn which turned into so much dust, the Trumplican National Convention is also a fake bill of goods.

The Supreme Court on Monday provided former President Donald Trump with significant legal protection against prosecution for actions taken during his tenure in the Oval Office. In a ruling split along ideological lines, the Justices held that Presidents enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts but remain susceptible to charges for unofficial conduct—a decision that has profound implications for Trump’s pending criminal cases, particularly those stemming from his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, said that a President “may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled, at a minimum, to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts.” In doing so, the Supreme Court left it up to the lower court to review which conduct is protected and immune from prosecution. Read More: Supreme Court Rules Trump and Former Presidents Have Some Immunity for Official Acts Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a fiery dissent joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, criticized the majority’s stance, arguing that it elevates the President above the law and undermines accountability. While the case is a landmark ruling on the powers of the American presidency, it will have immediate effects for Trump, the first former President in history to be indicted.

A mistrial was declared Monday in the murder trial of Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of killing her police officer boyfriend, after the jury failed to reach a verdict. The sensational months-long trial was filled with media storms, conspiracy theories, a jury harassment charge, and protests. Read, 44, was charged with the murder of 46-year old Boston police officer John O’Keefe in January 2022.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 3 of House of the Dragon Season 2. Following the Episode 2 reveal that Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and the late King Viserys I (Paddy Considine) had a third son, Daeron Targaryen, who has been hanging out in Oldtown this whole time, the third episode of House of the Dragon‘s second season introduced yet another character with Targaryen heritage. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] As Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) got ready for a evening out in King’s Landing with his Kingsguard buddies, he didn’t know that one of his uncles would apparently be present at the tavern where he was planning to drink the night away.

Spotted lanternflies have made their annual return for the summer, relaunching conversations about how best to kill the pesky insect that threatens various U. S. industries and species. The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched a five-year strategy to reduce the insects’ spread in 2023 through support from federal and state authorities, greater scientific research, and public outreach.