Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal hit back at Republican criticisms of the indictment of Donald Trump that seek to downplay the charges. Trump was indicted Thursday on 34 counts by a grand jury in Manhattan. While none of the counts have been revealed publicly, reporting in recent weeks indicates at least some of them could relate to the alleged falsification of business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, who said she had an affair with Trump. The payment was made the month before the 2016 election.However, the sheer number of counts potentially indicates Trump…
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Two Black teens from New Orleans may have made mathematical history by proving the Pythagorean theorem by using trigonometry.In a presentation at one of the nation’s most esteemed math societies, the girls claimed they’ve done something that no academic in the past 2,000 years has done. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson presented their findings at the American Mathematical Society’s Annual Southeastern Conference on Saturday, March 18. While both young ladies authored the research, only Jackson presented in this special session for undergraduates in the study of mathematics and statistics. The young ladies were motivated by their teachers who stressed the…
After an accident that sent her husband into a coma, Sarah has to decide whether to tell him the truth or keep hiding her double life – a conundrum that has tormented her for 19 years. “Sarah, tell me where you are right now! I want the truth!” Chuck yelled into the phone while running from his office building elevator to his car and dashing inside, throwing all his things into the back carelessly.”I’m… I’m running some errands,” Sarah stuttered, not understanding her husband’s sudden anger. “I’ve had it with you!” Chuck screamed again, placing his phone on speaker and…
12-year-old Molly descended into a downward spiral when she discovered her parents were getting divorced. Her mother didn’t worry too much about Molly’s behavior until she went missing one day. Molly stared at her parents in shock. Tears blurred her vision of them sitting on opposite ends of the sofa, yet an inexplicable urge to laugh filled her chest. This had to be a joke, after all. Her parents couldn’t be getting divorced! “Your father will be moving out tomorrow while you’re at school,” Mom continued.”Where am I going to live?” Molly looked at Dad. His face was lined with…
The director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation defended prayers as a coping mechanism for a school shooting in Nashville on Monday. Police say 28-year-old Audrey Hale shot and killed six people – three nine-year-olds and three adults in their 60s – at Covenant School in Nashville. Hale was reportedly a former student at the private Christian institution. She was shot and killed by police. The shooter’s motives are unknown at this time During a press conference, David Rausch, who heads the TBI, called for prayers in the wake of the shooting because “that’s the way we do that in…
A discussion on Fox News’s top-rated show, The Five, regarding the Monday elementary school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee turned tense on Monday as co-host Greg Gutfeld became frustrated with the conversation. “I agree with Greg about the reporting issue. I guess we are part of the problem right now that we’re doing that,” said Jessica Tarlov, referencing Gutfeld’s earlier argument that it was too early to discuss the event as all the facts are not out yet.“When you say, ‘I don’t know if the shooter had a mental problem,’ she did,” Tarlov added, addressing a comment earlier in the segment…
Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), who tweeted he was “utterly heartbroken” over Monday’s deadly school shooting that took place in his district, is being called out for sending a 2021 Christmas photo showing his children holding firearms.The founder of the anti-gun violence group Moms Demand Action tweeted the photo Monday afternoon. “THIS is last year’s Christmas card from Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican who represents the district that Covenant School is in in Nashville,” Shannon Watts posted. The photo shows Ogles, his wife, and two of three children holding rifles in front of a Christmas tree.Watts told MSNBC’s Joy…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took former President Donald Trump, his one-time close ally, to task during a recent interview with Piers Morgan over his Thanksgiving weekend dinner with antisemitic rapper Kanye West and avowed neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes. “How did you feel about Donald Trump having dinner with Kanye West and the white supremacist Nick Fuentes?” Morgan asked Netanyahu. “I thought it was horrible,” Netanyahu quickly replied. “Two people who spew a lot of antisemitism,” Morgan added, finishing his question in the interview airing on Fox Nation Monday.“I thought it was horrible and I said so. I think it’s a…
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie laid out his game plan for defeating former President Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary.Christie, who lost to Trump in the 2016 GOP primary before endorsing him, spoke at St. Anselm’s College in New Hampshire on Monday. Trump declared his candidacy in November. So far, he has drawn Nikki Haley – his former ambassador to the United Nations – as an opponent. It is widely believed several other Republicans will challenge the former president, including Christie, perhaps. “You better have somebody on that stage who can do to him what I did to…
Former President Donald Trump tried to explain why he shared an article featuring a split-screen image of him holding a baseball bat next to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Last week, Trump claimed Bragg was going to indict him over a hush money payment he allegedly made to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels the month before the 2016 election. Bragg is reportedly mulling charges that Trump falsified business records to hide the payment. Trump denies all of this and has not yet been indicted. On Monday, the former president sat down with Sean Hannity for his first interview on Fox…