Latest Stories By Louis Jacobson

It was an attempted heist right out in the open: a plan by Donald Trump’s allies to get “alternate” slates of electors to sign certificates declaring that Trump won key battleground states in 2020. The plan, which would come to be known as the “fake elector” scheme, failed, as Vice President Mike Pence refused to […]

What could an indictment of former President Donald Trump for the events of Jan. 6 include? Only special counsel Jack Smith and his team have a solid idea, but media reports and legal experts are zeroing in on charges to look for. Court watchers suggest that a Jan. 6 indictment — which would be Trump’s […]

As they vie for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis have tried casting themselves as the candidate most harshly against illegal immigration. The two Republicans have made similar promises, but are likely to face the same obstacles if either is elected and tries to implement them. Trump and DeSantis have vowed […]

Social media users could be excused for raising their eyebrows at recent posts from President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee. On July 18, posts on Twitter and TikTok offered video of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. — one of Biden’s most outspoken critics — seemingly saying nice things about several elements […]

It’s a little less than six months before the first presidential delegates are chosen — in Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 15.  So what happens after that?  A few slots remain to be penciled in for some key battlegrounds from previous primary seasons, including New Hampshire’s Democratic and Republican primaries, Iowa’s Democratic caucuses and Nevada’s Republican caucuses.  […]

Never Back Down, a political action committee supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the Republican presidential nomination, used former President Donald Trump’s own words against him in a new ad. Candidates do that all of the time. In this case, however, the ad-makers pushed the boundaries by manipulating audio to read out loud an attack against […]

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has touted “Bidenomics” for producing lower inflation and near-record lows in unemployment. So, Biden took a victory lap when the data came out July 12 showing that inflation has continued to drop. “Good jobs and lower costs: That’s Bidenomics in action,” Biden said in a statement.  In June 2023, the […]

In a decision that has drawn criticism from human rights advocates and even some U.S. allies, the Biden administration said July 7 that it would include cluster bombs in a new $800 million security package for Ukraine. Cluster bombs, which date back to World War II, are weapons designed to split into smaller bombs in […]

El gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis, uno de los candidatos más populares para la nominación presidencial republicana, reveló una plataforma inmigratoria el 26 de junio en la que prometió terminar con la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento. Este derecho garantiza automáticamente el estatus de ciudadano a cualquiera nacido en suelo estadounidense.  En su plataforma, DeSantis […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, released an immigration platform June 26 in which he pledged to end birthright citizenship, the automatic granting of citizen status to anyone born on United States soil. In his platform, DeSantis said he would “take action to end the idea that the children […]

Editor’s note, July 21: The second unidentified whistleblower described in this story has since come forward publicly as Joseph Ziegler. He testified July 19, 2023 before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. An IRS agent who oversaw a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden has testified to a House committee that the Justice Department slow-walked the case […]

Lawyers typically counsel their clients not to speak publicly as charges are pending against them, to avoid saying something that could weaken their legal defense. But former President Donald Trump ignored that strategy within days of his federal indictment for classified document-related charges. Trump’s interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier aired in two parts […]