The Virginia governor’s race has been neck and neck, according to the polls — and the Pinocchio count.... McAuliffe earned Four Pinocchios.An ad posted to Terry McAuliffe’s official YouTube page June 17, misrepresented comments made by Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin in 2017.... Youngkin was merely a moderator at the business panel, making benign comments and offering no indication that he was a “ big fan ” of McAuliffe....

“ It’s been widely reported that somebody has the ability to push the button and cut off his sound and stop him from speaking.... James E. Risch( R-Idaho), questioning Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a hearing on Afghanistan, Sept.... Blinken appeared taken aback by Risch’s line of inquiry — “ there is no such person ” — but he clearly has not been living in a right-wing news bubble....

Two planes carrying some 600 passengers from South Africa landed in the Netherlands with 61 people infected with the coronavirus — including some cases believed to be the new omicron variant — Dutch health authorities said Saturday, after halting flights from several southern African countries over fears of the new omicron variant of the virus. Tracker: U.S. coronavirus cases, deaths and hospitalizations ArrowRight Passengers were tested at the airport, and those with infections will be isolated

Mo Brooks( R-Ala.) had argued that he is effectively immune from a lawsuit filed by his colleague Rep.... 6 rally, Brooks told the crowd to “ start taking down names and kicking ass.” He has argued that his statements were part of his work as a representative of a district where 64 percent of voters chose Donald Trump over Biden.... As a federal employee, Brooks says, he has immunity from lawsuits for actions taken within the scope of his job. Story continues below advertisement Rep....

Lauren Boebert( R-Colo.) refused to publicly apologize Monday in a phone call with Rep.... “ You know, we’re leaving the Capitol and we’re going back to my office and we get an elevator and I see a Capitol police officer running to the elevator.... I see fret all over his face, and he’s reaching, and the door’s shutting, like I can’t open it, like what’s happening....

Hoft’s twin brother, Joseph, regularly contributes to the site.... James Hoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. Story continues below advertisement In their lawsuit, Freeman and Moss do not name former president Donald Trump or his campaign as defendants.... But they state that the Hofts and Gateway Pundit “ apparently drew their inspiration ” from a misleading video presented by volunteer Trump campaign attorney Jacki L. Pick at a Dec....

There is no reason by now to assume that Tucker Carlson’s nightly explorations of American culture are offered objectively or in good faith.... It’s all like that, all just cheerleading and framing and rhetoric in service of his preferred narrative that the right is sane and sober and the left — a voluminous and expanding category of people — deranged and furious.... Polling conducted by The Washington Post with the Schar School found that the shift in focus to education in Virginia’s race, a

Corcoran’s notes and testimony described multiple instances of Trump apparently not subtly suggesting that documents might go away without being returned to the authorities.... He arrived June 25, and he and De Oliveira soon went to a security guard booth that contained surveillance monitors.... They also approached the storage room where the documents were kept and pointed out the location of surveillance cameras. Two days later, De Oliveira allegedly had a conversation with an employee who w

Listen 8 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share When former president Donald Trump was first indicted by a federal grand jury in June, the world got its first peek at the strength of the evidence compiled by special counsel Jack Smith.... After the material that was turned over in early June was collected, Trump also allegedly suggested that maybe any particularly “ bad ” documents be disposed of. Trump’s latest indictment follows a months-long investigation, marking the first fed

Though formal, it makes him feel comfortable. The lifelong Republican had packed a red tie but it felt too bold, so he put on a blue one instead.... He then walked alone to the U.S. Capitol grounds and slowly found his way to the hearing room that would become the setting of the highest-profile moment of his decades-long political career.On June 21, the House committee investigating the Jan.... 6, 2021, Capitol attack outlined a scheme supported by President Trump to overturn the 2020 election