When former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon goes to prison, he won’t be serving time at what’s known as a “Club Fed,” the most comfortable type of facility in the federal system, as he had wanted, according to people familiar with the arrangements. Instead of a minimal-security prison camp, where many nonviolent offenders serve their […]
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Maddow Blog | The Fauci hearing mattered, but not for the reason the GOP hoped
When Dr. Anthony Fauci stepped down two years following an extraordinary career in public service, Barack Obama issued a memorable statement. “I will always be grateful that we had a once-in-a-century public health leader to guide us through a once-in-a-century pandemic,” the former Democratic president wrote. “Few people have touched more lives than Dr. Fauci […]
Modi expected to retain power but early India count suggests it won’t be the landslide he hoped for
NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition led in a majority of seats Tuesday in India’s general election, according to early figures, but faced a stronger challenge from the opposition than expected after it pushed back against the leader’s mixed economic record and polarizing politics. Modi was still widely expected to be elected […]
Trump Hoped ‘My Juror’ Would Save Him From Conviction
For a brief moment, Donald Trump allowed himself a glimmer of hope. For much of the past year, lawyers to Trump had counseled their client that it was basically a foregone conclusion that the jury in his Manhattan trial would convict the former president, as they did early Thursday evening. Throughout the trial, the Trump […]
Biden hoped for a big economic story to tell. Now, he’s going small.
President Joe Biden began the year confident that his lengthy war on inflation was nearing a desired end. But it hasn’t yet materialized. And it’s forcing Biden to adjust what he and his team thought would be a winning economic message for them this election season. Biden has begun adopting a more surgical approach when […]
Trump can’t escape the firestorm over abortion rights — just like Joe Biden hoped
Donald Trump tried to wash his hands politically of the abortion issue. Instead, the former president’s statement disappointed some allies and left key questions resolved. Days later, Trump also found out that punting abortion to the states isn’t a political panacea. Former President Donald Trump can’t escape the issue of abortion rights. Trump likely hoped […]
Vote-counting machine foes hoped for a surge of success in New Hampshire. They got barely a ripple
HOPKINTON, N.H. (AP) — Like the old saying about March itself, an orchestrated effort to get rid of vote-counting machines in New Hampshire this month came in like a lion and went out like a lamb. “Electronic machines will face the wrath of New Hampshire voters in March!” Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and ally […]
NASA has more than twice the asteroid Bennu samples it could have hoped for from OSIRIS-REx probe
We now know exactly how much material OSIRIS-REx captured from its target asteroid Bennu — and, it’s a lot. In addition to the 2.48 ounces (70.3 grams) of sample already collected from the outside of the canister, NASA has finally managed to fully open OSIRIS-REx’s sample container to find another 1.81 ounces (51.2 grams) of […]
19 Film And TV Set Tragedies Hollywood Hoped People Would Forget That Are Honestly Just Awful
Tragedies happen on movie sets more often than studios would like to admit. And while some of these incidents become high-profile cases, often because they involve a celebrity, there are many more that seem to get brushed under the rug by the studios and media. Here are some you may not have heard about: Note: […]
They hoped solar panels would secure the future of their farm. Then their neighbors found out
GARDNER, Kansas − Donna Knoche made her way up to the podium at the Johnson County Commission hearing on June 6, 2022, her new yellow shirt crisp and her voice steady. It wasn’t something she’d ever thought she’d have to do in her 93 years in the place her grandfather first homesteaded in the 1860s. […]