Former President Trump, in remarks prepared for delivery in Florida on Saturday evening, plans to tout his "Schedule F" executive order — and call on Congress to give the president more power to fire federal employees, according to excerpts obtained by Axios.
The former president's new blitz against federal employees follows a two-part Axios investigative series by Jonathan Swan, "Inside Trump '25," revealing his allies' plans to make the issue a centerpiece if he wins a second term.
The man who allegedly attacked Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) during a campaign event on Thursday and then was released from police custody was re-arrested Saturday on a federal assault charge, Fox News reports.
Driving the news: David Jakubonis, who was initially arrested and charged with second-degree attempted assault on Thursday, was due in court Saturday for the new, more serious charge.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has held a series of hearings with revealing testimony and new evidence, but one group of Americans is unmoved by its findings: Republicans.
Driving the news: While four out of five Democrats and a majority of independents report following the hearings, fewer Republicans — 44% — say they are paying attention to the investigation, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour Marist poll released this week.
Former Vice President Al Gore said that to solve the climate crisis, the U.S. needs to first pay attention to the democracy crisis.
The big picture: Gore, in an interview with "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd that will air Sunday, said that public sentiment is changing in regards to climate change, but that "democracy is broken," likening the inaction on climate legislation to the inaction on gun control legislation.
Two U.S. newspapers' editorial boards sharply criticized former President Trump on Friday for his inaction as a mob of his supporters stormed the halls of Congress during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Driving the news: The House select committee investigating Jan 6. on Thursday laid out a timeline of what Trump was doing as his supporters breached the building in an effort to stop the certification of the 2020 election results.
President Biden's coronavirus likely stemmed from the Omicron subvariant BA.5, currently the most dominant strain of the virus in the U.S., according to a letter from the White House physician on Saturday.
The big picture: BA.5 is responsible for 75%-80% of infections in the U.S., his physician Kevin O'Connor said in a letter on Saturday.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said he won’t “run from" Democrats who are panning him after a newly released video showed him fleeing the pro-Trump mob during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Business Insider reported.
Driving the news: "And I just want to say to all of those liberals out there and the liberal media, just in case you haven't gotten the message yet, I do not regret it," Hawley told an audience Friday at Turning Point USA's conference held in Florida.
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon lashed out on Friday at the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, hours after a jury found him guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with the committee's investigation.
Driving the news: “I support Trump and the Constitution and if they want to put me in jail for that, so be it,” Bannon told Fox News host Tucker Carlson during Friday's episode of "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
President Donald Trump was attending the National Prayer Breakfast, but showing no sign of grace. Lips pursed, face alternating between anger and frustration, he lashed out at enemies who had brought him to the doors of impeachment. He brandished the day's newspapers, waving them above his head. The first headline: "ACQUITTED." The next: “Trump Acquitted." It was Feb. 6, 2020.
Close aides believed Trump had crossed a psychological line during his Senate trial. He now wanted to get even; he wanted to fire every single last "snake" inside his government. To activate the plan for revenge, Trump turned to a young take-no-prisoners loyalist with chutzpah: his former aide John McEntee.
Former Trump adviser Steven Bannon was found guilty Friday of two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena issued by the Jan. 6 select committee investigating the attack, the New York Times reports.
Driving the news: The two misdemeanor counts each carry a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of one year in jail, as well as a fine of $100 to $100,000. Bannon is the first close Trump aide to be convicted as a result of the committee's probe.
A Seattle-area man allegedly called a Buffalo grocery store twice this week threatening to shoot and kill Black people, according to a complaint filed Friday.
Why it matters: Federal prosecutors say Joey George, 37, called a Tops supermarket not far from the Tops store where a white gunman killed 10 Black people in a hate-fueled attack in May.
A growing number of Democratic-led cities are seeking to protect abortion access and moving to cover costs for out-of-state abortions even in red states that restrict the procedure.
Why it matters: Democratic leaders in red states are eyeing ways around abortion bans amid concern about the expected increase in unsafe abortions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month.
