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Republican Texas billionaire Harlan Crow could soon receive a subpoena to produce information about his relationship with conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as the Judiciary Committee steps up its ethics probe into the high court.Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.), who chairs the panel, and Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), who heads a subcommittee on federal courts, oversight, agency action, and federal rights, on Monday announced they would hold a vote to authorize subpoenas for Crow, conservative legal activist Leonard Leo and GOP donor Robin Arkley II.Durbin and Whitehouse said the three men “either refused to comply or offered to produce certain…

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A tarantula crossing the road in Death Valley National Park caused a traffic crash that sent a Canadian motorcyclist to the hospital, the National Park Service said.Swiss travelers, driving a rented camper van, braked suddenly to avoid hitting the tarantula as it crossed State Route 190 on Saturday, the park service said.The 24-year-old motorcyclist then struck the back of the camper van. The motorcyclist’s condition was not immediately available Monday.Death Valley’s desert landscape runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada and is known as the hottest place on Earth.Much of the national park’s…

DENVER (AP) — The videos playing in a Colorado courtroom were both chilling and, by now, familiar — a violent mob, with some wearing tactical gear, smashing through the U.S. Capitol, attacking police officers and chanting “Hang Mike Pence!”Now, lawyers on day two of the weeklong hearing are arguing whether the infamous events of Jan. 6, 2021 constituted an insurrection under a rarely used clause of the U.S. Constitution that they are trying to use to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. The hearing in Colorado is one of two this week — with the second before…

“You know Trump is freaked out about Ivanka having to testify because she seems like she might actually know shit,” said the “Late Night” comedian. “I have to believe she’s the only child Trump trusted to do actual business. Ivanka was crunching numbers while Eric was covering his face in Rogaine and Don Jr. was out sitting on that stump.”Ivanka Trump tried to avoid taking the stand because she’d already been dismissed in the case. Judge Arthur Engoron has ordered to appear before the court on Nov. 8, though.Meyers also mocked Trump for his weekend campaign rally flub when he…

“If the Bible is his worldview on any issue, I don’t know why progressives are nervous,” said Colbert. “He’s clearly gonna ask the rich to sell all their possessions and give the money to the poor.” Colbert ― a devout Catholic who references his Christian faith often ― then gave Johnson a few other examples of what that worldview would really entail. “Being biblically faithful is not easy for a guy from Louisiana ’cuz now he has to give up shrimp, crab, oysters and barbecue pork,” he said. “And I’m sure he’s gonna miss his wife when she has to…

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann highlighted a “chilling” aspect of Donald Trump’s attempted appeal of the gag order in his 2020 election interference case.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s order bans the former president from criticizing prosecutors, court staff and any potential witnesses in public. It was temporarily lifted Friday for Chutkan to assess an appeal but was reimposed late Sunday following more rhetoric from Trump.Weissmann, talking to MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Monday, said one part of the appeal brief from Trump’s legal team was cause for concern.It basically said, Weissman explained: “If there is violence, that’s on the people who…

Jimmy Kimmel found a bizarre moment from one of Donald Trump’s events over the weekend ― and it involved a reference to one of the most infamous rumors surrounding the former president. Kimmel called it “a reboot of that alleged ‘pee tape’ Russia was rumored to have of him.” Trump spoke repeatedly of “golden showers” on Saturday at an event in Las Vegas as he referred to allegations in a salacious and discredited dossier compiled by ex-British spy Christopher Steele.“How about going home to my wife on the shower, y’know? The golden shower, they called it,” Trump said. “And I…

It looks like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can’t sidestep ridiculous rumors about his height much longer.People have been fixated on the Republican governor’s footwear ever since someone suggested DeSantis has secret lifts inside his favorite pair of cowboy boots.DeSantis seemed confused when Bet-David tried to explain the shoe scandal with a viral video, but he refused to put on a pair of very fancy Ferragamo loafers to prove he’s 5 feet, 11 inches, as he claims.Quickly turning down Bet-David’s offer, he told the host, “I don’t accept gifts. I can’t accept that.”When jokes about DeSantis’ height-enhanced boots began making the…

Fox News host Laura Ingraham was forced to deliver an on-air correction in the middle of her show after a crack about President Joe Biden instead exposed her own ignorance. Ingraham and regular guest Raymond Arroyo were mocking the president’s speech on artificial intelligence. “AI is all around us. Much of it is making our lives better,” Biden said. “And AI is helping the National Weather Service predict weather events, helping the Webb Telescope manage half a million miles of galaxies away — billions of light-years away.” Biden stumbled over the word “telescope,” which Ingraham and Arroyo found hilarious. “Good…