Trump News for Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Former President Donald Trump, who had endorsed Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House speaker, declined to say Tuesday whether he still supports his longtime ally.

Former President Trump on Tuesday declined to say whether he will stick by House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) as his bid to become Speaker appeared to hit a wall. “We’ll see what happens,” Trump told NBC News in a phone conversation when asked if he stands by his endorsement of McCarthy. “I got everybody…

Senate Democrats plan to make confirming President Joe Biden's judicial nominees a top agenda item when they return from the holidays, after helping him put more judges on the bench than his predecessor Donald Trump did in his first two years in office.

Iran's defense minister warned that his soldiers' fingers were "on the trigger" in preparation for "avenging the blood of General Soleimani."

REMEMBER THE HYSTERIA OVER TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS? On Dec. 30, as Washington shut down for the Christmas-New Year holidays and Republicans prepared to take over the House of Representatives, Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, in their final days of power, released copies of former President Donald Trump's tax returns from 2015 through 2020.

The Jan. 6 committee issued its long-awaited report at 2022’s end, with the expected breathless punditry. Spoiler alert: It turns out the culprit of this "whodunit" was . . . wait for it . . . Donald Trump.

"The Freedom Caucus attitude that existed before MAGA that, perhaps, gave MAGA a structure is still there, and…trying to assert itself," one professor has said.

The son of the former president voiced his displeasure with the Republican lawmakers who blocked Representative Kevin McCarthy in his House speaker bid.

Florida governor says, ‘we will never surrender to the ‘woke’ mob in speech at his inauguration

Ex-president says ‘it wasn’t my fault’ Republicans fared poorly in 2022 but political wisdom of citing key rightwing issue questioned

A showdown between the two titans of the right wing — former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — could turn Latino evangelicals into a decisive swing vote in Florida, supercharging their influence and focusing enormous national attention on their churches, their politics and their values.

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) slammed Donald Trump Jr. on Monday over his endorsement of a “We the People” Bible, calling on “good” pastors and priests to denounce it.  “Oh the irony. The fact that some Christians dont see the problem here is more affirmation that it’s not the GOP that has failed Christians, it’s…

A prominent anti-abortion group pushed back on former President Trump’s comments blaming Republicans and anti-abortion advocates for GOP losses in the November elections, while calling on Trump to put forward an “ambitious consensus pro-life” agenda. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America blasted GOP candidates who adopt what it dubbed an “Ostrich Strategy,” saying Trump and other…

Jason Aldean was trolled online after his wife, Brittany Aldean, posted a photo of Donald Trump kissing her forehead during a New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago.

The idea that Trump will stop raging at his enemies, real and perceived, is ludicrous. He can’t even take off for Christmas.

The killing of a top Iranian general three years ago in a US drone strike will be avenged, President Ebrahim Raisi vowed on Tuesday at a commemoration attended by thousands.Then-US president Donald Trump ordered the strike which assassinated General Qassem Soleimani, 62, on January 3, 2020.

Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s eldest son, has signed a multi-year deal to host a podcast with conservative social media website Rumble. “Triggered” will debut later this month, streaming on Rumble and available on Locals, Rumble’s subscription platform, where following each episode, Trump Jr. will take live questions from viewers. Rumble has emerged in…

Former President Donald Trump criticized Republicans who "firmly insisted" on limiting abortion rights exemptions for the party's 2022 woes.

Conservative writer and author David French is joining The New York Times as a columnist, the newspaper announced on Tuesday. French, who has emerged as a leading critic among conservatives of former President Trump in recent years, helped launch the anti-Trump conservative website “The Dispatch” before spending several years as a writer at The National…

Executives at Facebook's parent company Meta will soon announce whether former President Donald Trump will be allowed back onto the social network.

Hope Hicks, who was a senior aide to former President Donald Trump, texted an aide to Ivanka Trump that “we all look like domestic terrorists now” on Jan. 6.

Republicans had high hopes of seizing control of the US Congress from Democrats, perhaps grabbing dozens of seats in a so-called 'red wave' in the House of Representatives in the process. That didn't happen, and Republicans are still trying to understand why.

The House Jan. 6 committee is shutting down, having completed a whirlwind 18-month investigation of the 2021 Capitol insurrection and having sent its work to the Justice Department along with a recommendation for prosecuting former President Trump.

Friday’s event will mark a rare moment for U.S. President Joe Biden to wade into the live issues stoked by the deadly riot by supporters of his Republican predecessor Donald Trump

The 2022 midterm vote in the United States was a story of great expectations. Given the public's sour mood over the direction of the country and with inflation rampant, Republicans had high hopes of seizing control of the U.S. Congress from Democrats, perhaps grabbing dozens of seats in a so-called "red wave" in the House of Representatives in the process.