CNN anchor Dana Bash, meanwhile, helpfully reminded the Trump sycophant that those celebrities weren’t running for president at the time.
During an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, Graham said that he believes the Supreme Court will likely send Trump’s immunity claims
back to a lower court to decide which actions fall under the scope of presidential immunity
. He also added that it doesn’t worry him at all that this could mean the ex-president’s criminal cases won’t be decided before November’s election.
Prince Harry
is to return to the U.K. next week for a church service celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Invictus Games, his paralympic-style games event for wounded servicemen.
Harry’s potential attendance at the service on May 8 has been rumored for weeks. However, it was finally confirmed Sunday morning on Invictus social media accounts.
Although Colin Jost
is no stranger to solo stand-up comedy, most of America recognizes him best as part of a duo. He’s famous for being the straight-edged “Weekend Update” co-anchor, working alongside the much raunchier, more dangerous Michael Che. How would Jost fare on his own? The answer, it turns out, is perfectly fine. His roast was nowhere near as brutal as Stephen Colbert’s famous WHCD roast
in 2006, but it was certainly entertaining.
Jost predictably focused a lot on the speculation that President Biden might be too old to run for re-election, starting off his speech with, “I have to admit, it’s not easy following President Biden… I mean, it’s not always easy following what he’s saying.”
Jost also referenced Biden’s viral stumbling
on the steps of Air Force One, and made light of the accusations that Biden was high on amphetamines
during his recent energetic State of the Union address. “The last time I was in D.C., I left my cocaine at the White House,” Jost said, in what initially seemed like a joke about Jost’s Republican demeanor, before adding, “Luckily, the president was able to put it to good use for his State of the Union. I’m kidding, of course, the president doesn’t call it cocaine—he calls it high speed rail.”
LONDON—A crucial difference between the dinosaurs and Britain’s
ruling Conservative Party is that the dinosaurs had no way of knowing the asteroid was coming. For the Tories, portents of doom abound, with some polling
suggesting that an extinction-level event of catastrophic political losses could be on the way in the next general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
has signaled that he’ll call the election in the second half of the year, and it can legally come no later than January 2025.
With his party trailing the opposition Labour Party by over 20 points
, most pundits expect the election will be the end of Tory rule. But will it be the end of the Conservative Party altogether?
Lawmakers will get an early, if imperfect, indication of whether or not a Tory Götterdämmerung is in the making on Thursday, when local elections are held across England and Wales. The complex and varied ballots
—which include elections for thousands of local council seats, several regional mayors, and law enforcement officials—will not affect the makeup of the British Parliament and therefore pose a direct threat to Sunak’s
grip on power. But some Tories fear this could be where the unraveling of the world’s oldest operating—and electorally most successful—political party begins.
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Sen. Ted Cruz
has sought to soften his image as a conservative hardliner and recast himself as a lawmaker unafraid to reach across the aisle—but one of the top figures he’s recruited for his “Democrats for Cruz
” group has been accused of crossing far more serious lines.
Cruz (R-TX), facing a tougher-than-expected re-election struggle against Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), lit up social media last month with ads and public appearances featuring supporters from the other side of the partisan divide. And none have featured more prominently, whether on Twitter
, Instagram, or Youtube
, than U.S. Hispanic Business Council President Javier Palomarez.
In a recorded event with Palomarez, the business booster sat alongside the senator—famous for his first-term filibuster antics—as a true bipartisan problem solver.
