Nicholas Liu

Jan 19, 2025 | salon.com | Melanie McFarland |Hanh Nguyen |Kelly McClure |Mary Elizabeth Williams |Nardos Haile |Nicholas Liu | +1 more

COMMENTARY From "Twin Peaks" to "Chicken Nugget," preserving your sanity on Inauguration Day is just a click away Let's not watch the Presidential inauguration this time (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) Only you know if you require this reassurance, but just know that you are under no obligation to watch the second inauguration of You-Know-Who. You’ve undoubtedly heard insistences from well-meaning crusaders like The Lincoln Project’s Ryan Williams, who rang the shame bell for all...

Jan 16, 2025 | msn.com | Nicholas Liu

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Jan 16, 2025 | yahoo.com | Nicholas Liu

Rudy Giuliani didn't show up to testify at his own trial over a defamation judgement, delaying proceedings until at least Thursday afternoon. The former New York City mayor and lawyer for Donald Trump had been ordered to pay $148 million for targeting Georgia election workers with false conspiracy accusations — more than Giuliani could afford.

Jan 16, 2025 | yahoo.com | Nicholas Liu

Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, announced at a press conference Thursday that he will appoint Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill the seat vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio, who President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to serve as his secretary of state. Rubio, a conventionally hawkish Republican and supporter of NATO, is less controversial than some of Trump's other picks and is expected to easily win confirmation with Democratic support.

Jan 16, 2025 | news.yahoo.com | Nicholas Liu

The Senate on Wednesday voted 70-25 to adopt the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, a bill that would would mandate that Immigration and Customs Enforcement detain and potentially deport undocumented migrants accused — but not yet convicted — of nonviolent crimes such as trespassing and theft. The amendment, proposed by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, would also require ICE to detain any undocumented migrant accused of assault on a law enforcement officer.