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During Wednesday's tense Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, Bondi repeatedly declined to say if she would investigate Special Counsel Jack Smith and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney.

Special counsel says Trump's election prohibited case from going to trial. Here is the news to know on Tuesday.

Donald Trump posted a furious rant Tuesday over the release of Jack Smith’s damning report detailing the president-elect’s alleged efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election.

Calif., questioned attorney general nominee Pam Bondi if she would investigate former special counsel Jack Smith or former Rep. Liz Cheney during her Senate confirmation hearing.

The section of Jack Smith's report that deals with Donald Trump's actions on Jan. 6 and his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss could be released as soon as Tuesday.

Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan start by breaking down some of the biggest moments from today's Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth,

To the editor: I would like to address an open letter to Jack Smith, the Justice Department special counsel who just resigned. (“Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for ...

Early Tuesday morning, six days before Donald Trump will once again take the office of President of the United States, former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report on the criminal acts the president-elect allegedly committed to try and stay in power ...

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In a long-awaited report, the former special counsel argued that Trump would have been convicted in his election subversion case if he hadn’t won the election.

With actions big and small, Trump has spent his first days in office pushing the levers of government – and his unique powers as commander in chief – to target his perceived political enemies both inside and outside the government.