By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hard-line Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in a brazen push to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, but the resounding rejection by Republicans and Democrats tired of the turmoil does not guarantee an end to the GOP chaos. One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, Greene stood on the House floor late Wednesday and read a long list of “transgressions” she said Johnson had committed as speaker, from his passage of a $95 billion national security package with aid for Ukraine to his reliance on Democrats to wield ..read more

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president’s hush money trial cannot be believed. “The details of your story keep changing, right?” attorney Susan Necheles asked at one point. “No,” Daniels said. As the jury looked on, the two women traded barbs over what Necheles said were inconsistencies in Daniels’ description of the encounter wit ..read more

By AYANNA ALEXANDER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Young Black lawyers and law students are taking on a new role ahead of the general election: Meeting with Black voters in battleground states to increase turnout and serve as watchdogs against voter disenfranchisement. The Young Black Lawyers’ Organizing Coalition has recruited lawyers and law students and is sending them to Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas to meet with Black voters, aiming to better understand the barriers that the historically disadvantaged voting bloc faces when registering to vote and accessing the ballot ..read more

The CSU San Bernardino campus on April 22, 2024. (Jules Hotz for CalMatters)   BY MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN | CalMatters Nathan Reyes lives with his family five minutes from Cal State Los Angeles, where he’s paying close to nothing to earn a bachelor’s degree that typically lands graduates a salary of $62,000 within five years of completing college. He’s one of hundreds of thousands of California low-income students who attend colleges that, because they’re affordable enough, cost the equivalent of a few months of a typical salary that students earn within a few years of graduation. A new report ..read more

By DAVID HAMILTON | AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to restore “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others. The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration. In 2017, under then-President Donald Trump, the FCC repealed those rules. The measure passed Thursday on a 3-2 vote split along party lines, with Democratic commissioners in favor and Republicans opposed. Net neutra ..read more

It’s a family affair: Almost all of Donald Trump’s children, including 18-year-old Barron, will be Florida Republican Party delegates at the GOP presidential convention this year. Leading the entourage to Milwaukee in July as delegation chairman will be Eric Trump. His big brother Donald Jr. and little sister Tiffany also were chosen as at-large delegates, along with half-brother Barron, who’s graduating from high school this month. Trump’s daughter Ivanka is not a delegate. Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.’s fiancée, was chosen to co-lead the party platform committee. “We are fortunate to ..read more

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON — Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stunned colleagues Wednesday calling for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but lawmakers quickly rejected it. Greene pressed ahead with her long-shot effort despite pushback from Republicans at the highest levels tired of the political chaos. One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, Greene stood on the House floor and read a long list of “transgressions” she said Johnson had committed as speaker. Colleagues booed in protest. It was the second time in a matter of months that Republicans have trie ..read more

By Kate Brumback | Associated Press ATLANTA — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump. The move seems likely to delay the case and is the second time in as many days that the former president has gotten a favorable ruling that could push any future trials beyond the November election, when he is expected to be the Republican nominee for president. A day earlier, the judge in his Florida classified docum ..read more

The state of Florida has $54,000 with former President Donald Trump’s name on it. The money, held by the state’s Division of Unclaimed Property, might not seem like a lot amid the $100 million that the former president has reportedly paid in legal bills since leaving office in 2021. Then again, he has been selling custom shoes and taking a cut of Bible sales in recent months. Every bit of income helps, right? Related Articles National Politics | Kahne hoping to solidify standing at The Glen Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer, wants to help Trump. A few months after his legisl ..read more

By SEUNG MIN KIM, JILL COLVIN and CALVIN WOODWARD (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Related Articles National Politics | Republicans renew push to exclude noncitizens from the census that helps determine political power National Politics | Trump invited to get $54,000 in unclaimed Florida property National Politics | Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AI National Politics | He helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI ..read more