Former President Trump clashed frequently with the judge overseeing his New York fraud trial as the former president spent hours on the witness stand in Manhattan on Monday.

Trump’s highly-anticipated testimony grew chaotic, with the judge asking Trump’s attorney to take control of his client who was, in our opinion, acting like a child. The former president also ticked off his political grievances from the witness stand, to which the judge responded that the court hearing was “not a political rally.”

On the 21st day since the ousting of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, Republicans have elected far-right Congressman Mike Johnson to be the net Speaker.

Republican Congressman Tom Emmer has dropped out of the race to become the next Speaker of the House just four hours after he won his party’s nomination, the latest sign that Republicans are no closer to electing a new speaker.

Jim Jordan was booted from the House speakership race after his Republican colleagues voted against his continued bid for the seat in a secret ballot after his third failed attempt to win the gavel on Friday.

Judge Tanya Chutkan has imposed a gag order on former President Donald Trump barring him from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, and court staff involved in his Washington D.C. criminal case.

Disgraced Republican Congressman George Santos stole the identities of his campaign donors and then used their credit cards to ring up tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges according to a new 23-count superseding indictment filed against Santos by federal prosecutors on Tuesday.