Politics

TL/DR - Rudy Giuliani, a former attorney for Donald Trump, was ordered to pay $148 million in damages to two Georgia poll workers for defaming their character through election fraud conspiracy theories. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., had previously ruled that Giuliani's claims were "false and unsubstantiated" and that they led to waves of…

TL/DR - Senate candidate Kari Lake, at an event hosted by conservative group Turning Point USA, reaffirmed her belief that legal actions against her and others who propagated false claims about the US elections are politically driven. Lake criticized the ongoing efforts to discipline her and her associates for spreading misinformation about the…

TL/DR - Senate candidate Kari Lake has repeatedly shown support for participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S Capitol, suggesting that their prosecution is politically motivated. Despite advice from national Republicans to move on from past grievances, Lake has continued to defend these participants, referring to those prosecuted as…

TL/DR - Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has found himself caught in a partisan U.S. political dispute over the provision of wartime aid for Ukraine. A proposed aid package of $60 billion, vital for holding back Russian forces, is at a deadlock due to Republican demands for the funds to be tied to border security and immigration measures.…