×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President and his campaign and the filed a on Tuesday challenging a new California law that requires all presidential and gubernatorial candidates to publicly release their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary ballot.The action comes about a week after California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) aimed at Trump, who has famously refused to release his tax returns. Newsom, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra are named as defendants in the...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President and his campaign and the filed a on Tuesday challenging a new California law that requires all presidential and gubernatorial candidates to publicly release their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary ballot.The action comes about a week after California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) aimed at Trump, who has famously refused to release his tax returns. Newsom, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra are named as defendants in the...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×As President pushes for an end to the nationwide practices that health professionals say are essential to saving lives during the outbreak, incredibly wealthy Americans are eager to get employees back to work ― and some say they’re OK with people dying if that’s what it takes.A number of the country’s richest businesspeople spoke frankly about the matter for a published Wednesday. Dick Kovacevich, who ran Wells Fargo until 2007, said he wants healthy people under age 55 to return to work in late April if the...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×As President pushes for an end to the nationwide practices that health professionals say are essential to saving lives during the outbreak, incredibly wealthy Americans are eager to get employees back to work ― and some say they’re OK with people dying if that’s what it takes.A number of the country’s richest businesspeople spoke frankly about the matter for a published Wednesday. Dick Kovacevich, who ran Wells Fargo until 2007, said he wants healthy people under age 55 to return to work in late April if the...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×, the conservative radio host and political commentator, announced on air Monday that he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.“The Rush Limbaugh Show” host, 69, said he received the diagnosis on Jan. 20 and informed his staff earlier on Monday.Advertisement“I can’t help but feel that I’m letting everybody down with this, but the upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer,” an emotional Limbaugh said.He will not be present for his show until at least Thursday, he said, while his...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×, the conservative radio host and political commentator, announced on air Monday that he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.“The Rush Limbaugh Show” host, 69, said he received the diagnosis on Jan. 20 and informed his staff earlier on Monday.Advertisement“I can’t help but feel that I’m letting everybody down with this, but the upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer,” an emotional Limbaugh said.He will not be present for his show until at least Thursday, he said, while his...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Speaking in a state where cases are surging enough to repeatedly set new daily infection , President told a crowd of young Arizona supporters that everything was under control. “Someday it’ll be recognized by history,” he said of his pandemic response while speaking at a campaign-style event at Dream City Church, hosted by the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA.AdvertisementThis is “hopefully the end of the pandemic,” Trump told an audience of about 3,000 college students, most of whom did not wear...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Speaking in a state where cases are surging enough to repeatedly set new daily infection , President told a crowd of young Arizona supporters that everything was under control. “Someday it’ll be recognized by history,” he said of his pandemic response while speaking at a campaign-style event at Dream City Church, hosted by the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA.AdvertisementThis is “hopefully the end of the pandemic,” Trump told an audience of about 3,000 college students, most of whom did not wear...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Norma McCorvey, the woman whose fight for rights manifested in , made a shocking admission in an upcoming documentary about her late-in-life conversion into an anti-abortion crusader, Tuesday.AdvertisementIn the “deathbed confession,” McCorvey, who died in 2017, revealed to the makers of the FX documentary “AKA Jane Roe” that leaders of the evangelical religious movement paid her to switch sides on the issue. The moment reportedly occurs in the final minutes of the film, which airs Friday.“I took their money...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Norma McCorvey, the woman whose fight for rights manifested in , made a shocking admission in an upcoming documentary about her late-in-life conversion into an anti-abortion crusader, Tuesday.AdvertisementIn the “deathbed confession,” McCorvey, who died in 2017, revealed to the makers of the FX documentary “AKA Jane Roe” that leaders of the evangelical religious movement paid her to switch sides on the issue. The moment reportedly occurs in the final minutes of the film, which airs Friday.“I took their money...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President said Monday that he is not taking any responsibility for the reported spike in people seeking help related to unsafe disinfectant use, even though he floated the idea of using disinfectant as a potential COVID-19 cure last week.Trump denied that his comments had played any role in those reports at his Monday briefing, the first time he’d taken questions at a press conference since his remarks about injecting people with faced nearly universal condemnation. Trump later claimed that suggestion was...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President said Monday that he is not taking any responsibility for the reported spike in people seeking help related to unsafe disinfectant use, even though he floated the idea of using disinfectant as a potential COVID-19 cure last week.Trump denied that his comments had played any role in those reports at his Monday briefing, the first time he’d taken questions at a press conference since his remarks about injecting people with faced nearly universal condemnation. Trump later claimed that suggestion was...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×An influential conservative law professor who supported President in 2016 and spoke out against his said Thursday that the president’s about delaying the election is grounds for his removal.Steven Calabresi, a co-founder of the conservative Federalist Society, wrote in that Trump “should be removed unless he relents” on his suggestion to delay the November election, when Trump is expected to face Democrat at the polls.Advertisement“Until recently, I had taken as political hyperbole the ’ assertion that...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×An influential conservative law professor who supported President in 2016 and spoke out against his said Thursday that the president’s about delaying the election is grounds for his removal.Steven Calabresi, a co-founder of the conservative Federalist Society, wrote in that Trump “should be removed unless he relents” on his suggestion to delay the November election, when Trump is expected to face Democrat at the polls.Advertisement“Until recently, I had taken as political hyperbole the ’ assertion that...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the obstetrician-gynecologist who provided a legal to a in Indiana last month, is preparing to sue the state’s attorney general for defamation. Bernard’s attorneys filed a claim notice Tuesday, saying Attorney General Todd Rokita owes her damages for security costs, legal fees, reputational harm and emotional distress after saying last week he plans to investigate her actions and falsely suggesting she failed to report the abortion to state authorities.Advertisement“Mr. Rokita’s false and...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the obstetrician-gynecologist who provided a legal to a in Indiana last month, is preparing to sue the state’s attorney general for defamation. Bernard’s attorneys filed a claim notice Tuesday, saying Attorney General Todd Rokita owes her damages for security costs, legal fees, reputational harm and emotional distress after saying last week he plans to investigate her actions and falsely suggesting she failed to report the abortion to state authorities.Advertisement“Mr. Rokita’s false and...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced Thursday he is authorizing an impeachment investigation into Gov. (D), who’s facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. “The reports of accusations concerning the governor are serious,” Heastie said in a statement. The Assembly Judiciary Committee leading the investigation “will have the authority to interview witnesses, subpoena documents and evaluate evidence, as is allowed by the New York State Constitution.”AdvertisementThe investigation will be...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced Thursday he is authorizing an impeachment investigation into Gov. (D), who’s facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. “The reports of accusations concerning the governor are serious,” Heastie said in a statement. The Assembly Judiciary Committee leading the investigation “will have the authority to interview witnesses, subpoena documents and evaluate evidence, as is allowed by the New York State Constitution.”AdvertisementThe investigation will be...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×has endorsed his former vice president, , for president, finally breaking his silence in the Democratic primary on Tuesday.“Joe has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery,” Obama said in a 12-minute video filmed at his home and posted on YouTube.Advertisement“I know he’ll surround himself with good people ― experts, scientists, military officials who actually know how to run the government and care about doing a good job running the...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×has endorsed his former vice president, , for president, finally breaking his silence in the Democratic primary on Tuesday.“Joe has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery,” Obama said in a 12-minute video filmed at his home and posted on YouTube.Advertisement“I know he’ll surround himself with good people ― experts, scientists, military officials who actually know how to run the government and care about doing a good job running the...WW…