'FAILING ACT OF POLITICAL THEATER': Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Ostracized After Johnson Ouster Push

Centrists have regarded the Georgia firebrand with a degree of skepticism for a while. Now she's even losing conservative allies.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was never hugely popular among her more centrist colleagues. After forcing a vote on ousting Speaker Mike Johnson, even droves of conservatives seem to have abandoned her — leaving the Georgia firebrand with next to no allies in the House.

“People are calling me saying: 'Please, tell her to not do this.' Mike is a good man. He's doing the best he can. Trump's calling her and telling her not to,” said Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.). ”I think she's lost a whole lot of respect in her district.”

Doug Burgum Emerges As An Unlikely Candidate To Be Trump VP

Burgum is having a moment — Seriously

On the set of a Fort Lauderdale studio Sunday morning, Doug Burgum raised a mug halfway to his mouth and froze, apparently startled that Jake Tapper had thrown to him. The North Dakota governor quickly stashed his drink and flashed a smile to the camera.

The awkward moment highlighted how Burgum, despite being one of Donald Trump’s top surrogates, is still fairly new to the spotlight. A year ago, few Americans outside his Upper Midwest state had heard of Burgum, a mild-mannered, self-made businessman. He is now seen as one of the top contenders to be the Republican running mate.

The big question is why.

One of his home state senators, GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer, said he was “initially surprised” over Burgum’s ascendance in the veepstakes campaign, “because a white male from a state with three electoral votes that haven’t gone to a Democrat since LBJ does not seem to bring a lot of electoral value to the ticket.”

Apache Crash Injures 2 Fort Riley Soldiers as Army Grapples with Nonstop Aviation Incidents

An Army AH-64 Apache crash at Fort Riley, Kansas, on Tuesday, left two pilots injured, marking yet another aviation incident in a string of crashes for the service.

The pair of soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade were being treated for injuries after the crash, which occurred during gunnery training, according to a spokesperson for the installation. It's unclear what caused the crash, and officials are investigating the incident.

The Army has been marred by a seemingly constant string of helicopter incidents, particularly among Apache and Black Hawk helicopters. Last year, the service saw 10 incidents, including 14 fatalities -- far outpacing deaths occurring in combat operations abroad.

Army aircraft have been grounded twice since the spring of last year -- once service-wide after nine soldiers died in April 2023 in a crash that involved two Black Hawk helicopters out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

That incident marked one of the deadliest training mishaps in Army history. Later that month, three 11th Airborne Division soldiers died when two Apaches collided.

Last year's incidents also include a November crash in which five Army special operations soldiers died in a Black Hawk crash in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Cyprus.

Police Who Shot Florida Airman 6 Times in His Home May Have Entered Wrong Apartment, Family Says

An attorney for the family of a Florida special operations airman who was shot and killed in his home by local police said Wednesday that officers responding to a reported disturbance may have entered the wrong apartment.

Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, was alone in his apartment on May 3 when police burst through the door and fatally shot him six times, according to Ben Crump, an attorney representing Fortson's family.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office was responding to a disturbance between a man and woman in the apartment building, and deputies shot Fortson, who was Black, multiple times in the chest, according to police radio communications.

"The circumstances surrounding Roger's death raise serious questions that demand immediate answers from authorities, especially considering the alarming witness statement that the police entered the wrong apartment," Crump said. "The narrative released by law enforcement, which falsely suggests that Roger posed a threat, is deeply troubling and inconsistent with the details provided by that witness: Roger was home alone, causing no disturbance, when his life was tragically cut short by law enforcement."

US Soldier Detained In Russia Had Traveled Through China, Did Not Get US Signoff

Video posted on social media shows the soldier criticizing President Joe Biden and calling NATO “aggressive.”

A U.S. soldier who is detained in Russia on charges of theft had traveled there through China, and did not get U.S. government approval for his travel plans, according to an Army spokesperson.

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black was most recently stationed at Camp Humphreys, South Korea. He processed out of Eighth Army on April 10, and told his superiors he was heading to Fort Cavazos, Texas, Army spokesperson Cynthia Smith said in a statement.

But instead of returning immediately to the U.S., Black flew from Incheon, South Korea, through China to Vladivostok, Russia, for “personal reasons,” Smith said.

“Black did not request official clearance and [the Defense Department] did not authorize his travel to China and Russia. Official and leave travel is currently restricted pursuant to the DoD Foreign Clearance Guide,” Smith said.

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Stormy Spoke — Trump Fumed — Jurors Were Captivated — But Also Cringed

In vivid detail, Stormy Daniels described a 2006 hotel encounter that is now at the heart of Donald Trump’s criminal trial

NEW YORK — A riveting courtroom battle played out at Donald Trump’s hush money trial Tuesday over the motives, and morals, of one of the case’s main characters: porn star Stormy Daniels.

Prosecutors sought to portray her as an entrepreneurial, three-dimensional woman defying stereotypes of the adult film industry. Trump’s defense team presented a much less flattering picture of her as an extortionist and liar eager to cash in on an unlikely brush with fame.

Officially, the audience for the tense exchanges that sometimes approached shouting was the jury of seven men and five women seated in the shabby, 15th-floor courtroom in lower Manhattan. But the packed gallery, the intense security and the TV trucks outside were all reminders that Trump’s potential political liability in the case is at least as significant as his legal exposure.

For about three hours, prosecutor Susan Hoffinger sought to convince the jury — and the broader audience — that Daniels is far more than the image conjured by tabloid headlines.

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