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Donald Trump declared to his supporters earlier this year that "I am your retribution" and his base's appetite for that promised vengeance hasn't waned Donald Trump has told supporters not to just see him as a candidate but as "your retribution." In his comeback bid for the White House, the former president -- twice impeached but twice acquitted and now twice indicted -- has vowed that if reelected, he will wield his power to personally remake parts of the federal government to a degree that historian Mark Updegrove said was unprecedented. Trump has promised to hamstring perceived enemies, including in the Department of Justice, which is currently investigating him, and target Republican bogeymen like President Joe Biden. He swore in June to appoint a special prosecutor to "go after" the Bidens and that he would "totally obliterate the deep state," referring to a conspiratorial view of how the government operates. "This is the fina...

Mike Pence said during a stop in Iowa that the potential federal indictment of Trump would be “extremely divisive” for the nation WAUKEE, Iowa -- At his first campaign event since announcing his bid for the White House, former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday said the potential federal indictment of Donald Trump would be " extremely divisive" for the nation and that he hopes the Department of Justice only moves forward with " unprecedented " charges if they are certain in their case. "I think it would send a terrible message to the wider world," Pence said. "But again, let me be very clear: No one's above the law. And if the Department of Justice chooses to move forward with an indictment , I would hope that it would meet the very high threshold for the unprecedented action of a federal indictment against the former president." When asked if Trump, a candidate who is facing multiple criminal investigations -- while denying wrongdoin...

A group of 19 Republican-led states on Monday asked the Supreme Court to stop the immigration restriction Title 42 from ending this week A group of 19 states on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and stop the immigration restriction Title 42 from ending this week -- contending that not doing so "will cause a crisis of unprecedented proportions at the border." "Getting rid of Title 42 will recklessly and needlessly endanger more Americans and migrants by exacerbating the catastrophe that is occurring at our southern b order ," Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement. "Unlawful crossings are estimated to surge from 7,000 per day to as many as 18,000." The policy known as Title 42 started in 2020, under President Donald Trump, in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic and has since been used to expel migrants from the southern b order more than 2.4 million times on the basis of public Health concerns. MORE: Texas Gov. Greg...