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DNC Finally Releases Long-Awaiting 2024 ‘Autopsy’ Report After Pressure Campaign from Dems

DNC Finally Releases Long-Awaiting 2024 ‘Autopsy’ Report After Pressure Campaign from Dems

After months of speculation and consternation, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) finally released its long-awaited ‘autopsy’ of the 2024 election – pointing to major messaging failures, while dodging some of the campaign’s biggest questions. The Controversy As reported on Friday’s AM Update, DNC Chair Ken Martin ordered the review of the last election shortly after …

5/22 AM Update: DNC ’24 Autopsy Drops, AI EO Postponed, U.S.-Bound Flight Diverted Over Ebola

5/22 AM Update: DNC ’24 Autopsy Drops, AI EO Postponed, U.S.-Bound Flight Diverted Over Ebola

AM Update for 5/22/26: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) releases its long-awaited 2024 election autopsy, faulting Democrats for major messaging failures around affordability, identity politics, and defining Kamala Harris, while avoiding some of the biggest questions surrounding former President Joe Biden, Gaza, and Harris’s path to the nomination. President Donald Trump abruptly postpones a White …

Lawyers for Accused Charlie Kirk Assassin Tyler Robinson Try to Restrict Evidence, Media Access in Latest Hearing

Lawyers for Accused Charlie Kirk Assassin Tyler Robinson Try to Restrict Evidence, Media Access in Latest Hearing

The man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk was back in court this week as his legal team fights to limit what the public can see at an upcoming hearing. The Oral Arguments As reported on Wednesday’s AM Update, Tyler Robinson returned to Judge Tony Graf’s Utah courtroom Tuesday as his attorneys delivered arguments on two …

5/21 AM Update: DOJ Charges Castro, House Hearing Targets SPLC, Bezos Slams Mamdani & Praises Trump

5/21 AM Update: DOJ Charges Castro, House Hearing Targets SPLC, Bezos Slams Mamdani & Praises Trump

AM Update for 5/21/26: The Department of Justice indicts Raul Castro and several Cuban fighter pilots, as the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign raises questions about whether Cuba could become its next major foreign policy confrontation – freelance journalist Juan Rojas weighs in. House Republicans put the Southern Poverty Law Center under the microscope, accusing …

5/20 AM Update: Massie Loses Kentucky Primary, Trump Backs Paxton, Tyler Robinson Back in Court

5/20 AM Update: Massie Loses Kentucky Primary, Trump Backs Paxton, Tyler Robinson Back in Court

AM Update for 5/20/26: Kentucky Republicans oust Rep. Thomas Massie in the most expensive House primary in history, handing President Donald Trump another major revenge-tour victory. President Trump endorses Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the state’s bitter Republican Senate primary runoff. Tyler Robinson returns to court as his defense …

Alex Murdaugh Sues Former Court Clerk Whose Behavior Caused His Double Murder Convictions to Be Tossed

Alex Murdaugh Sues Former Court Clerk Whose Behavior Caused His Double Murder Convictions to Be Tossed

Days after getting his double murder convictions overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court, Alex Murdaugh is suing the court clerk accused of tainting the jury pool. As reported on Tuesday’s AM Update, Murdaugh’s legal team filed a 17-page lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Charleston against Rebecca “Becky” Hill, the former former Colleton County …

5/19 AM Update: Deadly Mosque Shooting, Judge Rules on Mangione Notebook, Murdaugh Sues Court Clerk

5/19 AM Update: Deadly Mosque Shooting, Judge Rules on Mangione Notebook, Murdaugh Sues Court Clerk

AM Update for 5/19/26: Three people, including a security guard credited with preventing further bloodshed, were killed in a shooting at San Diego’s largest mosque, with two teenage suspects found dead nearby as police and the FBI investigate possible hate crime motives. A New York judge suppresses some evidence from Luigi Mangione’s arrest at a …

5/18 AM Update: Potential U.S. Military Action Against Cuba, Sen. Cassidy Loses, Missing Congressman

5/18 AM Update: Potential U.S. Military Action Against Cuba, Sen. Cassidy Loses, Missing Congressman

AM Update for 5/18/26: A curious new report about “drones” could be the pretext to U.S. military action against Cuba. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) loses his Louisiana primary after years of fallout from his vote to convict President Donald Trump and his opposition to the MAHA movement, handing the president another revenge win. U.S. Congressman …

5/15 AM Update: Trump’s Taiwan Talks, Pratt’s LA Mayor Momentum, Matthew Perry Counselor Sentencing

5/15 AM Update: Trump’s Taiwan Talks, Pratt’s LA Mayor Momentum, Matthew Perry Counselor Sentencing

AM Update for 5/15/26: President Trump wraps a high-stakes summit with President Xi in Beijing, with Taiwan, Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and a major Boeing order dominating the talks. Spencer Pratt’s underdog campaign for Los Angeles mayor gains momentum with a new poll showing him gaining ground, as major business figures line up behind …

CIA Whistleblower Alleging Massive COVID Cover-Up Involving Dr. Fauci Testifies on Capitol Hill

CIA Whistleblower Alleging Massive COVID Cover-Up Involving Dr. Fauci Testifies on Capitol Hill

A CIA officer alleging intelligence officials downplayed evidence that COVID may have started in a Wuhan, China, lab and accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci of improperly influencing the government’s review of the virus’ origins testified in front of Congress on Wednesday. The Hearing As reported on Thursday’s AM Update, Special Operations Officer James Erdman III appeared, …