Former President Donald Trump is scrambling for cash, as the deadline to pay up in the $464 million in the civil fraud judgment against him looms. If the GOP frontrunner can't secure a bond by Monday, New York Attorney General Letitia James can start going after his assets. Also on Monday, Judge Juan Merchan will hold a hearing regarding Trump's New York hush money case. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon made a strange move in Trump's classified documents case, requestingproposed jury instructions before setting a trial date. And Trump's social media company Truth Social went public on Friday after a merger, making Trump potentially $3 billion richer on paper and offering him a financial lifeline.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to remove Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Friday, heaping more chaos on the already divided and dysfunctional House Republicans. The "Great Resignation" continues, as Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., announced he will resign from Congress early, leaving the Republican House majority in peril. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer's attempt to impeach President Joe Biden is officially dead in the water. The Senate reached a late deal to avoid a government shutdown, voting 74-24 early Saturday morning to pass a sweeping $1.2 trillion government funding bill.
Trump is reportedly eyeing Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., his former opponent in the 2016 primary, as a potential vice presidential candidate. President Joe Biden is spinning Trump's lines of attack back on him, making use of a common Trump-ian question: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who has been indicted on corruption charges, said he will not be running for re-election as a Democrat.
