News Roundup & Comment

Below are highlights from Jim's look at news events throughout our nation and around the world. Stories included:

--Militants in Gaza fired seven rockets into Israel early this morning as the nation's Jewish population began celebrating Passover.

--Just hours after pleading not guilty in New York to falsifying business records in relation to alleged hush money payments, former President Donald Trump slammed D.A. Alvin Bragg and Democrats in a speech saying that he never thought anything like this would happen in America.

--Liberal news outlets and their left-wing extremists were disappointed with the arraignment of Trump, noticing a substantial lack of evidence brought on by "woke" prosecutors.

--Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the Democrat leading the prosecution of former President Donald Trump, had the backing for his 2021 election from an organization affiliated with the main Black Lives Matter group, Color of Change, a partner organization of BLM.

--Jim Jordan has subpoenaed the former Manhattan prosecutor in the first strike against the office that is prosecuting former President Trump.

--The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered Stormy Daniels to pay former President Trump almost $122,000 in legal fees stemming from a defamation lawsuit that she filed in 2018 that was later dismissed.

--Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced a 2024 presidential bid, becoming the fourth major Republican candidate to make such an announcement.

--Robert F. Kennedy announced his run for the 2024 White House.

--Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Justice Daniel Kelly for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.