Chris Christie suspended his 2024 presidential campaign Wednesday night in yet another sign that Republican resistance to front-runner Donald Trump is melting away as the former president barrels toward his party’s nomination for a second term in the White House. “It’s clear to me tonight that there isn’t a path for me to win the … Read more
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference featuring remarks by college students about antisemitism on college campuses, in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senate Republicans repeatedly said this week that a short-term spending bill may be necessary to keep … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami on Oct. 12, 2023. Al Diaz | Miami Herald | Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate for president, is being questioned by the Federal Election Commission for payments his campaign made to his daughter-in-law … Read more
Former U.S. president and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump departs after speaking during a Commit to Caucus rally at the North Iowa Events Center in Mason City, Iowa, on Jan. 5, 2024. Christian Monterrosa | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump has been barred from personally making a closing argument at his New York civil … Read more
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Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, sits with his attorney Abbe Lowell as he makes a surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee markup and meeting to vote on whether to hold Biden in contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a request to testify to the House last month, on Capitol … Read more
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Former President Donald Trump aims to deliver his own closing argument Thursday in his New York civil business fraud trial in addition to his legal team’s summations, according to two people familiar with the highly unusual plan. Trump is a defendant in the case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. She claims his … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump brought his “Big Lie” ― that the 2020 election was stolen from him ― into a federal appeals courtroom Tuesday, with the argument that his attempts to overturn the election leading up to and on Jan. 6, 2021, were official acts, and that he is therefore immune from prosecution. Trump was … Read more
The U.S. presidential election poses the No. 1 risk to the world in 2024 no matter who wins it, according to a political risk consultancy firm’s annual report. The Eurasia Group released its Top Risks for 2024 report on Monday. Atop the list was “The United States vs. Itself.” “The US presidential election will worsen … Read more
