The Latest | Biden speaks after Donald Trump's conviction in hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) — A day after a New York jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee held a press conference...
View ArticleSenate conservatives vow to oppose DOJ funding boost, Biden nominees after...
Senate conservatives led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), the chair of the Senate Steering Committee, say they will oppose nonsecurity funding increases that would allow the Department of Justice and other...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson predicts Trump victory in appeal of 'absurd' verdict
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday blasted former President Trump’s conviction in his New York hush money case, predicting Trump will successfully appeal the “absurd” verdict. “Today is a...
View ArticleCongressional leaders invite Israel's Netanyahu to deliver an address at the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address a the Capitol, a show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting...
View ArticleAnswers to your questions about Donald Trump's historic hush money trial...
NEW YORK (AP) — Will Donald Trump go to prison? Could he pardon himself? What about the election? The first criminal conviction of a former American president raises a host of legal and political...
View ArticleBiden calls Trump's claims on hush money conviction 'reckless' as campaign...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday condemned Donald Trump's unfounded assertions of a biased legal system as “reckless” and “dangerous" — breaking his long-held silence on the presumptive...
View ArticleTrump tries to move past his guilty verdict by attacking the criminal justice...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the...
View ArticleVulnerable Republicans stay silent on Trump conviction
Vulnerable House Republicans are treading carefully around the bombshell conviction of former President Trump, showing a wariness to wade into the prickly debate over hush money, a porn star and the...
View ArticleTrump rails against hush money judge in post-conviction remarks: 'He's really...
NEW YORK — Former President Trump railed against the outcome of his hush money trial in New York on Friday, the morning after he was found guilty on 34 felony counts, tearing into Judge Juan Merchan...
View ArticleUpside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest symbol after...
CHICAGO (AP) — After Donald Trump's historic guilty verdict, a steady flow of images showing upside-down American flags has appeared on social media as his supporters and right-wing commentators...
View ArticleFrom his Montana ranch, a retired lawmaker in a crowded House race is angling...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — From a ranch in one of America’s largest and newest congressional districts, where agriculture and Republicans dominate the landscape, a retired six-term Montana lawmaker and...
View ArticleThe 54 charges Trump faces after his New York conviction
Thirty-four criminal charges settled, 54 to go. Former President Trump ended his time in a New York courtroom this week with a conviction, found guilty on all counts in his hush-money trial. But state...
View ArticleLGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
Pride Month, the worldwide celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights, kicks off Saturday with events around the globe. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold against a backdrop of dozens...
View ArticleRepublicans join Trump's attacks on justice system and campaign of vengeance...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of...
View ArticleRepublicans make Biden's EV push an election-year issue as Democrats take a...
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump says the Biden administration's policy to promote electric vehicles is a “radical plan” that would kill the economy in automaking states. Republican allies in the...
View ArticleTrump campaign sends Bob Good cease-and-desist letter over yard signs
Former President Trump’s campaign sent a cease-and-desist letter to House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good’s (R-Va.) reelection campaign to stop producing yard signs and other merchandise that imply his...
View ArticleTrump verdict supercharges Republicans
Former President Trump’s guilty verdict in his New York City hush money trial is supercharging Republican enthusiasm, as his base rallies around him in the aftermath of Thursday’s historic verdict....
View ArticleThe Memo: Don’t assume New York verdict will bounce back to Trump’s benefit
Former President Trump and his allies have spent the hours since he was convicted in New York arguing the verdict will play out to his advantage in the end. They could easily be wrong. To be sure,...
View ArticleTrump joins TikTok and calls it 'an honor.' As president he once tried to ban...
Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a UFC fight two days after he became the first former president...
View ArticleOhio's Republican governor signs measure ensuring Biden appears on the fall...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a measure to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state ballot in November. DeWine, a Republican, signed the measure — which relaxes a state candidate filing...
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