Politics

(WASHINGTON) — In the week since Michael Whatley and Lara Trump took control of the Republican National Committee, significant moves have been made to reshape the organization in Donald Trump’s image. That includes a renewed focus on “election integrity” — a chief priority for the presumptive GOP nominee, who continues to lie about the 2020 […]

(WASHINGTON) — Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was direct with President Joe Biden on Friday that discussing Gaza and the need for a ceasefire was high on his list for their Oval Office meeting. “You’ll know my view that we need to have a cease-fire as soon as possible to get food and medicine in,” Varadkar […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are seeking to delay the start of his New York hush money trial in order to allow them to review tens of thousands of pages of potential evidence recently disclosed by the Justice Department. “[T]hirty days is not sufficient given the volume of […]

Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Voting for the Republican presidential caucuses in the Northern Mariana Islands is on Friday, three days after former President Donald Trump became the party’s presumptive 2024 nominee. Democrats on the islands voted on Tuesday. President Joe Biden, who is set for a November rematch with Trump, won. Teritory’s significanceThe […]

(WASHINGTON) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is facing scrutiny after posting a video on social media promoting the dental work she received from a practice in Texas, with a nonprofit claiming in a new lawsuit that she must have a secret “financial relationship” with the dentists. Noem on Monday shared a nearly five-minute video […]

(NEW YORK) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign is approaching several key milestones as Democratic scrutiny of him ramps up. He will soon select a running mate, after teasing names like New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and he continues to tick off states where he claims volunteers have gathered enough signatures to […]

(WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has stayed largely silent as others in his party have been critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of Hamas’ attack in Israel Oct. 7. But on Thursday, in a formal address on the Senate floor, Schumer delivered a scathing speech, calling for a new […]

(WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that his message to the GOP conference is to “stick together” and “get the job done” to expand the House majority — a priority in an election year where the party has a razor-thin House majority. Johnson’s comments came at the House Republican retreat in West Virginia […]

(WASHINGTON) — House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has threatened Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with contempt of Congress if Willis does not comply with a congressional subpoena as part of the committee’s investigation into her office’s use of federal funds. The House Judiciary Committee in February issued a subpoena to Willis for documents related […]

(FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — A U.S. district judge denied former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his federal classified documents case based on unconstitutional vagueness, one of the two motions — the other being his protection under the Presidential Records Act — that his lawyers used to argue dismissing the case. Judge Aileen Cannon had […]