A former federal prosecutor and top white-collar criminal defense attorney, Todd Blanche will be tasked with guiding Trump through the early stages of his response to federal charges.
The Biden administration is reiterating opposition to Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank that it says undermines efforts to achieve a two-state solution with the Palestinians, following reports that Jerusalem is preparing to announce thousands more housing units in the politically-fraught territory. Axios reported on Monday that Israel has informed the United States of...
Former President Trump and his allies are testing out a slew of defenses against the Justice Department’s 37-count indictment as he prepares for his first court appearance Tuesday on allegations he mishandled classified documents after leaving the White House. The defense being voiced by most Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), is that the Justice...
Trump's defense team should have little trouble delaying his trial until after the next inauguration, at which time he could end up in a position to end his own prosecution.
Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday to discuss the decisions her agency made during the pandemic. This will be the final appearance she will make in front of the GOP-led panel before she steps down as...
President Biden on Monday announced that former Democratic campaign head, Tom Perez, will serve as a White House senior adviser, assistant to the president, and director of Intergovernmental Affairs. Perez will replace the former director and senior adviser, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, who is now serving as the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign manager. Perez served as chairman...
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a ballot measure at the center of an abortion fight in the state needed to be partially rewritten ahead of an August election, but ruled against Democratic litigants on some of their key requests. Ohioans will be heading to the polls on Aug. 8 to weigh in...
The House Rules Committee on Monday afternoon is meeting to discuss legislation on various topics, including regulations on gas stoves and pistol braces, which are firearms accessories intended to improve stability. Both of these bills have been on hold as the House Republican majority sorts out internal rifts between allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.)...
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson says the cable news business is in trouble. “I really do think the cable news business has a limited future,” Carlson told journalist and author Chadwick Moore as part of comments published Monday. “It’s too obviously controlled. It’s like Google — it’s just become too clear that there’s a...
More Americans are saying that they are opposed to transgender athletes playing on teams that match their gender identity, according to a new poll. A Gallup poll found that 69 percent of American respondents say that transgender athletes should only play on sports teams that match their birth gender, a 7 point increase from 2021....
President Biden is undergoing a root canal at the White House on Monday after complaining of tooth pain, his physician said in a letter released to the public. Biden's dental team examined him Sunday and took X-rays after the president said he was experiencing pain in one of his teeth, presidential physician Kevin O'Connor said....
Progress on gender equality has stagnated in the last decade, according to United Nations data that shows no improvement in biases against women in recent years. The U.N. Development Program’s Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) report, released Monday, found nearly 9 in 10 men and women globally still hold biases against women, despite recent high-profile...
House Oversight Democrats are asking the National Archives to determine whether the inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) violated the law after he told lawmakers he regularly deletes text messages from his government phone. The admission means Inspector General Joseph Cuffari could be in violation of both the Federal Records Act and...
Fox News has sent a cease and desist letter to former host Tucker Carlson after the conservative pundit published the first two episodes of his new Twitter show. The letter, which was reported by Axios, comes has Carlson remains locked in a contract dispute with the cable giant after his ouster last month. Carlson was...
Sen. Tim Scott's (R-S.C.) 2024 presidential campaign announced on Monday that the senator had received endorsements from more than 140 former and current South Carolina elected officials. Among the endorsements Scott received are former Rep. Henry Brown (R-S.C.), state Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R) and state House Chief Majority Whip Brandon Newton (R). "I'm...
For their part, the second-tier candidates will be forced to run intensely combative races if they want to distinguish themselves.
An investigation by The Associated Press found that more than $400 billion in federal emergency pandemic aid was possibly either stolen or wasted. The Trump and Biden administrations approved a combined $5.2 trillion in COVID-19 relief funding, the AP noted. Its analysis estimated that fraudsters stole about $280 billion in pandemic aid and another $123...
Chatbots are getting better at talking — but that hasn’t saved the workers developing them from an epidemic of loneliness. According to research published on Monday by the American Psychological Association, artificial intelligence researchers are risking their mental and emotional health and are more likely to suffer from insomnia and to drink more after work....
The future of American politics for both Republicans and Democrats now looks to be heading toward an embrace of populist messages. But Sanders got there first.
Former President Trump will be arraigned in a Florida court on Tuesday on federal charges of willfully possessing documents with national security implications, but that has had little impact on his campaign to return to the White House. After speaking at Republican Party events in two states on Saturday, Trump on Sunday stood firm in...
Former national security advisor John Bolton said the federal charges brought against former President Trump last week are “devastating,” adding that the indictment should result in the end of his Trump's political career. “This is a devastating indictment,” Bolton, who served under Trump , said Monday on CNN. “I speak here as an alumnus of...
If ever a country needed an IMF-supported economic adjustment program, it has to be Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey.
The average American drinks 60 percent more hard liquor now than in the mid-1990s, an unheralded surge in spirit consumption that signals changing tastes in alcohol. Americans are drinking more wine, too: 50 percent more per person since 1995. Overall, the average American consumed 2.51 gallons of ethanol, the alcohol in wine, beer and spirits,...
House Republicans return to Washington on Monday after a humiliating week when conservative rebels brought floor action to a halt, foiled votes on GOP priorities and rekindled questions about the ability of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to guide his party through the tough policy fights in the months ahead. Republican leaders have scheduled a series...
America’s war on cancer rages on — from Nixon’s salvo to Biden’s moonshot
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