WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company tangled Wednesday over the high bar to prove defamation in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that has embarrassed… Read More »Fox, Dominion argue over legal standards to prove defamation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The results of the long-delayed government review of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan will be released next month, the White House announced Wednesday, with Congress and… Read More »US review of Afghanistan withdrawal to be released in April
CHICAGO — Democrats across the Midwest are appealing to President Joe Biden to back Chicago as the destination for the 2024 Democratic National Convention, arguing the party must send a… Read More »'Blue wall' Democrats urge the White House to give Chicago the 2024 DNC convention
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to Iowa voters on March 10 in Des Moines. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) If Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defeats former President Donald Trump for the 2024… Read More »Poll: Signature DeSantis policies unpopular with Americans ahead of likely presidential run
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday directed a lawyer for Donald Trump to turn over to prosecutors documents in the investigation into the former president’s retention of… Read More »Court orders Trump lawyer to provide docs in Mar-a-Lago case
Moderna’s CEO on Wednesday defended a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price, but he also said the drugmaker will work to ensure patients continue paying nothing… Read More »Senators press Moderna CEO on COVID-19 vaccine price hike
Elon Musk at a SpaceX demonstration at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Fla. on May 30, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) When ChatGPT exploded in popularity as a… Read More »As Chatbots Spread, Conservatives Dream About a Right-Wing Response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told lawmakers on Wednesday that the State Department has been putting together a review of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and… Read More »Blinken promises review of Afghan withdrawal to Congress by mid-April
After months of waving off taunts from Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hit back – and he didn’t pull any punches. DeSantis took shots at the former president’s character… Read More »DeSantis criticizes 'daily drama' of Trump's leadership style, ratcheting up growing tensions
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, center right, at a press conference in New York on Dec. 14, 2022. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times) It is the kind of case that… Read More »The Legal Intricacies That Could Make or Break the Case Against Trump
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters If the historic indictment of Donald Trump materializes in the coming days, the former president will likely have two options: show up to… Read More »Inside Trump’s Efforts to Turn His Arrest Into a Martyrdom
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters If, as expected, a Manhattan grand jury follows through and indicts Donald Trump, he’d become the first former U.S. president ever to face… Read More »Biden’s Plan to Not Touch a Trump Indictment With a 130,000-Foot Pole
Arkansas has become the latest GOP state to ban transgender people from using restrooms at public schools that align with their gender identity after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the ban into… Read More »Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs law restricting school restroom use by transgender people
Former President Trump supporters gather outside Mar-a-Lago, his residence in Palm Beach, Fla., on March 21, 2023. (Josh Ritchie/The New York Times) Donald Trump claims he is ready for his… Read More »Trump at Mar-a-Lago: Magical Thinking and a Perp Walk Fixation
By Alexandra Alper and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is under pressure to ban popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, but any such move likely hinges on… Read More »With few good tools, Biden needs new law to ban TikTok, experts say
This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.Update your settings here to see it. On today’s episode of the 5 Things podcast: The Supreme Court sided unanimously for… Read More »Supreme Court sides for student with disability, GM faces lawsuit: 5 Things podcast
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Manhattan has started and stopped its investigation into Donald Trump’s hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels so many times that it has… Read More »Trump hush-money charges would bring 'zombie case' back to life
By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) – – A New York grand jury is expected on Wednesday to resume its closed-door investigation of whether Donald Trump made illegal hush-money payments… Read More »Trump hush-money probe expected to resume in New York grand jury
Marco Bello/Reuters A DC Circuit Appeals Court set an “unprecedented” schedule Tuesday night surrounding Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago classified documents case, requiring answers from Trump attorneys by midnight and a reply… Read More »Court Makes ‘Extraordinary’ Late Night Demands in Trump Mar-a-Lago Case
A police officer places a barricade in front of Trump Tower, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York.AP Photo/Bryan Woolston The NYPD has set up steel barricades outside of… Read More »Steel barricades are going up outside Trump Tower in New York as a Trump indictment looms
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom that matches their gender identity,… Read More »Arkansas restricts school bathroom use by transgender people
Former President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 4. (Alex Brandon/AP) The expected indictment of Donald Trump by a Democratic prosecutor in New York City has… Read More »Looming Trump indictment puts his GOP competitors in a tough spot
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing $150,000 in COVID-19 relief fraud. Joseph Harding,… Read More »'Don't Say Gay' lawmaker pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said the Manhattan district attorney leading the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged hush-money payments should “be put in jail.” Paul’s comments came in a… Read More »Sen. Rand Paul says Manhattan DA leading Trump investigation should 'be put in jail'
WASHINGTON – The Secret Service has participated in planning meetings as recently as Monday with Manhattan court authorities, the New York Police Department and other law enforcement agencies to discuss security preparations… Read More »Secret Service has met with NY police on security plans in the event Trump is charged
NEW YORK (AP) — For 40 years, former President Donald Trump has navigated countless legal investigations without ever facing criminal charges. That record may soon come to an end. Trump… Read More »Trump's potential indictment caps decades of legal scrutiny
President Biden addresses the White House Conservation in Action Summit at the U.S. Interior Department on March 21 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Despite Republican criticism of the recent… Read More »Poll: No sign of populist backlash against Biden after Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Donald Trump (MPI04/Media Punch Inc./IPX via AP) As debate continues over the possible criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump regarding a $130,000 hush money payment made to porn star… Read More »Trump's legal troubles extend far beyond Stormy Daniels case
Former President Donald Trump at an event in Davenport, Iowa, on March 13. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) A Manhattan grand jury is expected to decide soon whether to indict former President… Read More »Law expert: Trump could still be elected president in 2024 if indicted
A wind and snow storm builds along the mountains of the Spirit Mountain Wilderness as viewed from Highway 163 on March 10, 2021 in Laughlin, Nevada. (George Rose/Getty Images) President… Read More »Photos: Biden designates 2 new national monuments, Spirit Mountain and Castner Range