Politics

(WASHINGTON) — Fallout continues on Capitol Hill over President Joe Biden’s pause of a bomb shipment to Israel, and his warning the U.S. won’t supply weapons that could be used in an invasion of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza where more than a million civilians have sought shelter. The House plans to vote this […]

(WASHINGTON) — Voters headed to the polls in Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia on Tuesday to set up several key down-ballot races. Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks won the Democratic nomination in Maryland’s marquee Senate race, while Republicans in West Virginia appointed candidates likely to take over one of the state’s Senate seats and […]

(KYIV, Ukraine) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Tuesday, promised the U.S. will quickly deliver badly needed arms, touting Washington and the West’s alliances with Kyiv. Blinken is the first senior U.S. official to visit since Congress, after months of dispute, in April passed and President Joe Biden […]

(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s entourage continued to grow when more high-profile politicians attended his New York hush money criminal trial on Tuesday — including House Speaker Mike Johnson. Johnson, the highest-ranking Republican in Congress, was in criminal court with Trump on Tuesday morning. After commuting with Trump in his motorcade from Trump […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday will announce new tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports, including a sharp tax hike on electric vehicles, to help protect his administration’s investments in key sectors in the United States. “The president’s actions ensure that American businesses and workers have the opportunity to compete on a […]

Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, speaks at the Turning Point Action conference in West Palm Beach, Fla., July 16, 2023. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday requested the judge overseeing ex-Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s criminal contempt of Congress case to order that he begin his four-month […]

(NEW YORK) — Political allies of former President Donald Trump, many of whom are possibly jockeying for future positions with him, have begun to attend his New York hush money criminal trial as it enters its fourth week, highlighting how Trump has attempted to make New York his campaign stomping grounds in the wake of […]

(WASHINGTON) — Even though the general election matchup is already set between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, there have been plenty of fireworks down the ballot ahead of presidential and congressional primaries in Maryland, West Virginia, and Nebraska on Tuesday. Downballot races in Maryland, for example, have led to bitter intraparty fights […]

(CHICAGO) — A teenager from Chicago walked in her graduation ceremony this month after earning her Ph.D at 17. Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman II was only 10 when she became a freshman at the college of Lake County, majoring in Psychology. In 2020, she earned her Master of Science from Unity College. She was accepted […]

(WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley will meet with roughly 100 of her biggest donors who supported her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination this week, taking another step toward reemerging back into public life following her defeat at the hands of her chief rival, former President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the event confirmed to ABC […]