Trump New York fraud trial continues as former president leaves
New York Attorney General Letitia James declared that "the show is over" after the former president left his $250 million civil business fraud trial in the middle of proceedings Wednesday. "I will not be bullied," James said at Manhattan Su...
2023-10-05 10:56:39
Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani sues Biden for defamation
WASHINGTON — sued President for defamation Wednesday, saying he lost clients and podcast listeners after Biden called him a "Russian pawn" during an October 2020 debate with then-President . Giuliani said he had not yet calculated how muc...
2023-10-05 10:56:28
House speaker battle heats up: Trump, Jordan, Scalise in the mix
WASHINGTON — The House speaker's gavel is up for grabs for the second time this year, and for the second time, that contest is threatening to divide the Republican caucus along ideological lines. Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are the...
2023-10-05 10:56:22
Tornadoes are more destructive than ever in the U.S.
May 22, 2011, began as a beautiful day in Joplin, Missouri. Families and friends gathered outside. Suddenly, the sky changed. Troy Bolander, who grew up in nearby Kansas, noticed the clouds beginning to swirl. He began to prepare his crawl...
2023-10-05 10:55:30
UK PM Rishi Sunak scraps major high-speed rail link; plans to phase out smoking
MANCHESTER, England — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday unveiled a raft of new policies aimed at shoring up waning support for his Conservative Party ahead of next year's general election. Included in the measures was the antic...
2023-10-05 10:55:23
Health care workers strike at Kaiser Permanente
More than 75,000 workers at — the nation's largest health-care nonprofit organization — went on Wednesday at hospitals and medical offices in five states after the company and labor negotiators failed to resolve a dispute over staffing...
2023-10-05 10:55:17
Republican Party debate: Ex-ambassador says dark horse may beat Trump
"I still think there is a possibility of a dark horse candidate, somebody like Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, who could jump into the race, attract donors, coalesce the non-Trump voters and come out as the candidate," Lukens said. Youngki...
2023-10-04 11:30:28
Biden ESG rule survives in court. 'Tonal shift’ may be biggest win
A Biden administration for workplace retirement plans survived a recent court challenge by 26 red states. But the most significant victory for the White House likely isn't in upholding the legal substance of its rule; instead, it's in the m...
2023-10-04 11:30:22
Majority of voters oppose Biden impeachment hearings as GOP inquiry begins
House Republicans kick off their impeachment inquiry against President on Thursday, but a majority of voters do not believe the process should move forward. In a new , 56% of registered voters say Congress should not hold hearings to start...
2023-10-04 11:30:16
House GOP’s impeachment witnesses say there's no evidence yet Joe Biden committed
The House Oversight Committee on Thursday convened its first hearing in the , presenting a panel of Republican-picked witnesses who said while there is no evidence of a crime by Joe Biden, more bank records are needed from the president and...
2023-10-04 11:30:10
Trump on New York fraud trial witness list by attorney general
New York Attorney General Letitia James plans to call former President and three of his adult children to at his civil set to begin in New York next week, court documents showed. Trump and his company, the Trump Organization, are accused of...
2023-10-04 11:30:05
Biden in Arizona gives speech on democracy, Sen. John McCain
President Joe Biden in Phoenix on Thursday warned of the perilous state of American democracy and honored his late friend, Republican Sen. John McCain. "We know how damaged our institutions of democracy — our judiciary, the legislature, t...
2023-10-04 11:30:00
Trump New York fraud trial cleared to start after appeals panel ruling
The New York civil of former President and his company is back on track to begin Monday after an appeals lifted a temporary on the start of the trial. The order Thursday came hours after New York Attorney General Letitia James said that she...
2023-10-04 11:29:54
Trump will not attend next GOP debate, campaign says
Former President Donald Trump will skip the third Republican debate, once again snubbing his rivals as he holds a commanding lead in the polls for the GOP nomination. "He isn't going," Chris LaCivita, a Trump campaign senior adviser, confir...
2023-10-04 11:29:49
Supreme Court to weigh GOP-backed social media ‘censorship’ laws
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday waded into the divisive issue of online censorship by agreeing to decide the constitutionality of laws in Florida and Texas that seek to prevent social media companies from banning users for conten...
2023-10-04 11:29:43