Politics

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Justice Department watchdog on Thursday found that former Attorney General Bill Barr and a Trump-appointed former U.S. Attorney ran afoul of Justice Department policy in their “unusual” handling of a criminal investigation of mail-in ballots during the 2020 election. Trump later amplified the investigation to […]

James C Hooper/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A Nevada man has been arrested after he threatened several government officials, including the New York judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial and the prosecutor who brought the case, according to an indictment unsealed in Las Vegas. Spencer Gear, 32, allegedly made phone […]

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial on Thursday denied an attempt to kick him off the case. Trump had tried to get Judge Arthur Engoron kicked off the case, alleging violations of the rules governing how judges are supposed […]

Brian Stukes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of prominent Black Democratic leaders on Thursday unveiled Project FREEDOM, a new plan aimed at countering Project 2025, a controversial 922-page plan to overhaul the federal government led by a conservative Washington think tank and other politically aligned organizations. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly […]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor swears in Vice President-elect Kamala Harris during the Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden gave an Oval Office address to the nation Wednesday night to explain why he dropped out of the presidential race and outline what he […]

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson will make a trip out West late Thursday to visit the southern border shared with California and Mexico — an effort to take criticisms of the Biden administration’s border policies outside Washington, D.C. The visit will include a press conference along a border fence called “Whiskey 8” […]

Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Project 2025, a 922-page playbook of controversial policy proposals intended to guide the next conservative administration, is gaining attention as the presidential election campaigns heat up. Project 2025 has been authored by at least two dozen members of Donald Trump’s administration and allies, organized […]

Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Joe Biden at the White House Thursday to discuss the U.S.-Israeli relationship amid tensions over the ongoing conflict in Gaza and a changing political landscape in the U.S. “Welcome back, Mr. Prime Minister. We got a lot to talk about,” […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Fox News interview from 2021, in which Sen. JD Vance smeared Vice President Kamala Harris as a “childless cat lady,” has resurfaced since he became the Republican vice presidential nominee, sparking widespread anger. In the clip, Vance questioned Democrats — including Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Rep. […]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor swears in Vice President-elect Kamala Harris during the Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden gave an Oval Office address to the nation Wednesday night to explain why he dropped out of the presidential race and outline what he […]