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Biden's message to West Point graduates: You're being asked to tackle threats 'like none before'

President Joe Biden on Saturday told graduates of the U.S. Military Academy that their class is being called upon to tackle threats across the globe and preserve the country's ideals at home “like none before.” Biden said the phrase, the class motto, was apt for the sorts of challenges they will take as newly minted Army second lieutenants, from supporting Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion to facilitating humanitarian assistance into Gaza and defending Israel from attacks by Iran. “T

Hillary Clinton gives dire warning on abortion: ‘We could have done more to fight’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a new interview criticized her fellow Democrats for their response to the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, arguing they could have “done more.” “We didn’t take it seriously, and we didn’t understand the threat,” Clinton said in an interview with The New York Times, published Saturday.…

Trump courts Libertarians amid mounting concern over third-party candidates

Donald Trump will address the Libertarian Party’s convention Saturday, a move illustrative of his campaign’s intensifying concern over third-party candidates.

New Hampshire Senate passes bills to allow book banning, uncertified teachers

NH Senate passes bills that would ease book banning and allow uncertified part-time teachers in public schools.

Yellen sees White House moving quickly to name FDIC nominee

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that she believes the White House will move as quickly as possible to nominate a new Federal Deposit Insurance Corp chair to replace Martin Gruenberg, who tendered his resignation amid a sexual harassment scandal. Gruenberg, a Democrat, is staying on until a new chair is confirmed by Congress to avoid a partisan deadlock on the FDIC board that would hold back the Biden administration's regulatory objective. Yellen told reporters at the end of

Joe Biden, a father’s love and the legacy of ‘daddy issues’ among presidents

Biden’s relationship with his father contrasts with perhaps every president in the last four decades, who either had absent or distant fathers or abusive or alcoholic fathers or stepfathers.

George Conway slams Trump’s ‘moral depravity,’ lauds Smith’s move to gag him in docs case

Conservative attorney George Conway weighed in on former President Trump’s recent false claims that the FBI was prepared to kill him when they searched Mar-a-Lago in 2022 for classified documents, criticizing Trump for his “moral depravity.” Conway, speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about Trump’s controversial fundraising email, said the accusation against a government agency was…

What Haley donors, voters think about her saying she'll vote for Trump in November

Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley's supporters are still split after she said she will be voting for former President Donald Trump, some seeing it as a "greenlight" for them to vote for Trump as well, while others are still not convinced. After Haley suspended her campaign in March, Trump immediately became the presumptive GOP nominee but was faced with the task of bringing back Haley's supporters and reuniting the Republican Party without her endorsement, especially after mo

Birth control is becoming a fierce new political battleground

Democrats are leaning into protecting birth control as part of their election year push on reproductive rights, looking to emphasize Republican efforts opposing protections many voters say they support. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) plans to hold a vote next month on the Right to Contraception Act. The effort will likely be blocked,…

Joe Uncool? Biden grumps at media as election pressure mounts

From testy exchanges with reporters to outright silence, the pressure of Joe Biden's US presidential election battle with Donald Trump appears to be straining his relationship with the media."Joe Biden will hold Donald Trump accountable," campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon said.

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case

Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution. The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a distorted claim by Trump earlier this week that the FBI agents who searched his Mar-a-Lago estate in August 2022 were “authorized to shoot me” and were “locked &

Netanyahu to address Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson says

House Speaker Mike Johnson says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has previously declined to allow Netanyahu to address the Democratic caucus.

Special session for ensuring President Biden makes Ohio's fall ballot could take several days

The rare special session that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has called to pass legislation ensuring President Joe Biden appears on Ohio’s fall ballot could take several days. Due to differing interpretations of the proclamation DeWine issued Thursday, the Ohio Senate scheduled a single day of activity for Tuesday but a spokesman said the Ohio House plans to begin with two days of committee hearings before taking its vote Thursday.

Trump ‘unified reich’ video reportedly traced to Turkish designer’s template

CNN reports video published on Truth Social and removed hours later was made from template and placeholder text not changed

Democratic senators request meeting with Chief Justice Roberts over flags flown at Alito's homes

Two Democratic senators are requesting a meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts after reports that two separate flags carried by rioters at the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol had flown outside of houses owned by Justice Samuel Alito. Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., a member of the Judiciary panel, wrote Roberts on Thursday asking him for a meeting to discuss Supreme Court ethics and to take steps to ensure that Alito recuses himself from

Biden has stayed silent on Trump’s trial. The verdict will change that.

Biden will speak at some point after the verdict, whether it be a conviction, acquittal or hung jury.

Trump appeared on stage at his Bronx rally with two rappers charged in a felony gang case

Former President Donald Trump, at his rally this week in the Bronx, invited two rappers on stage who have been charged in a sweeping gang case, with one of them facing attempted murder charges. Michael Williams, better known as Sheff G, is a 25-year-old rapper whose songs and videos have millions of YouTube views and Spotify streams. Tegan Chambers, 24, who raps as Sleepy Hallow, has close to 11 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Key Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice Roberts over 'Supreme Court’s ethics crisis'

Two top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked to meet with Chief Justice John Roberts to address "the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis" following reports that controversial flags flown at the Capitol building by some supporters of former President Donald Trump on Jan.

Groups claim South Florida districts are racially gerrymandered for Hispanics in lawsuit

Progressive civic groups have challenged how four congressional districts and seven state House districts in South Florida were drawn by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature, claiming they were racially gerrymandered for Hispanics who are too diverse in Florida to be considered a protected minority. The groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday, claiming the districts are unconstitutional and asking a federal court in South Florida to stop them from being used for any elections. Named as def

Biden urges ‘constant vigilance’ to maintain democracy in West Point speech

Biden never mentioned former President Donald Trump by name, but the themes of his commencement address had clear political undertones.

New York man pleads guilty to snatching officer's pepper spray during US Capitol riot

An upstate New York man has pleaded guilty to charges that he snatched away a police officer's can of pepper spray during a chaotic clash with officers guarding the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Federal prosecutors said Friday that Troy Weeks, 38, was among a group that tried to overwhelm officers who were blocking an entryway to the building as supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol grounds in protest of Trump's election loss.

South Africa's 4 big political parties begin final weekend of campaigning ahead of election

South Africa's four main political parties began the final weekend of campaigning Saturday before a possibly pivotal election that could bring the country's most important change in three decades. Supporters of the African National Congress, which has been in the government ever since the end of white minority rule in 1994, gathered at a soccer stadium in Johannesburg to hear a speech by party leader and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The ANC is under unprecedented pressure to retain

Biden needs popular down-ballot Democrats to rally support for him if he's going to win in November

The popularity of key swing-state Democrats could drive turnout for Biden's reelection bid — a reversal of the usual presidential coattails.

Republican-appointed University of Wisconsin regent refuses to step down when term ends

A conservative University of Wisconsin regent says he won’t step down when his term ends this month. Then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, appointed Robert Atwell to the Board of Regents in May 2017. Atwell sent an email to Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman, regents President Karen Walsh and regents Executive Director Megan Wasley on Monday saying he won’t step down until he chooses to resign or the state Senate confirms a successor.

How Donald Trump Still Lives in the 1980s

NEW YORK — When his criminal trial finishes for the day, Donald Trump typically returns to the marble-and-gold triplex atop Trump Tower, the high rise he built in the early 1980s and used to establish a public image as a master builder. It is the silver lining for Trump, as he spends his first sustained period of time in Manhattan since he moved to Washington in 2017. He passes the days in a dingy courtroom downtown, where he faces 34 felonies, listening to people from his old life describe him

Courting Black Voters, Trump Turns to Rappers Accused in Gang Murder Plot

Toward the end of a rally in the Bronx on Thursday that his campaign staged to try to bolster and highlight his support among Black and Hispanic voters, former President Donald Trump called upon two hip-hop artists who have been accused of participating in violent gang warfare fueled in part by their music. The rappers, Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow, were among several guests invited to voice their support for Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. After they did so, Trump expressed

G7 officials make progress but no final deal on money for Ukraine from frozen Russian assets

Finance officials from the Group of Seven rich democracies said they had moved toward agreement on a U.S. proposal to squeeze more money for Ukraine from Russian assets frozen in their countries. “We are making progress in our discussions on potential avenues to bring forward the extraordinary profits stemming from immobilized Russian sovereign assets to the benefit of Ukraine,” the draft statement said, without providing details. Despite the progress made at the the meeting in Stresa, on the

A billionaire's kids plan to build beachfront mansions to revive Dubai's abandoned World Islands

The developers' father, Hussain Sajwani, is a billionaire who's close to Donald Trump.

Brandon Herrera Wants To Go From Firing Guns On YouTube To Representing Uvalde In Congress

The influencer called "The AK Guy" is an unorthodox match for a district where one of the nation's worst mass shootings occurred. GOP voters might pick him anyway.

Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to oust Mike Johnson seem even more pointless now

Greene seems to be the only Republican who's still talking about how much she hates Johnson. Others are moving on, for now.

Trump claimed Putin would free jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich if he's reelected — but the Kremlin says that's news to them

Donald Trump said he alone could secure jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's release from Russia. The Kremlin denied any contact with Trump.

Muscle memory and a fight to inspire: on the campaign trail with Biden

Veteran Democrat embraces a gruelling schedule in swing through Michigan and Georgia as he seeks to avoid joining ranks of one-term presidents

Biden highlights US commitment to Israel, Ukraine, Indo-Pacific in West Point speech

President Joe Biden emphasized the critical role of U.S. support to allies around the world including Israel, Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific in a speech on Saturday at the commencement for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. The speech before 1,036 graduating U.S. Army cadets is part of a push by Biden to highlight the administration's efforts to support active and retired military personnel. Biden described American soldiers as "working around the clock" to support Ukraine in its

Cleanup of polluted Southern California 'brownfields' gets a $3-million boost from feds

The Biden administration has awarded $3 million in grants to evaluate, clean and reuse polluted Southern California properties.

Prosecutors ask judge in classified documents case to block Trump from statements endangering law enforcement

Prosecutors in Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida asked a federal judge to block him from making public statements that pose a "danger to law enforcement agents" investigating and prosecuting the case.

It's possible no party will get a majority in South Africa's election. Here's what that would mean

The focus for South Africa's national election next week is on the fate of the African National Congress party and whether it is going to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time, as many expect. Several polls put the ANC's support below 50% ahead of Wednesday's vote, raising the prospect that it might not be the majority party for the first time since winning control of the government when Nelson Mandela led it to victory in the first all-race elections that ended white minority rule

Trump is courting Libertarian activists and trying to ensure they're not drawn to RFK Jr.'s campaign

Donald Trump plans to use use an address Saturday night at the Libertarians' national convention to court a segment of mostly conservative voters that has often been skeptical of the former president, while trying to ensure that party activists aren't drawn to the campaign of independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Libertarians will pick their White House nominee during the gathering in Washington that wraps up Sunday. Kennedy, who initially ran in the Democratic primary, addressed the convention Fr

Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its popularity will be tested in November

Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box. Used for the first time in 2022, the changes helped propel the first Alaska Native to a seat in Congress. Opponents of ranked voting want to repeal it and are entangled in a legal fight over whether their initiative will be able to remain on Alaska's November ballot.

Trump TV: Internet broadcaster beams the ex-president's message directly to his MAGA faithful

On the second floor of a single-family home in a sprawling suburban development, a three-member production crew sat behind banks of computer monitors and guided the conservative Right Side Broadcasting Network’s coverage of a recent Donald Trump rally. RSBN’s show director, whispering into a microphoned headset, instructed the camera operators and on-air correspondent how to shoot the scenes as Trump basked in the crowd’s adoration. The screens, all muted, were playing live footage of Trump po

Roughly halfway through primary season, runoffs in Texas are testing 2 prominent Republicans

The 2024 primary season is roughly halfway over and there have been few shakeups so far, with just one U.S. House member defeated and incumbents widely prevailing in state Capitols. The fights to save their jobs have laid bare the risks of dissent in the GOP and pushed both to swing back in races that have erupted into bitter and costly battles. A Gonzales loss, his supporters warn, would give Democrats an opening to flip a traditionally moderate district in November, while a change in Texas H

Lara Trump touts RNC changes and a 2024 presidential victory for Trump in North Carolina

To a room full of Republicans from across North Carolina on Friday, former President Donald Trump railed against the Biden administration and vowed to win in the state for a third time — all over a speaker phone call after his son Eric Trump dialed him on stage. The couple touted key changes to the national Republican Party under Lara Trump’s leadership and insisted on the necessity of getting Trump back in office.

Jan. 6 rioter who attacked cops lashes out at Trump-appointed judge after 12-year sentence

Christopher Quaglin, a Donald Trump who assaulted officers on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison in relation to the Capitol attack.

ROTC cadets don't receive military death benefits. Families who lost loved ones are trying to change that.

The military does not provide death benefits for families of ROTC cadets or Delayed Entry Program enlistees, but Congress is trying to change that.

Biden campaign preps for a Trump trial verdict: From the Politics Desk

President Joe Biden and his team are preparing to be more aggressive on Donald Trump's legal woes ahead of a hush money trial verdict.

Kennedy blasts Biden, Trump over pandemic measures in pitch at Libertarian convention

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused Joe Biden and Donald Trump Friday of trampling on personal liberties in response to the pandemic that spanned their presidencies. Kennedy, who has long claimed to be a victim of government and media censorship of his unorthodox views, said Americans have lost faith in their leaders and institutions, and he pledged to restore it. “Maybe a brain worm ate that part of my memory, but I don’t recall any part of the United States Const

'Phony' checks and hush money payments: Breaking down Trump’s 34 charges in his New York criminal trial

Former President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts in the New York hush money trial that is expected to potentially wrap up as early as next week.

U.S. Announces $275 Million Weapons Package To Ukraine Amid Calls To Loosen Limits

Ukraine wants a green light to strike inside Russia with American weapons. So do some key members of Congress.

Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances

First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate. The measure affects the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, which are used in medication abortions, the most common method of abortion in the U.S..

Biden Marks 4th Anniversary Of George Floyd’s Murder, Urges Action On Police Reform Bill

The president signed an executive order in 2022 to implement police reform and accountability measures, and he's urging Congress to follow through.

Photos from Trump's rally in the South Bronx

Former President Donald Trump held a rally in the South Bronx on Thursday as he seeks to reach out to Black and Hispanic voters who could put him over the top in this fall’s election against President Joe Biden.