New Jersey's governor on Thursday called on the state's lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign by Friday after a law firm hired by her office concluded he violated the state's ethics and discrimination rules.
TRUMP, THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, CONGRESS, AND THE WAR. In 2002, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, President George W. Bush went through a long and elaborate process to secure the approval of Congress for going to war. On Oct. 10, 2002, the House passed an Authorization for the Use of Military Force by a […]
Chukwunonso Eze entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2015 and received deferred action under both Biden and Trump before he allegedly killed a UMass Dartmouth football player.
A CNN poll of those who watched the debate late Thursday found 67 percent said former President Trump won the debate, compared to 33 percent who said President Biden won. The poll contained more bad news for Biden: It found 57 percent of debate watchers said they do not have confidence in Biden’s ability to...
President Biden’s garbled debate performance Thursday reinforced his frailties at 81 and sent shudders of anxiety through Democrats who believe former President Trump is poised to benefit in November. “Dump Biden” opinion pieces are everywhere this morning. “There are no two ways about it. That was not a good debate for Joe Biden,” Kate Bedingfield,...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has placed himself at the center of the fiercely partisan debate over gun control with his declaration this week that firearm violence in the U.S. is a public health crisis. While Democrats applauded the move, which marked the first time a U.S. Surgeon General has issued public health advisory on gun...
The Supreme Court has roughly a handful of opinions left to be handed down before the end of its term, which will now stretch into July. They include history-making decisions such as former President Trump’s criminal immunity defense claims, the validity of a charge levied against more than 300 Jan. 6 defendants and the potential...
The Biden administration is blocking a controversial proposed road that would have enabled mining in Alaska, the administration is announcing Friday. In addition, it is separately indicating that it will decline to open up 28 million acres of currently protected lands to oil and gas development as well as mining. The decision to protect the...
President Biden will hold a rally in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday alongside celebrities Fat Joe and E-40 for his first campaign stop after the presidential debate. The president left the CNN debate in Atlanta to head to North Carolina and a campaign official described the rally as Biden “riding the momentum of [his] decisive win...
ATLANTA — One of the most dramatic presidential debates in decades unfurled over more than 90 minutes here on Thursday — and it left Democrats reeling. A hesitant, halting and hoarse President Biden struggled badly in a clash that he had sought in an effort to change the trajectory of a campaign he appears to...
President Biden brushed off concerns about his debate performance against former President Trump Thursday despite widespread panic among Democrats about how the night played out. The president and first lady Jill Biden stopped at a Waffle House in Atlanta following the debate, and he took a few questions from reporters after placing their order. “I...
"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, broadcasting live after Thursday night's first general election debate between President Biden and former President Trump, joined the chorus of those pillorying the incumbent over his performance. "Need to call a real estate agent in New Zealand," Stewart, who recently typically only hosts the Comedy Central show on Mondays,...
President Biden and former President Trump met for the first time in four years on a debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday in what was cast as a pivotal moment in the presidential race. By the end of their 90-minute encounter, observers on the left and the right seemed to agree the night had been...
Black Americans are demanding to know what "Black jobs" are after former President Trump used the phrase in Thursday’s debate with President Biden in Atlanta. In response to the first 2024 general election debate's only question on Black voters, Trump took a shot at Biden’s immigration stance. “The fact is that his big kill on...