Star witness Michael Cohen is set to get his final shot on the witness stand in Trump’s hush money trial, with cross-examination resuming earlier than usual on Monday. Cohen’s testimony is expected to last through midday before prosecutors could rest their case early this week. It is unclear if the defense plans to put up...
The Dali ship, which caused the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse two months ago, was successfully refloated Monday morning and was moving toward the Baltimore port. The Dali appeared to begin moving shortly after 6 a.m., the Associated Press reported, after starting and stopping a few times before making its way out of the...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials were found dead on Monday after their helicopter crashed in a foggy region, state media reported. State television did not provide an immediate cause for the crash, which spurred an hours-long search for the officials' bodies. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced First Vice...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday issued arrest warrants for the Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister as the court's prosecutor said he found evidence of war crimes committed in the ongoing war between the militant group and the state of Israel....
Fed up with humiliation and mistreatment, Cuban soldiers of the 428th regiment, based in Donetsk, carried out an operation to kill their own regiment's commander.
Six months out from Election Day, some vulnerable Democrats are looking at President Biden’s poll numbers with concern. Some Senate Democrats are distancing themselves from Biden’s ailing brand after polls show him trailing former President Trump in several battleground states, The Hill’s Alexander Bolton reports. It’s injecting fresh alarm as they scramble to keep their...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is tee-ing up a second attempt at passing the bipartisan border bill — after Republicans blocked it earlier this year — a move that comes as the situation at the southern border remains top of mind for voters ahead of the November elections. Schumer announced on Sunday that the Senate...
Congress is setting the stage for another partisan government-funding fight, as conservatives look to chip away at a previous “side deal” struck between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and the White House aimed at boosting nondefense dollars. Democrats have been sharply criticizing a recent announcement by House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) previewing cuts the party...
Vulnerable Senate Democrats are distancing themselves from President Biden’s ailing brand after polls show him trailing former President Trump in several battleground states. Democrats in tough races are breaking with Biden over border security, liquified natural gas exports, the Israel-Hamas war, and tariffs on Chinese goods. They’re staying competitive in the polls despite Biden’s low approval...
A clash is looming between anti-abortion red states and the blue state telemedicine shield laws trying to preserve abortion access. More than a dozen states have laws shielding medical providers and others from out-of-state investigations and prosecutions regarding abortions and gender affirming care. But six states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, California, Vermont and Washington...
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) stood by previous comments praising Hungarian President Viktor Orban for a regulatory crackdown on the country’s universities on Sunday, saying the U.S. should embrace a similar mindset. Orban, as part of anti-democratic reforms which included changes to the country’s judiciary and constitution, changed how higher education is regulated in recent years,...
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan reiterated Biden administration pressure on Israel to limit its military operation in Gaza during a visit to the country on Sunday. Sullivan is on a combined trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia as the U.S. leans on its lead Arab ally in the region to calm tempers in...
