Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra clashed nonstop for an hour Wednesday in the sole televised debate in their contest for California governor, presenting sharply contrasting visions for how they would deal with homelessness, soaring household costs and high taxes in the nation's most populous state.
A new ad from Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego's (D) Senate campaign targets Republican rival Kari Lake on abortion after the state Supreme Court last week upheld a Civil War-era law that makes performing the procedure a felony. The ad from Gallego’s campaign labels Lake “wrong on abortion” and rolls clips of the GOP hopeful calling...
NEW YORK — Former President Trump’s hush money judge declined to recuse himself from the trial underway Monday, refusing Trump’s latest demand that he step aside over his daughter’s employment at a firm that works for prominent Democrats. Judge Juan Merchan’s denial, made from the bench on the first day of Trump’s first criminal trial, eliminates what...
Former President Trump railed against the judge in his criminal hush money case early Monday, just hours before the first criminal trial against a former president is set to begin. Recalling complaints he has made for months, Trump argued that Judge Juan Merchan is corrupt, that the charges against him are political in nature and...
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge late last month, which left six roadwork crew members dead, The Associated Press reported, citing an anonymous source familiar with the matter. The AP reported that the investigation is focused on the circumstances leading up to the bridge’s collapse...
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is set to join the Hudson Institute think tank, the group announced Monday. The post will allow her to keep a notable profile as she mulls a second presidential bid for 2028. Haley, former President Trump’s most significant 2024 primary rival, is set to be the Walter P. Stern chair...
Views of former President Trump’s time in the White House have largely improved since the fall of 2020, according to a new poll. The New York Times/Siena College poll, conducted April 7-11, shows voters hold more positive views of Trump’s presidency overall, as well as his handling of the economy and maintaining law and order....
There is no shortage of crises from which to learn today, but three have reached existential importance: the loss of faith in democracies, civilization's assault on nature, and the long but still-growing threat of nuclear war.
World leaders are urging Israel not to launch a retaliatory attack on Iran, which bombarded Israel with more than 300 missiles and drones this weekend. Many of Israel's democratic allies have forcefully condemned Iran’s attack but have expressed concern about escalating the situation in the Middle East. French President Emmanuel Macron said the attack was...
Former President Trump will be back in a New York courtroom Monday, this time for the start of his first criminal trial in a matter involving a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election. The trial will start Monday with jury selection in which hundreds of New...
All eyes are on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this week as he is expected to put foreign aid legislation on the floor — a move that is taking on increased importance after Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend, and one that still comes with a number of political pitfalls as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)...
