The White House says President Biden has called House Majority Leader Steve Scalise to express his best wishes for a swift recovery as the Louisiana Republican battles multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.
Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, said in a sprawling interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the only path to ending the war in Ukraine would be the reelection of Donald Trump to the presidency.
The Biden administration will propose a new rule Wednesday that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, reviving an Obama-era policy effort that was ultimately scuttled in court.
Some Republicans in Washington and Georgia began attacking Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis immediately after she announced the Aug. 14 indictment of former President Donald Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. But others, including Gov. Brian Kemp, have been conspicuous in their unwillingness to pile on.
WORDS AMERICANS USE TO DESCRIBE 2024 CHOICE: SENILE VS. CRIMINAL. The RealClearPolitics average of head-to-head polls between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is virtually tied. Biden has a 1-point edge, with 44.6% to Trump's 43.6%. But it's very clear from many, many polls that most people don't like their choice. They would prefer other candidates to Biden and Trump. But right now, at least, that's what they've got.