An ex-FBI official who was part of the bureau's Trump-Russian collusion probe into former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with a Russian oligarch, the Justice Department announced.

Former President Donald Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case range from high-powered national political figures to previously obscure county elections officials.

Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday inexplicably claimed he witnessed the collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge, even though it was well-documented that it fell apart hours before he visited the city.

PITTSBURGH — Republican state Rep. Rob Mercuri said Tuesday he would seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. House seat held by freshman Democrat Chris Deluzio in what is projected to be one of the nation's most competitive congressional races in the country next year.

TRUMP INDICTMENT FOUR: TOO MUCH. The MSNBC coverage of Trump Indictment Four, running late Monday night into early Tuesday morning, had an odd undertone. The network's stars had gathered for the Big Event, but something seemed just a little wrong. They seemed like children who had gotten much more than they asked for for Christmas: a little overwhelmed and confused. They were happy, of course, but worried it might be too much.

The most impressive thing about Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is how his policies and rhetoric contradict each other at almost every available opportunity.

For better or for worse, the latest indictment levied against President Donald Trump and his 18 alleged co-conspirators in Georgia constitutes the last and most lethal shot of the progressive legal movement's war against the former president. Luckily for Trump, it is as much a trial against the potentially criminal incompetence of his legal team as it is against him.

The indictment unveiled in Georgia late Monday night charged former President Trump with 13 crimes. But unlike the other three indictments Trump faces, Georgia’s case sees a plethora of aides, lawyers and supporters charged, as well. In addition to Trump, 18 people have been indicted as a result of the probe spearheaded by Fulton County, Ga.,...

{beacon} Evening Report Tuesday, August 15   © Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Trump begins broad defense in Georgia case Former President Trump is preparing for a pitched battle to defend himself following his latest indictment, which lays out wide-ranging allegations surrounding efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Shortly after Fulton County...