Rep. Jaime Raskin (D-Md.) said that President Biden’s handling of classified materials is an “ocean away” from former President Trump’s, which he called “deliberate.”  During his appearance on CNN on Thursday, shortly after the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s 388-page report, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee was asked to share his thoughts...

President Biden on Thursday confused the leaders of Mexico and Egypt during a press conference in which he forcefully rebutted a special counsel report that offered a harsh assessment of his memory and recall abilities. Biden delivered remarks from the White House in which he sharply pushed back against conclusions from special counsel Robert Hur...

President Biden on Thursday fiercely defended his cognitive abilities and memory in the wake of a special counsel report that offered a scathing assessment of the president's recollection of key elements of his life and political career. Biden squarely pushed back on the report's most eyebrow-raising details, in which special counsel Robert Hur calls Biden...

A Russian and Ukrainian prisoner swap resulted in the return of 100 Ukrainians from captivity Thursday, authorities said. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that in exchange for 100 Russian service members, 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war were given to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a Telegram post on Thursday, according to a translation. The...

President Biden on Thursday lashed out at the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified documents after the prosecutor in his final report noted Biden struggled to remember details such as when his son Beau died. “How in the hell dare he raise that,” Biden said in remarks from the White House responding to...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an executive order Thursday that outlined how she plans to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into local government agencies. “We are going to make sure DC is at the forefront of the work to use AI to deliver city services that are responsive, efficient, and proactive,” Bowser said in a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiating with the U.S. over the war in Ukraine during a two-hour interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, but the Russian leader also spent much of the time expounding on history and repeating talking points in an attempt to justify his actions in Ukraine....

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Thursday there is no organization that could effectively replace the U.N.'s Palestinian aid agency, known as UNRWA. UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, is under scrutiny after Israel alleged that 12 of its employees were involved in Hamas’s attack on Israel. The U.S.,...

The Senate will move forward with a proposal from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that would allow public officials to receive special treatment when going through airport security, Politico reports. In Cruz’s amendment, public officials who would receive special treatment include federal judges, members of Congress and Cabinet members who have been the “subject of a...

Former President Trump won the Virgin Islands’s GOP caucus Thursday, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ using results provided by the territory's Republican Party.  Though the Virgin Islands only awards four delegates, observers were watching the normally low-profile contest closely to see if rival presidential candidate Nikki Haley could pull off a victory...