Most Americans say they would not back a candidate who has been convicted of a felony crime or a candidate who is over the age of 80, a new Gallup survey found. The survey asked voters their thoughts on voting for a person based on different characteristics and qualifications, even if the party of their...

The top Senate Democrat with oversight of foreign affairs said Friday he is greenlighting a sale of F-16s to Turkey following Ankara’s following through on Sweden’s accession to NATO.  Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement that he will permit the sale of F-16s to Turkey, but...

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Alina Habba, a lawyer for former President Trump, said Friday she was proud to represent him, after a jury ruled in favor of columnist E. Jean Carroll in her defamation trial against the former president. “I have sat on trial after trial for months in this state, the state of New York, Attorney General Letitia...

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A jury of nine New Yorkers handed down an $83.3 million verdict against former President Trump on Friday for defaming columnist E. Jean Carroll. Carroll accused Trump in 2019 of sexually assaulting her decades earlier, and the jury was selected last week to determine how much the former president must pay for denying her story....

President Biden took a personal jab at former President Trump Friday, posting "Be Best" to a repost of a news article on X, in a reference to the former first lady Melania Trump's anti-bullying campaign.

Nikki Haley criticized former President Donald Trump after he was ordered to pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll following his civil trial Friday in New York City.

The White House has established guidelines for Cabinet heads' delegation of duties in the wake of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalization.