Politics

Former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll watches as Joe Tacopina, lawyer of former U.S. President Donald Trump, makes closing arguments during a civil trial where Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, and of defamation, New York, May 8, 2023. Jane Rosenberg | Reuters WASHINGTON — A

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., is seen outside the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A leading House Republican voice on the national security threat posed by China said the White House’s plan to restrict outbound investment

The photo taken with a mobile phone on Aug. 14, 2023 shows a vehicle destroyed in a wildfire in Lahaina town, Maui Island, Hawaii, the United States. Yang Pingjun | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Hawaii will hire an independent investigator to look into how state and local agencies responded to catastrophic wildfires that

U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden disembark Air Force One while traveling to visit families affected by devastation from recent flooding, as they arrive at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S., August 8, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden will travel Monday to Maui, where a wildfire has ravaged

U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip, New York, May 10, 2023. Barry Williams | New York Daily News | Getty Images A man who was a paid campaign fundraiser for Rep. George Santos was indicted in New York on federal criminal charges

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a portrait in Atlanta, April 19, 2023. Brynn Anderson | AP Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Wednesday proposed a March 4 trial date for her case accusing former President Donald Trump and others of trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Willis also suggested that

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, Aug. 3, 2023. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Most Americans support the decision by special counsel Jack Smith to prosecute former President Donald Trump for allegedly trying to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, a new

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., stands silently during a press conference on the Inflation Reduction Act at Glynwood Boat House in Cold Spring, New York, Aug. 17, 2022. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced that billions of dollars slated for investments in clean energy, electric vehicles and

U.S. President Joe Biden gives a fist bump salute to the audience during an event to celebrate the anniversary of his signing of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, August 16, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden celebrated the one year anniversary

A screen shows the already imprisoned Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny (2L) as he listens to his verdict over a series of extremism charges at the IK-6 penal colony, a maximum-security prison some 250 kilometres (155 miles) east of Moscow, in the settlement of Melekhovo in the Vladimir region on August 4, 2023. Alexander Nemenov

Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter and Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan take part in a panel discussion at the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Spring Meeting at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2023. WASHINGTON — Two of the nation’s top corporate regulators on Thursday defended new guidelines on merger

A researcher works inside a superconducting quantum computing laboratory at Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences (BAQIS) on February 26, 2021 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at regulating new U.S. investments and expertise that supports Chinese development of sensitive

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at Arcosa, a wind tower manufacturing facility, in Belen, New Mexico, August 9, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden visited a former Solo cup factory that has been renovated into a wind tower plant in Belen, New Mexico on Wednesday, where he hailed his

Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives to speak to the press at the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on June 9, 2023, announcing the unsealing of the indictment against former US President Donald Trump.  Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., that last week indicted former President

Minyon Moore speaks onstage during the dedication ceremony of the Coretta Scott King Peace and Meditation Garden and Monument at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center & National Historic Site on April 27, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Paras Griffin | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee announced a new leadership team Tuesday for

Former president Donald Trump arrives at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, after appearing at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, Aug. 3, 2023. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Lawyers for former President Donald Trump told a judge they want a hearing for a protective order sought by prosecutors

Former president Donald Trump arrives at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, after appearing at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, Aug. 3, 2023. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Lawyers for former President Donald Trump told a judge they want a hearing for a protective order sought by prosecutors

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with reporters after a Republican conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 18, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The super PAC aligned with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could spend at least $100 million in the 2024 election cycle to support GOP House candidates in states