Politics

Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros answers to questions after delivering a speech on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 24, 2022. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images A nonprofit financed by billionaire George Soros quietly donated $140 million to advocacy organizations and ballot initiatives

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sits in the House Chamber during the third round of votes for House Speaker on the opening day of the 118th Congress on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Matt McClain | The Washington Post | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned for the day Tuesday without a speaker, after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., failed in three consecutive votes to secure enough support to be elected to the post. The failed votes marked the first time in 100 years that the majority party in the House has not

The Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday it had created an FTX Task Force to trace and recover assets of victims of the cryptocurrency exchange firm’s collapse and to handle investigations and prosecutions related to the company and other entities. The announcement came as FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in U.S. District

Democratic Members of the House Ways and Means Committee led by Chairman Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The House Ways and Means Committee released six years of former President Donald Trump‘s

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the State Council on youth policy in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2022.  Sergey Guneev | Sputnik | Reuters The latest round of Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are beginning to pinch the country’s economy. Russian Finance Minister Anton

Passenger planes sit on the tarmac at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on Nov. 4, 2022, before China ended Covid-related restrictions on travel. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China announced late Monday that travelers will no longer need to quarantine upon arrival on the mainland starting Jan. 8. The forthcoming shift

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the phone in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 11, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service | Reuters White House and congressional security officials were laying the groundwork for a possible visit Wednesday from Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy, five other sources familiar with the planning told NBC

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally to support Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections, in Dayton, Ohio, November 7, 2022. Gaelen Morse | Reuters Only one of Donald Trump‘s annual federal income tax returns began being audited by the IRS when he served as president, despite the agency having a policy dating

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Joe Biden at the White House Wednesday ahead of a scheduled address to a joint session of Congress later in the evening. The trip was Zelenskyy’s first known wartime trip outside Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion last February. Zelenskyy arrived at the White House

President Joe Biden participates in a briefing on winter storms across the United States in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Washington. Patrick Semansky | AP President Joe Biden warned Americans traveling ahead of the Christmas holiday weekend to be careful and leave early if possible to avoid the

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) addresses reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 29, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed 225 to 201 a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, just

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) carries the comittee’s final report as he departs after the final public meeting of the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2022.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Jan. 6 House select committee released its long-awaited

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), holds a news conference to discuss the expanded Democratic majority in the Senate for the next Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 7, 2022.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a $1.7 trillion government funding bill on Thursday, sending the legislation to the House,

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill on Wednesday aimed at increasing transparency for Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies as lawmakers debate whether to ban TikTok. The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act is intended to make the companies’ internal data more accessible to the public by requiring the submission of necessary data

U.S. House Ways and Means Committee staff members transport boxes of documents after a committee meeting to discuss former President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2022.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The IRS “was asleep at the wheel” when it came to handling former President Donald Trump‘s tax returns,

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at the Miami-Dade Country Fair and Exposition on November 6, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The amount of income, deductions and taxes paid by or refunded to former President Donald Trump while serving in the White House

A hooded man representing a cyber criminal. Loop Images | UIG | Getty Images Federal law enforcement officers are cracking down on a scheme that aims to extort sexual imagery from children and teens after a dramatic increase in incidents over the past year. Sexual predators are threatening, blackmailing or enticing minors through “sextortion,” a