Politics

Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House has scheduled a Wednesday night vote on a Republican-led resolution to expel embattled Rep. George Santos, who maintains his innocence after being indicted on a slew of federal charges. The push to try and oust Santos is coming from fellow GOP lawmakers in the New York delegation, […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (MIAMI) — The judge overseeing the probe into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is set to hear arguments Wednesday as she considers a request from Trump to extend deadlines in the case. At issue is how the classified materials at the center of the probe are to be handled […]

Harun Ozalp/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with where to draw the line when it comes to the personal social media accounts of government workers and steps to censor comments or block access for certain individual users. In a pair of cases, citizens who were restricted online by local […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New House Speaker Mike Johnson, as one of his first moves, is forcing a showdown over emergency aid to Israel. He’s pushing a vote Thursday on a bill that would provide more than $14 billion to the American ally — but not include $61 billion in aid to Ukraine as President […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday gave the most specific number to date on how many Americans are trapped in Gaza following Hamas’ surprise terrorist attack on Israel. “We’re working on this every single day. We have about 400 American citizens and their family members, so it’s roughly 1,000 people […]

Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has released the first draft of a debt relief policy targeted at the hardest-hit student loan borrowers, providing more clarity on what the next steps are in a monthslong rulemaking process to make good on President Joe Biden’s efforts to provide debt relief. The […]

Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI said it’s investigating a potential antisemitic hate crime at Cornell University, as President Joe Biden told ABC News he is “very concerned” about the rise in antisemitism. Over the weekend, numerous threats to the Jewish community at Cornell were posted on a website “unaffiliated” with the […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (DENVER) — Hearings began this week on whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from running for president in 2024 because of his actions around the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. On Monday morning in Denver, a historic five-day evidentiary hearing got underway for a lawsuit filed against Trump by […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — No offense to former Texas Rep. Will Hurd and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, but on Saturday, former Vice President Mike Pence became the first big name to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. It’s big news because of Pence’s stature within the party, but it wasn’t necessarily a […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has suspended his campaign for president, he announced Saturday. “I came here to say it’s become clear to me, this is not my time. So after much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my campaign right now,” Pence said on stage at the […]