Politics

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At an event Tuesday highlighting her contributions to American diplomacy as the 67th secretary of state, Hillary Clinton barbed her political rivals, issuing thinly veiled criticisms of her one-time presidential opponent Donald Trump and taking direct aim at Russian leader Vladimir Putin. After being introduced by current Secretary of State Antony […]

Sean Rayford/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump submitted “fraudulent valuations” for assets that were then used by himself, his eldest sons and his business to obtain better loan and insurance terms, a judge in New York decided Tuesday before ordering the cancelation of the company’s business certificates in New York. The judge’s determination […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The leading 2024 Republican presidential candidates will go head-to-head once again at the second GOP primary debate on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 9 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. After last month’s debate in Milwaukee, candidates are set to spar again — this time, with […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will join the United Auto Workers picket line Tuesday in his strongest show of support yet for union members striking against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. Biden announced Friday on X that he would travel to Wayne County, Michigan, “to join the picket line and stand in […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Much of the government is getting close to shutting down Oct. 1 as Congress struggles to pass a stopgap funding deal — and on Monday, with just five days to go, many federal workers and agencies were bracing for impact. The House and Senate have until the end of the […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (UNION CITY, N.J.) — Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., signaled Monday that he will remain in office despite pressure to resign after being indicted on corruption charges. Menendez was defiant as he delivered his first public remarks since the Sept. 22 indictment. He spoke in Union Station, New Jersey, where he started […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom — ideological rivals in two of the country’s biggest states — will debate each other on Fox News on Nov. 30 in Georgia, the network announced on Monday. A news release from Fox News describes the 90-minute event as a “red […]

ABC News/Washington Post (NEW YORK) — Public concerns that the United States is doing too much to support Ukraine in its war with Russia have notched up in an ABC News/Washington Post poll, even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the United States in search of additional aid. Forty-one percent now say the United States […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, on Sunday accused House Republican renegades of “voting with Nancy Pelosi” as a handful of conservatives in the chamber continue to rebuff Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s approach to the government budget in his efforts to avoid a shutdown at month’s end. “The holdouts keep saying to Kevin McCarthy, […]

Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images (PLAINS, Ga.) — Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, made a surprise appearance in their Georgia hometown on Saturday — having largely retreated from the spotlight amid health challenges. The Carters appeared at the Plains Peanut Festival, marking the first time they were seen publicly since the announcement […]