Politics

Laurence Mouton/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s name is coming off a golf course in the Bronx that had been the subject of a legal battle with the City of New York following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Bally’s is buying Trump out of his lease, which allows him […]

Dawson Elementary School’s library is shown in Jackson, Mississippi. — ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Learning to read isn’t fair. It comes naturally for some students. But for others it’s a frustrating, agonizing process that, if left unaddressed, can cause long-standing academic problems. Ask D’Mekeus Cook Jr., a fourth grader from Louisiana, who was reading at […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW DELHI) — President Joe Biden is scheduled to depart for India and Vietnam Thursday on a trip that includes the Group of 20 summit and is designed to further cement the United States’ influence in Asia and counter China’s rise around the world. The trip comes as Biden’s reelection campaign ramps […]

Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new poll out Thursday from CNN had nothing but bad news for President Joe Biden. But that same poll had a pleasant surprise for — Nikki Haley. Meanwhile, more than a dozen presidential centers got together to warn about the fragile state of American democracy heading into […]

Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will soon be hitting the road for a monthlong college tour, traveling to more than a dozen campuses across eight states. The trip underscores both the value Democrats are placing on younger voters and the more forceful role Harris is seeking to […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected proposed conditions for a plea deal for five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of aiding in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council. The defendants had put forward a set of […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A federal judge in Austin on Wednesday ordered the State of Texas to move the barriers it placed in the Rio Grande to the riverbank on the Texas side of the river. The state was also ordered not to put up any additional structures on or in the river until […]

James Devaney/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump claimed in a new interview that he would testify in his defense if any of the four criminal cases he is charged in go to trial. At the same, he also downplayed the significance of him sitting in a courtroom instead of being out on the campaign […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced $20 million in grant funding aimed at preventing targeted violence and terrorism in the United States. The grant money, provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is aimed at helping local communities prevent and combat targeted violence in the U.S. by offering money […]

Scott Eisen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday will call on Republicans to choose classic conservative principles over “the siren song of populism” he sees pervading the party, a movement largely inspired by his former running mate. But he’ll do so without directly naming Donald Trump in what’s being called a […]