Politics

P A Thompson/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton goes on trial later this year in the state Senate after being impeached, one lawmaker in the chamber will be barred from casting a vote: his wife. Angela Paxton, who represents state Senate District 8, will not be able to take part […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A robust field of 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls descend upon Washington on Friday and Saturday for one of the first multi-candidate cattle calls of the primary cycle, with their positions on abortion expected to be a prime focus. The gathering — billed as one of the largest forums for conservative […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan announced the start last week of a political group to boost President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and elevate other Democrats, she raised her own standing, too — and drew the spotlight back to her and two other high-profile governors in the party whose presidential […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday gave his most detailed and direct defense yet to allegations raised by IRS agents of potential wrongdoing and political influence in the Justice Department’s probe of Hunter Biden. For the first time, Garland disputed outright one of the main allegations leveled by the purported […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One of the nation’s top health officials is calling attention to the disparity between states on abortion access one year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that guaranteed the right to an abortion. In an interview on “GMA 3” […]

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department’s five-year probe into Hunter Biden lurched toward a conclusion this week with the announcement of a plea deal that will likely allow President Joe Biden’s 53-year-old son to avoid prison. But that hasn’t stopped congressional Republicans from levelling fresh accusations of corruption against the president […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, arguably the 2024 Republican presidential candidate most willing to attack Donald Trump, lambasted the former president over his conduct, drawing cheers and jeers from the crowd. “He’s unwilling to take responsibility for any of the mistakes that were made. Any of the faults that […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a state-led challenge to the Biden administration’s deportation policy. The court ruled 8-1 that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to bring the case. The lone dissent came from Justice Samuel Alito. In his 14-page opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the two Republican-controlled states “brought […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just days after agreeing to plead guilty to tax-related misdemeanors, Hunter Biden on Thursday night attended a White House state dinner with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The president’s son was among hundreds of high-profile guests who gathered to toast the foreign dignitary, marking his first official event […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans on Thursday released transcripts of their interviews with two IRS whistleblowers who in April accused the Justice Department of granting Hunter Biden “preferential treatment” during its yearslong probe of his tax affairs. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith promoted the whistleblowers’ testimony as evidence that senior […]