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ABC News Former President Donald Trump called the hush money trial “rigged” while speaking outside the courthouse Thursday just moments after learning he was found guilty on 34 counts. “This was a disgrace,” Trump told [Read More…]

ABC News Former President Donald Trump was found guilty by a Manhattan jury Thursday on all 34 counts in the criminal case related to an alleged hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, O.H.) — Ohio lawmakers convene again on Thursday for a special legislative session aimed to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on their general election ballot in November despite the Democratic [Read More…]

Justin Lane – Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the jury in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues to deliberate on his multiple charges, one of the key factors in play is New [Read More…]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Bipartisan members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee have fired off a letter to Secretary Denis McDonough alleging that the VA flouted congressional intent when it approved bonuses totaling nearly [Read More…]

President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, May 29, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As New York City jurors deliberate over whether to convict former President Donald Trump on [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (AUSTIN, TEXAS) — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales narrowly defeated his GOP opponent in Tuesday’s high-profile runoff race to represent Texas’ district that includes the cities of Uvalde and Eagle Pass — with [Read More…]

Charly Triballeau-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has been making history these past few months, running a third straight presidential campaign while under multiple criminal indictments. His legal fate is now in [Read More…]

National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The [Read More…]

The McCombs Avenue grade separation under construction during a high-speed rail project in Kern County, Calif., April, 19, 2022. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans are demanding information from Transportation Secretary [Read More…]

Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee will move to conduct virtual proceedings to certify President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party nominees before Ohio’s Aug. 7 ballot [Read More…]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — As Ohio lawmakers convened on Tuesday for a special session to address President Joe Biden’s ability to appear on their general election ballot in November, the Democratic National Committee [Read More…]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With prosecutors and defense gearing up for the end of trial in former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money case, legal observers said, in their opinion, prosecutors appear to [Read More…]

Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee will move to conduct virtual party proceedings to certify President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party nominees before Ohio’s Aug. 7 [Read More…]

Alon Skuy/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Bob Good is learning that lack of complete loyalty has consequences in Donald Trump’s political world. The former president on Tuesday endorsed the Virginia Republican’s primary challenger, state legislator [Read More…]

Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Biden campaign on Tuesday dispatched actor Robert De Niro and two former police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 — Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone [Read More…]

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the Libertarian Party National Convention at the Washington Hilton on May 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. Trump addressed the convention one day after Robert F. [Read More…]

Supporters of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cheer as he addresses the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC, May 25, 2024. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has returned home following his “non-surgical medical procedure” on Friday, and his since resumed his duties, said Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon’s top spokesman. Austin [Read More…]