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Steven Mnuchin testifies in trial of Trump ally Tom Barrack
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Longtime Trump confidant charged with acting as agent of foreign government Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testified Thursday in the trial of former Trump inaugural chair Tom Barrack, [Read More…]
New Trump-backed super PAC injects nearly $4 million in ad spending into key races
IronHeart/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new super PAC backed by former President Donald Trump is injecting money into key 2022 races, investing $4 million in a new round of ad spending in battleground states, according [Read More…]
Blinken discusses top challenges facing US abroad: Russia, Saudi Arabia, China
Michael Le Brecht/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown “no interest” in engaging in “meaningful diplomacy” with Ukraine, after eight months of bloody war. “Our [Read More…]
Jan. 6 committee has yet to find a Trump lawyer who’ll accept service of subpoena, sources say
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Jan. 6 committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has yet to formally subpoena former President Donald Trump, in part because investigators are still trying [Read More…]
Would Pence vote for Trump in 2024? ‘There might be somebody else I’d prefer more,’ he says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence had this to say on Wednesday night when asked if he would vote for Donald Trump in 2024, if his former boss were the Republican presidential [Read More…]
Trump was told Georgia election fraud numbers were inaccurate, emails say
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge said in a ruling Wednesday that evidence shows former President Donald Trump had been told the number of 2016 voter fraud instances he alleged occurred in Georgia were [Read More…]
Steele dossier ‘collector’ goes to trial in major test for Durham probe
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The trial of a Russian national accused of lying to federal investigators about information he contributed to the so-called Steele dossier is set to begin this week, marking a major [Read More…]
JD Vance, Tim Ryan will meet for first Ohio Senate debate as polls show tight race
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (CLEVELAND) — After weeks of back and forth negotiating on the time, the hosts and the venue, Ohio Senate nominees Rep. Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance will be facing off on Monday [Read More…]
Murphy and other Democrats call for ‘consequences’ for Saudi Arabia over oil production cut
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy on Sunday called for a change in Washington’s ties to Saudi Arabia after the country and other members of the OPEC+ alliance decided to significantly cut production [Read More…]
Biden needs to ‘back off’ Armageddon language, work to get Russia to the table with Ukraine: Mullen
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s warning last week that Vladimir Putin was “not joking” about possibly using nuclear weapons was “concerning” and counterproductive to bringing an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, retired [Read More…]
Biden’s warning of nuclear ‘Armageddon’ reflects the ‘stakes’ with Russia, not an imminent threat: Kirby
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House believes “the stakes are very high right now” with Russia amid Vladimir Putin’s struggles in Ukraine and his references to his nuclear arsenal, but President Joe Biden’s warning [Read More…]
500 children reunited with families by Biden-Harris task force, nearly 200 still in process
Tarik Ergenç/EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 500 children have been reunited by the Biden administration’s task force to find families separated as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy at the border, [Read More…]
On Trump’s last day in office, why were sensitive documents allegedly in such disarray?
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, his team returned a large batch of classified FBI documents and other government records to the Justice Department in such disarray that a [Read More…]
Biden meets with DeSantis in Florida as he surveys Hurricane Ian damage
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared side-by-side in hard-hit Fort Myers on Wednesday as the president surveyed damage from Hurricane Ian. The two [Read More…]
White House ‘disappointed’ with OPEC+ decision to cut oil production, will release more from US reserves
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Wednesday expressed disappointment following the announcement from OPEC+ that it would cut two million barrels per day from its production quotas beginning in November. The decision [Read More…]
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in seized documents case
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump, in a limited request, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt part of an 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling and restore a special master’s [Read More…]
Biden highlights Republican-led abortion restrictions in 100 days since Roe was overturned
Official White House Photo by Erin Scott (WASHINGTON) — A new Biden administration report on abortion access in the U.S. describes how widely the procedure has been curtailed in the roughly 100 days after Roe [Read More…]
Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s trial won’t take place until November 2023
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon will stand trial in November 2023, a judge in New York said Tuesday. Bannon is charged with defrauding donors to the [Read More…]
Some leading Democrats won’t debate their election-denying opponents
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats in key swing states like Arizona and Michigan have refused to face opponents who espouse the false claim that the 2020 race was stolen from former President Donald Trump. [Read More…]
Herschel Walker denies report he reimbursed girlfriend’s abortion
Megan Varner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Herschel Walker, a Georgia football icon and U.S. Senate hopeful, has denied a report in the Daily Beast that an ex-girlfriend claimed he paid the cost of her abortion more [Read More…]