CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Former congressman George Santos, who was expelled from Congress last year, is expected to plead guilty Monday to some of the federal charges against him, which include wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft. He has been charged with defrauding donors to his 2022 campaign by taking their money for […]Read More

CHICAGO — Democrats unveiled a party platform Sunday night that does not mention an arms embargo on Israel — a demand uncommitted delegates had made of the party as the war in Gaza continues. The platform centers on the party’s efforts to grow the economy, address inequality and restore reproductive rights after the overturning of […]Read More

Former Republican congresswoman Barbara Comstock endorsed Kamala Harris’s presidential bid on Sunday, joining another former Virginia representative in crossing party lines while the state’s GOP establishment remains firmly in Donald Trump’s camp. “After Jan. 6, after Donald Trump has refused for four years to acknowledge that he lost, and his threats against democracy, I think […]Read More

Just before Donald Trump held a rally in Doral, Fla., on July 9, Secret Service officials delivered his campaign a message: The former president and his advisers would notice additional security because the U.S. government had credible intelligence of threats against him. “The bad guys are at it again,” an adviser said, describing the Secret […]Read More

“Did you know the Kamala price hikes have cost the average American family $28,000?” — Donald Trump, in a TikTok video, Aug. 15 “As a result of Kamala’s inflation price hikes, they’ve cost the typical household a total of $28,000. These are numbers coming from the government. They are not coming from me.” — Trump, […]Read More

As Vice President Kamala Harris’s new economic proposals dominated Sunday morning’s political shows, allies touted her ideas to address food and housing costs as beneficial to middle-class Americans, while critics — including Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the GOP vice-presidential nominee — slammed her plan as unworkable and unrealistic. Harris’s economic plan, which she laid out […]Read More

PITTSBURGH — Vice President Kamala Harris joined her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and their spouses here to kick off a bus tour across a crucial part of this state, in a political show of force before Democrats kick off their national convention in Chicago. The four shook hands and took selfies at an […]Read More

Vice President Kamala Harris holds a narrow lead over former president Donald Trump in the presidential election, a notable improvement for Democrats in a contest that a little more than a month ago showed President Joe Biden and Trump in a dead heat, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll. As Democrats gather this weekend […]Read More