Former president Donald Trump is ramping up efforts to disparage judges overseeing his criminal and civil cases — reprising a long-standing strategy as a high-profile trial draws near and prompting growing concerns from legal experts and an expanded gag order late Monday. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s approach, part of a broader election-year attempt to […]Read More

Lesley Ho spent 60 hours over the past three weeks preparing for her children Roosevelt, 8, and Lincoln, 6, to travel to the South Lawn of the White House. She placed several online clothing orders and combed the internet to plan a fun-filled D.C. itinerary no matter the unpredictable weather. The whole family was thrilled […]Read More

President Biden will visit Baltimore on Friday to survey the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the White House announced Monday, as authorities said they have opened a small channel that will allow limited shipping at the Port of Baltimore for the first time since the disaster. Biden plans to meet with local and state officials […]Read More

One way Donald Trump insists he was disadvantaged during the 2020 election was that it was simply too easy for people to vote. There are a host of claims he makes about his loss that year, certainly, all of them disingenuous at best and dishonest at worst. But his opposition to third-party efforts to ensure […]Read More

Former president Donald Trump’s social media company said Monday it lost more than $58 million last year, sending its stock plunging more than 21 percent only days after a highflying public debut set the company’s value at more than $8 billion. Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, said in a Securities and […]Read More

After three straight elections with Republicans trying and failing to turn illegal immigration into a political winner for them, a genuine border crisis means the issue looms larger than ever over President Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign. Polls suggest it’s his worst policy issue, with as many as 7 in 10 Americans disapproving of his handling […]Read More

A federal appeals court has rejected another argument from former Trump adviser Peter Navarro, one of a series of recent legal losses that has the economist facing sanction for defying court orders even as he serves a four-month prison sentence for ignoring similar demands from Congress. Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress in […]Read More

You don’t need to click the video that Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) posted to X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday to be misinformed. The text accompanying the video summarized its premise — “Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.” — and that, by itself, is false. But the video goes further, including […]Read More

In the years after Donald Trump lost the presidency to Joe Biden, Trump sent so many emails and text messages asking for money that Republican consultants warned his mailing lists could become useless. The former president’s friends told him that they were being asked for too much, too often, and Trump himself ordered aides at […]Read More

A confidential memo circulated among top Democratic donors has sparked a furious debate in Democratic circles about whether to narrow the focus of voter registration efforts to avoid signing up likely Republicans. For decades, nonpartisan groups allied with the Democratic Party have run wide-ranging efforts aimed at increasing voter registration among people of color and […]Read More