“We were not making a representation that everything in this 1023 [FBI report] was credible.” — Former U.S. attorney Scott Brady in an interview with congressional investigators, Oct. 23 The indictment of Alexander Smirnov, a trusted FBI confidential source, on charges of lying about an alleged Ukrainian bribery scheme involving President Biden and his son […]Read More

Donald Trump’s attorneys said late Thursday that the former president should never have been charged in Florida with illegally retaining classified materials because he designated them as personal documents before leaving office — and thus should be shielded from prosecution by presidential immunity. It is the second time Trump has tried to avoid a federal […]Read More

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump further ratcheted up his inflammatory language against Americans who oppose him politically by likening them to the foreign enemies that the United States fought in World War II. In a speech on Thursday to the National Religious Broadcasters in Nashville, the former president drew a direct connection between the battles […]Read More

WILMINGTON. — Political operatives opposed to No Labels’ potential 2024 presidential ticket took over the NoLabels.com domain last year and purchased Google search ads aimed at spreading the misleading claim that the group supported former president Donald Trump and other right-wing causes, according to testimony in a federal civil trial here. Arizona political operative Charles […]Read More

The FBI informant charged with telling lies about President Biden and his son Hunter was rearrested Thursday in Las Vegas, apparently out of concern he might flee — just days after a federal magistrate decided he could be released on bond. Alexander Smirnov, whose arrest last week surprised Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike, was taken […]Read More

SAN FRANCISCO — President Biden met with the widow and daughter of the deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Thursday, expressing his condolences and reiterating a pledge to issue new sanctions against Russia on Friday. Biden posted a photo of himself meeting with Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, and daughter, Dasha Navalnaya, on social media. […]Read More

President Biden’s dog Commander bit Secret Service agents about 24 times, more than previously disclosed, according to newly released Secret Service emails that for the first time reveal the agency’s deliberations about adjusting its operations to keep its agents safe from the dog. Commander, the Biden family’s second German shepherd in the White House, bit […]Read More

Stephen Miller, the immigration hard-liner who has been one of Donald Trump’s longest-serving political advisers, tends to get worked up during his media appearances. Those appearances are generally with sympathetic (if not sycophantic) media outlets, so the combination of his energy and the lack of friction tends to bring Miller’s rhetoric to unexpected places. In […]Read More

In the days since the Alabama state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are people, Democrats have begun to seize on the decision, casting it as further evidence of a Republican-led assault on reproductive rights, an issue they have reason to believe already plays to their advantage. The Alabama decision, which threatens the practice of […]Read More