One is a familiar face at the Supreme Court and a former Texas solicitor general. The other is appearing before the high court for the first time. Both have experience as law clerks to Supreme Court justices. Jonathan Mitchell, the Texas lawyer, is representing Donald Trump on Thursday as he asks the justices to toss […]Read More

“Gun violence is the leading cause of death of children.” — White House news release, Jan. 25 “Gun violence is the leading cause of death of the children of America — leading cause of death — not car accidents, not some form of cancer — gun violence.” — Vice President Harris, remarks at the U.S. […]Read More

Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley suffered an embarrassing defeat Tuesday in a nonbinding Republican primary in Nevada where she was the only major candidate on the ballot, while President Biden notched an easy victory on the Democratic side. In a contest that Donald Trump skipped and does not count toward delegates to the nominating convention, […]Read More

Moments before the vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas narrowly failed Tuesday evening, a chaotic scene unfolded on the House floor. The vote had unexpectedly come to a tie after three Republican lawmakers bucked party lines to vote against the measure. Two of those lawmakers — Reps. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and Ken Buck […]Read More

The Republican-led House on Tuesday failed to pass a bill that sought to provide billions of dollars in military aid to Israel, extending an impasse over how to address some of the United States’ top national security concerns in a Congress increasingly paralyzed by political infighting. The outcome was 250 to 180 in favor, but […]Read More

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is expected to leave her job this spring after former president Donald Trump had increasingly grown critical of her leadership, according to people familiar with the matter. The decision came as she visited Mar-a-Lago and met with Trump on Monday, but the situation remained fluid, according to the people, […]Read More

This article was originally published in 2023 and has been updated with new developments. Special counsel Robert K. Hur, a former U.S. attorney in Maryland, will soon release a report critical of President Biden and his aides for mishandling classified documents in Biden’s private home and former office, but prosecutors do not plan to pursue […]Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments Tuesday on whether D.C. jurors are unfairly biased against people charged with committing crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. It’s a question with relevance for former president Donald Trump, who plans to try to get his trial moved out of D.C. […]Read More

A panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines plane midflight last month appears to have been installed at a Boeing factory without four bolts needed to keep it attached, according to a report by federal investigators Tuesday. The piece appeared intact when it left the manufacturer that initially put it on — a Boeing subcontractor […]Read More

This is one of those rare occasions when it actually makes sense to begin with a dictionary definition. Webster’s — for 180 years, it has been Merriam-Webster, but who’s counting — defines “insurrection” as “an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government.” The Cambridge Dictionary includes additional components: “an organized […]Read More