President Joe Biden’s months-long push for a cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas has been upended again in recent days, putting the deal on life support as U.S. officials say they have indefinitely postponed their plan to present the two sides with a “take it or leave it” proposal. The latest obstacle […]Read More

Ever since President Joe Biden ended his candidacy and Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, former president Donald Trump has struggled to adapt to the new opponent. Tuesday’s debate in Philadelphia should show what, if anything, he has learned about running against her. Presidential debates often don’t matter much. The Trump-Biden debate in […]Read More

A Missouri judge ruled that an abortion ballot measure is invalid because it did not properly note what laws it would repeal, potentially restricting it from reaching a November vote. Cole County Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh said the measure’s proponents did not sufficiently inform voters who signed the proposed amendment of its ramifications, echoing arguments […]Read More

House Republicans are expanding their investigation of the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to people familiar with that matter, pursuing additional witness testimony as former president Donald Trump attempts to make the war’s deadly endgame a central issue with the election now weeks away. The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s GOP majority has been in […]Read More

COLORADO SPRINGS — When asked about the challenges of being a Supreme Court justice and a parent of seven children, Amy Coney Barrett told an audience Friday about a time she was sent home from the court with a bulletproof vest and her 13-year-old son saw it tossed on a bed. Her son asked whether […]Read More

Former vice president Dick Cheney, who was George W. Bush’s No. 2 and served in other Republican administrations, will vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the November election, he said in a statement Friday — marking a remarkable historic moment and one of the most significant defections to the Democratic nominee from the opposing […]Read More

A state appeals panel upended election preparations in North Carolina on Friday, ordering a halt to the distribution of mail ballots in the battleground state after granting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request that his name be removed from contention for the presidency. Friday was the deadline for local election officials to mail ballots to the […]Read More

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. received concert tickets valued at $900 last yearfrom a German princess known for her conservative Catholic views and sold stock in a beer company targeted by anti-LGBTQ+ activists, according tohis financial disclosure form released Friday. Alito continues to own individual stock in more than two dozen companies — […]Read More

He endured “Where’s Hunter?” chants during the 2020 campaign, and looked on as he became a focal point of presidential debates. He saw a member of Congress display nude photos of him during a congressional hearing. In a courtroom, he listened to testimony from ex-lovers as they recounted his various misdeeds. Now Hunter Biden hopes […]Read More

Former president Donald Trump is near a crucial juncture of the 2024 campaign. Mail ballots are due to go out soon, his only scheduled debate with Vice President Kamala Harris is happening in four days and Trump is trying to reverse the momentum Harris has generated in her six-plus weeks as a presidential candidate. With […]Read More