The Republican leadership of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Sundayreleased a sprawling report on the U.S. exit from Afghanistan three years ago, blasting President Joe Biden and his administration as the callous and “dogmatic” orchestrator of a foreign policy failure so extreme that it ranked “far worse” than even America’s catastrophic withdrawal from Vietnamin […]Read More

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump threatened to jail people “involved in unscrupulous behavior” related to voting in the 2024 election, suggesting without evidence that the election could be stolen from him — and prompting widespread condemnation from election officials who said such rhetoric could provoke violence. Trump’s remarks, made in a social media posting on […]Read More

MOSINEE, Wis. — Former president Donald Trump wants to correct the record: Actually, women love him. “Somebody said women don’t like Donald Trump,” the Republican presidential nominee told the crowd at a recent rally in Johnstown, Pa. “That’s wrong. I think they love me, I love them.” Polling says otherwise. President Joe Biden won women […]Read More

With less than 10 weeks before the presidential election, Donald Trump had a message for voters in late August: He would be selling more digital trading cards for $99 each. “Fifty all new stunning digital trading cards — it’s really something,” Trump says in the ad. “These cards show me dancing and even holding some […]Read More

MOSINEE, Wis. — A day after spending much of a 49-minute news conference revisiting — and denying — sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him, Donald Trump used part of a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Saturday to discuss another subject that has bedeviled his campaigns for president: Russian interference in U.S. elections. U.S. intelligence officials […]Read More

No matter who wins the White House, the next president is increasingly likely to face an unusual hurdle in their first days in office: a divided Congress. Each of the last five newly elected presidents has entered office with his party holding the majority in the House and Senate, opening the door to an aggressive […]Read More

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