Biden, Trump qualify for debate as window closes: CNN
(The Hill) -- President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump qualified for the first presidential debate of 2024, as the deadline to meet the requirements ended Thursday, according to CNN. CNN...
View ArticleSupreme Court upholds repatriation provision in sweeping 2017 tax law
The Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision Thursday upheld a provision in then-President Trump’s sweeping 2017 tax bill while sidestepping a far-reaching question about Congress’s broader taxing authority....
View ArticleTrump holds slight edge over Biden in key swing states post-conviction
Former President Trump boasts a narrow edge over President Biden in critical battlegrounds in the wake of his historic conviction in a New York criminal trial. New Emerson College Polling/The Hill...
View ArticleWhy this week's heat wave could be next summer's normal
(The Hill) - The extreme heat slamming the eastern U.S. this week may be a sign of things to come as monthly temperature records continue to give way. A broad swath of the Midwest and eastern U.S. are...
View ArticleTrump demands recusal of NY civil fraud judge over chat with outside lawyer
Attorneys for former President Trump demanded Thursday that the judge who oversaw his civil fraud trial recuse himself from the case over allegations he improperly discussed it with an outside party....
View Article80 percent of married same-sex couples worry about losing marriage equality
(The Hill) — Around 80 percent of same-sex married couples are concerned about no longer having marriage equality, according to a new report. The report, from the Williams Institute at the University...
View ArticleBiden seeks turning point in debate vs. Trump
President Biden and former President Trump will clash on a debate stage Thursday in what will be a pivotal moment in the race for the White House. Despite low voter enthusiasm, lawmakers and experts...
View ArticleTrump primes response in case of strong Biden debate showing
Former President Trump and his allies are laying the foundation to dismiss a strong debate performance by President Biden as a charade. Trump and other conservatives have in recent days floated the...
View ArticleBiden administration bans Kaspersky software over Russian ties
(The Hill) -- The Biden administration is issuing a total ban on the use of Kaspersky Lab’s software over its ties to Russia. The company’s software has been a concern of the U.S. government since at...
View ArticleWashington Post's prospective editor bows out amid controversy
(The Hill) -- Robert Winnett, who was slated to join the Washington Post as its executive editor this fall, will no longer lead the publication after backlash from its staff and its reporting on his...
View ArticleSupreme Court upholds federal law banning domestic abusers from owning guns
The Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision Friday upheld a federal law that disarms people under domestic violence restraining orders, ruling it complies with the court’s recent expansion of Second...
View ArticleBannon files emergency appeal with Supreme Court to stay out of prison
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon filed an emergency appeal Friday with the Supreme Court — a last-ditch bid to stay out of prison while appealing his conviction for evading the House committee that...
View ArticleBorder encounters down 25 percent after Biden asylum restrictions announced
Border officials are reporting significantly lower numbers of encounters with migrants between ports of entry at the southwest border, weeks after the Biden administration announced an asylum...
View ArticleClarence Thomas is sole dissenter in Supreme Court decision on guns
Justice Clarence Thomas, one of the Supreme Court’s leading conservatives, found himself standing alone when the court handed down a major gun decision Friday. Thomas broke with his eight colleagues,...
View ArticleTrump to be joined by Youngkin at Virginia rally after first debate
Former President Trump is expected to hold a rally in Virginia following next week’s presidential debate as his campaign has asserted the commonwealth could be in play in November. The former...
View ArticleTrump on new Louisiana law: 'I love the Ten Commandments'
(The Hill) - Count former President Trump among those who are backing Louisiana's controversial and first-in-the-nation law that will mandate classrooms from elementary school through college...
View ArticleJudge denies Pentagon request to dismiss LGBTQ veterans' lawsuit
A legal challenge brought against the Department of Defense by a group of LGBTQ veterans who were dismissed under a former military policy that prevented them from serving openly will move forward...
View ArticleJudge dismisses Nevada 'fake electors' case
A Nevada judge dismissed a case Friday against six so-called fake electors who falsely claimed former President Trump won the state in the 2020 presidential election. Clark County District Judge Mary...
View ArticleBob Good raises election integrity suspicions as he trails challenger
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) is raising suspicions about the integrity of the election systems in Virginia as he trails his primary challenger, an effort that echoes the “Stop the Steal” movement. He has...
View ArticleTrump erases Biden's cash advantage: 5 takeaways
Former President Trump significantly outraised President Biden last month thanks in part to a surge following Trump’s conviction in his first criminal trial in New York. The Trump campaign advertised...
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