South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting on May 27, 2022 in Houston, Texas, USA. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters South Dakota’s Republican governor, Kristi Noem, suggested that President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander, should suffer the same fate as her own 14-month-old dog, Cricket,…
Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, already under fire for killing and bragging about her family’s 14-month-old dog, took aim Sunday at another family’s pet: Commander, President Biden’s bite-prone German Shepherd. Ms. Noem, a Republican, appeared on CBS’s “Face the Nation” and suggested that Commander, who was banished from the White House last fall after…
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, DC on May 2, 2024. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images The top US intelligence official warned Congress of an alarming rise in cyberattacks at a hearing on global threats on Thursday. Director of National Intelligence Avril…
It has become the theme of the season at dinner parties and receptions in Washington. Where would you go if it really happened? Portugal, says a former member of Congress. Australia, says a former agency director. Canada, a Biden administration official says. France, says a liberal columnist. Poland, says a former investigator. You’re joking. Somehow….
Donald Trump on Thursday denied recent reports from multiple news outlets that he appeared to doze off at times during his hush money trial in New York. “Unlike the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I am not falling asleep during the Crooked DA’s witch hunt, especially not today,” Trump, 77, wrote on Truth Social during a break…
As tensions rose over disputed territory in the Caucasus region in the summer of 2020, Azerbaijan’s squadron of high-priced Washington lobbyists sought to shift blame to neighboring Armenia and highlight its ties to Russia. Members of Congress were unaware that Azerbaijan had an insider working closely with the then-Azerbaijani ambassador to Washington on a parallel…
Rafael Henrique | Light rocket | Getty Images The auditing firm for Trump media and the auditor’s owner were charged Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission with “massive fraud” over accounting work involving more than 1,500 SEC filings, the federal regulator announced. The auditor, BF Borgers CPA, and its owner, Benjamin Borgers, have agreed…
With six months to go until the election, it is too early to tell whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Democrat-turned-independent presidential candidate, will prove to be more than just a spoilsport. He starts with around 10 percent of the vote and is one of the most famous names in American politics. It is enough…
Voters fill out their ballots on January 23, 2024 in Loudon, New Hampshire. With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropping out of the race two days earlier, Republican presidential candidates former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley are battling it out in this first-in-the-nation primary. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images 2014 was the…
With a quiet voice and a tense posture, the woman who had guided Donald J. Trump through conflicts and scandals for years took the witness stand and carried a different burden. She was there under the fluorescent lights of a dreary Manhattan courtroom, 15 feet from the former president she once fiercely defended to testify…
