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…
Chris Webb (centre), new Labor MP for Blackpool South, reacts as his victory is announced at the Count Center in Blackpool, northwest England, during the Blackpool South by-election on May 3, 2024. Oli Scarff | Afp | Getty Images LONDON – British leader Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party suffered significant losses overnight in a spate of…
Federal Reserve officials have strongly advocated for their separation from politics, but the presidential election is putting the institution on a crash course with partisan infighting. Fed officials set policy independently of the White House, meaning that while presidents can push for lower interest rates, they cannot force central bankers to lower borrowing costs. Congress…
If Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing on former President Donald J. Trump’s claims of executive immunity is any indication of how the court might ultimately rule, the justices could end up helping Mr. Trump in two ways. The justices signaled that their ruling, if it comes, could result in some allegations being struck from the federal…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after surrendering at the Fulton County Jail on August 24, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A judge on Thursday rejected an attempt by Donald Trump to dismiss his criminal case on election interference charges in Georgia, saying…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at 40 Wall Street after his court hearing to set the date of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments related to extramarital affairs in New York City, March 25, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump lost two separate attempts Thursday afternoon to…
The centrist group No Labels has abandoned its plans to run for president in the 2024 election after failing to recruit a candidate, its leader Nancy Jacobson said Thursday. The group, which last year said it had raised $60 million to put forward a so-called bipartisan “unity ticket,” has faced a series of rejections in…
While national attention is focused on the chaos at the southern border, President Biden has steadily rebuilt a legal path for immigration that was destroyed during the Trump administration. The United States allowed more than 40,000 refugees into the country in the first five months of the fiscal year after passing a rigorous, often years-long…
Migrants streamed across the U.S. southern border in record numbers, international railroad bridges were abruptly closed and official ports of entry closed. In his desperate plea for help, President Biden called Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in December, who told him to quickly send a delegation to the Mexican capital, according to several U.S….
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks at a news conference alongside District Attorney Nathan Wade after a grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump and his allies for their attempt to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta tip, had brought back. Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters Special prosecutor Nathan Wade…
