Special counsel Jack Smith had asked the high court to rule quickly on whether the former president can be prosecuted for efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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The Colorado Supreme Court banned former President Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot. Could something similar happen in Nevada?
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot.
It was his first formal news conference that Western media were allowed to attend since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
Henry Kissinger, the secretary of state who dominated foreign policy under Nixon and Ford, has died.
The families of Americans being held hostage by Hamas called on the U.S. government to do everything it can to secure their release.
President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping opened their first face-to-face meeting in more than a year Wednesday with a solid handshake ahead of talks with far-reaching implications.
The bipartisan vote to continue funding the federal government survived a revolt by House Speaker Mike Johnson’s right flank.
The letters were just the latest worrisome disruption for election workers across the country who have been besieged by threats, harassment and intimidation since the 2020 presidential election.
Donald Trump defended his wealth and business on Monday, tangling from the witness stand with the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial.
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether a Trump era-ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, violates federal law.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said the bill would help Israel defend itself and eradicate Hamas, but President Joe Biden said he would veto the legislation.
Israel Foreign Minister Eli Cohen also dismissed calls for “proportionality” in the country’s response to Hamas’ surprise attacks that killed 1,400 people.
President Joe Biden declared it is “vital for America’s national security” for Israel and Ukraine to succeed in their wars, making the case Thursday night for deepening U.S. involvement in a rare Oval Office address.
The House is now weeks into an unprecedented stalemate after the ouster of Kevin McCarthy.
