The judge overseeing former President Trump’s Georgia criminal case set the stage Monday for a high-stakes battle later this week over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) should be disqualified for her relationship with a top prosecutor in the case. At a Monday proceeding, Judge Scott McAfee vowed to move ahead with an evidentiary hearing on Thursday, where...
President Biden and King Abdullah II of Jordan will make a public appearance together during a White House visit Monday. Jordan is a U.S. ally that has long been a crucial mediator in Middle East peace negotiations. Jordan is likely to be highly involved in attempts to solidify any new agreements reached between Israel and...
President Biden has expressed growing frustrations behind closed doors over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his refusal to scale back Israel’s military ambitions in Gaza, according to an NBC News report. Biden, in private conversations, has said Netanyahu is "giving him hell" as the White House seeks to broker a cease-fire with the Palestinian...
Jon Stewart says he’s returning to “The Daily Show” so he has an outlet to “unload thoughts” ahead of the 2024 White House race. “I just thought who better to comment on this election than someone who truly understands two aging men past their prime?” Stewart quipped in a reference to President Biden and former...
President Biden on Monday during remarks at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference in Washington thanked local election workers and said the notion of them being at risk ahead of the 2024 election means "something's wrong" in the United States. “To all the county … election workers, thank you. I never thought I’d have...
A series of New York Times editorials over the weekend offered sometimes scathing assessments of President Biden's ability to hold office due to his age and mental acuity in the days after a special counsel's report called into question the president's well-being during an investigation into his handling of classified documents. At least one of...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will deliver a daily press briefing Monday afternoon. The White House spent much of the end of last week responding to special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Biden’s handling of official documents. Although Hur did not recommend charges, several comments included in the report about the president's memory...
Patti Davis, the daughter of former President Reagan, says her late father would be "appalled" by the state of politics today, and she doubts he would want to be associated with the Republican Party. "I don’t see how he would want to be in it,” Davis told CNN’s Jim Acosta in an interview Sunday. “It’s...
Recorded earlier President Biden on Monday morning is addressing local leaders from across the country who are gathered in Washington for the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference. Support for regional infrastructure has been a prominent theme for the Biden administration. Along with strong employment figures and a robust economy generally, Biden’s reelection campaign has pointed...
What happens in a state that authorizes the death penalty but has no legal means of carrying it out?
The Human Rights Watch issued a stark report on the health of the Afghan population Monday, warning that the lack of foreign assistance to the country has resulted in more malnutrition and illnesses among Afghans. The new report said the reduction in foreign assistance to public health in Afghanistan and the Taliban’s abuses against women and girls...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was admitted into the critical care unit for a bladder issue on Sunday night after transferring his duties to the deputy defense secretary earlier Sunday, Walter Reed Military Medical Center officials announced. Austin, 70, underwent a series of tests and evaluations Sunday night at Walter Reed after showing symptoms "suggesting...
The Israeli military said it rescued two hostages being held in Gaza in a raid early Monday that reportedly killed dozens of Palestinians. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), said in a statement that Israeli forces carried out the raid at 1:49 a.m. local time in the heavily populated city of Rafah,...
The head of NATO on Sunday argued that former President Trump's remarks that he "would encourage" Russian aggression toward "delinquent" members of the international alliance put the safety of U.S. troops and their allies at risk. “Any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the U.S.,...
As November’s election nears, it is highly unlikely that these feelings will drastically shift to either Biden or Trump’s decisive advantage, especially as non-political developments continue exposing each candidate’s flaws.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized to his family members after a super PAC backing his independent bid for the White House aired a commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday night. “I'm so sorry if the Super Bowl advertisement caused anyone in my family pain. The ad was created and aired by the American Values...
What can Biden do to win back the votes of young Americans worried about global warming?
President Biden trolled MAGA Republicans on Sunday night, poking fun at conspiracy theories surrounding the NFL and pop sensation Taylor Swift after the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl. “Just like we drew it up,” Biden wrote on X, formerly Twitter, alongside the “Dark Brandon” meme depicting the president with lasers shooting out of his...
You should probably believe journalists when they share their sympathies so openly on social media.
Two people were taken into custody after running onto the field during the second half of the Super Bowl.
Are standardized tests poised for a comeback? Dartmouth College announced this week it would be reinstating its requirement for applicants to submit scores from the SAT or ACT, a mandate that it and hundreds of other U.S. schools had dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the celebration from some students and academics when schools...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is facing a challenging primary battle, potentially including her former chief of staff, reflecting just how polarizing a figure she has become in her home state of South Carolina. Mace fought off a tough primary challenger backed by former President Trump in 2022, proving herself to be a resilient candidate. But...
Blistering heat waves and more frequent wildfires are reversing a generation of U.S. clean air gains, a new study has found. The peer-reviewed research by the climate analytics firm First Street Foundation projected that by midcentury, the increased levels of microscopic soot particles and ozone molecules entering Americans' lungs will be back to the levels they were at in 2004...
Super Bowl LVIII went down to the wire Sunday, with the Kansas City Chiefs barely knocking off the San Francisco 49ers in overtime. But many of the millions of people watching on television were more tuned into the advertisements than the product on the field. Here’s five of the best ad spots from the big...
A pair of Super Bowl ads went after Tesla’s self-driving technology on Sunday, asking viewers to boycott the company and claiming that its vehicles are unsafe. The Dawn Project’s ads follow a 2023 Super Bowl ad campaign, which featured an Autopilot-driven Tesla mowing down child-sized dummies in a parking lot. “Here’s what Elon Musk doesn’t...