Politics

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While 2023 will be a less crowded year for elections, because it falls between the 2022 midterms and the 2024 presidential race, it will still feature three governor’s races, in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi. Republicans hope to flip one seat and hold another and Democrats hope to hold the third. […]

WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos this week denied a Navy veteran’s claim that he allegedly ran a fundraiser for the veteran’s ill dog in 2016 — and then never shared the thousands raised. Santos, R-N.Y., has faced mounting criticism and calls to resign, including from some in his party, over a string of […]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sometime Thursday, the United States is expected to reach its borrowing limit, teeing up a congressional showdown later this year with potentially devastating economic consequences. The federal government can pay most but not all of its bills with the tax and other revenue it takes in, and […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Using their new power after taking control of the House, Republicans have placed a number of controversial party figures on influential committees. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar, who were removed from their committee posts in the previous Congress over inflammatory statements, have received plum […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Experts say the discovery of classified documents at President Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, home and at an old Washington office of his at the Penn Biden Center has put Attorney General Merrick Garland in the middle of two “unprecedented” special counsel investigations.The parallel probes of both Biden and Donald Trump […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A forthcoming book by a former prosecutor could harm the ongoing criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his family real estate company, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Wednesday. That investigation led to the recent conviction of the Trump Organization and appeared to accelerate again on Tuesday […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he wants to permanently ban all mandates related to COVID-19. In a press release, DeSantis, a Republican, said he is proposing legislation that will prevent employment decisions based on COVID-19 vaccination status and prevent schools or businesses from requiring face coverings.  The legislation would specifically […]

Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday again avoided questions about an investigation into documents marked classified found at his home and office, six days after a special counsel was named to investigate the matter. Biden had no public events planned for Wednesday, after spending the holiday weekend […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democratic congressman Ritchie Torres joined residents of Republican Rep. George Santos’s district in New York on Tuesday to call for a Federal Election Commission investigation of his campaign finances. “I’m here to show support for the Concerned Citizens of NY-03, who have been systematically deceived and defrauded at […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Golden State Warriors returned to the White House as national champions on Tuesday — their first trip back since Barack Obama’s presidency, despite winning two championships while former President Donald Trump was in office. The Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics during the 2022 NBA finals, claiming their fourth championship […]