Hunter Biden offers plea in tax case, in effort to avoid second trial
LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter tried to resolve his federal tax case Thursday morning as jury selection was about to begin, offering an Alford plea in which…
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Trump falls back on his I’m-rubber-you’re-glue campaign approach
If you haven’t watched Sean Hannity interview Donald Trump, it’s hard to overstate how sycophantic the entire effort is. The Fox News host is an old friend and ally of…
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir explores prejudice, parenting
As the hardworking child of academically focused parents, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dreamed of reaching the highest levels of the legal profession. She even wrote in her college application to…
Jury selection set to begin in Hunter Biden’s second trial, on taxes
Jury selection is set to begin Thursday in Los Angeles for the second criminal trial of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter — a case that over the next few weeks…
Blinken to visit Haiti in a show of U.S. support for new government
The top U.S. diplomat planned to visit the struggling nation of Haiti on Thursday, in an unusual attempt to boost the country’s interim leader and deliver a message of support…
In Gaza war, Trump allies see opening to lure away Arab, Muslim voters
PHOENIX — The catered Lebanese dinner had ended, and the guests’ plates had been cleared. Now Massad Boulos, whose son Michael is married to Donald Trump’s daughter Tiffany, was holding…
Republican Liz Cheney says she will vote for Kamala Harris this election
Liz Cheney, a former congresswoman from Wyoming broke with the Republican Party on Wednesday to say she plans to vote for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in November. “As a conservative,…
The fear factor is now hurting Trump
For much of the 2024 election, concerns about President Joe Biden’s age and job performance helped paper over the real and long-standing concerns Americans have had about Donald Trump’s character,…
Harris to tout economic agenda in N.H. as debate nears
Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to New Hampshire on Wednesday to lay out another plank of her economic agenda, pitching small-business relief in a Democratic-leaning state ahead of her…
Trump appears to have misled Gold Star families on troop deaths in Afghanistan
“We didn’t lose one person in 18 months. And then they took over that disaster.” — Former president Donald Trump, in a video of him at Arlington National Cemetery speaking…