Hunter Biden tells judge he'll seek to dismiss gun charges
Hunter Biden will ask a judge to throw out his federal indictment on felony gun charges, his attorneys said in a court filing late Thursday.
2023-10-06 23:26
Jordan tries to draw contrast with Scalise in pitching himself as chief GOP salesman
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan is trying to draw a sharp contrast with his chief competitor for the speakership, arguing that he would be a more effective messenger for his party to the American public as he tries to win Republican holdouts ahead of next week's pivotal vote.
2023-10-06 22:57
Giuliani's Florida condo placed under IRS lien as ex-NYC mayor owes nearly $550K in taxes
A property owned by Rudy Giuliani in Palm Beach, Florida, has been placed under a federal tax lien by the Internal Revenue Service as he owes more than a half-million dollars in unpaid income taxes, according to a court filing.
2023-10-06 21:46
DNC rules panel meets again as status of Iowa and New Hampshire on 2024 calendar remains up in the air
The rule-making panel of the Democratic National Committee will meet Friday in St. Louis as the party works to implement President Joe Biden's plan to revamp the 2024 nominating calendar and resolve the status of the longtime early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire.
2023-10-06 20:47
Trump seeks to reassert himself as GOP kingmaker in House speaker fight
There was only one way the chaos in the Republican-led House -- likened Thursday by one of its members to a "stupid clown car" -- could get more extreme.
2023-10-06 19:46
Steve Scalise is a veteran of House GOP leadership. Now he hopes to be speaker
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has risen through the ranks of leadership during his time in Congress. Next, the Louisiana Republican hopes to be elected House speaker.
2023-10-06 19:24
Jim Jordan, the face of key GOP investigations, seeks the speaker's gavel
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, a key figure in high-profile House GOP-led investigations, is seeking the speaker's gavel after Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the role and declined to run again in a major leadership shakeup.
2023-10-06 19:17
Political forces begin to move on new California Sen. Butler as she mulls a run
The first step for the candidates running in next year's California Senate race is to quietly try to spook newly appointed Sen. Laphonza Butler into not running at all.
2023-10-06 18:29
Donald Trump's clearest legal strategy: Delay
While Donald Trump worked to make the most politically out of the start of a civil fraud trial against him and his namesake company in New York, the former president is using a well-honed tactic in the two federal cases he faces: delay, delay, delay.
2023-10-06 17:16
Scalise and Jordan battle over centrists in speakership fight
The battle to win the House speakership could hinge on a contingent of more moderate Republicans uneasy about the conservative politics of their two leading candidates and angry at their hardline faction for ousting Kevin McCarthy in this week's unprecedented floor vote.
2023-10-06 10:54
Trump drops lawsuit against Michael Cohen just days before former president was to be deposed
Donald Trump dropped his lawsuit against his former attorney Michael Cohen four days before the former president was set to be deposed as part of the case, according to a court filing.
2023-10-06 09:57
Ongoing planning underway for potential Biden and Xi meeting in San Francisco in November, sources say
Ongoing planning is underway to arrange a potential meeting between US President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping at November's APEC summit in San Francisco, officials familiar with the matter said.
2023-10-06 09:54