The House of Representatives and the Senate close for vacation without reaching an agreement on two connected issues: Republicans refuse to send aid to Kiev without guarantees of a tougher crackdown on the migrant crisis
Trump lawyers are telling a federal appeals court that he was acting within his role as president when he pressed claims about “alleged fraud and irregularity” in the 2020 election
‘He would have to become Jesus himself and resurrect the 20,000 dead Palestinians to get our vote back,’ say residents of the seventh-largest city in Michigan, which has the highest concentration of Arabs in the country. They are standing against the president’s 2024 re-election campaign
Special counsel Jack Smith hoped that the process would be expedited in order for the former president’s election subversion case to begin in March 2024
A New York court ruled that a former Spanish military officer illegally surveilled people visiting the activist at the Ecuadorian embassy in London
‘The Detroit News’ reported that Trump told two election officials that they would look ‘terrible’ if they certified results after having initially opposed certification
Bankruptcy law does not allow for the dissolution of debts that come from a ‘willful and malicious injury’ inflicted on someone else
In the last twelve months, we have witnessed the political and regulatory tightening of the worst impulses against migrants around the world. It will be difficult for us to reverse this drift
The top tribunal must decide whether the 14th Amendment — which bans an ‘insurrectionist’ from running for public office — can be applied to a president
If Trump emerges from the hornet’s nest alive and reaches the finish line, he will be the most powerful president in the history of the United States, placed above the law with the endorsement of the Supreme Court. In that case, we do not know what will become of the Constitution or democracy
The Court was urged to rule over his immunity to prevent any delays that could postpone the trial of the Republican presidential primary front-runner until after next year’s election
The Democratic president stopped short of commenting on the Colorado legal case. ‘Whether the 14th Amendment applies or not, we’ll let the court make that decision,’ he said
The documents confirmed that federal prosecutors were examining whether Giuliani had gotten anything of value in return for lobbying to fire then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch
The president of Ukraine is considering mobilizing up to half a million people for the war against Russia, admitting that ‘no one knows when it will end’
The state ruling recognizing insurrection charges under the 14th Amendment has the potential to halt Trump’s candidacy if validated by the US Supreme Court
Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty. His sentence could be a bellwether for other conspirators who agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors
More than 3.7 billion people will be able to vote in elections in 70 countries next year. From the U.S. to the EU, from Taiwan to India, there are some results that will have global impacts
The Australian professor has written a book that focuses a light on the American right, where free market principles merge with puritanism
The legislation signed by Governor Greg Abbott allows local authorities to detain and initiate deportation proceedings for migrants who arrive illegally in the state. It is expected to take effect in March 2024
The appeals court upheld but narrowed a gag order that barred Trump from verbally attacking witnesses over their participation in the case
Getting the working class back into the Democratic Party is vital not only to defeating the former Republican president, but also for the American economy
Teetering between prison and the White House, navigating his campaign and his trial, the former president is planning his return despite being accused of 91 criminal offenses. His first challenge is to win the Republican presidential primaries so that he can contest the 2024 general election. His victory would alter US democracy and its role in the world
Trump courses have hosted LIV events five times in the two years the Saudi-funded league has existed
Backers are far from gathering enough signatures, but if the measure makes the June 2024 ballot and voters pass it, North Dakota would have to replace ballot scanners with hundreds of workers
Jeff Roe, the top adviser to Never Back Down, announced his departure hours after ‘The Washington Post’ published a story on internal disputes between the group and the campaign
The poll found that about half of U.S. adults, 51%, say democracy is working ‘not too well’ or ‘not well at all’
The trial has offered fresh insight into Trump’s finances, his dealings with lenders, his aspiration to be an NFL owner, and some of the fuzzy math — mistaken or intentional — at issue in the case