NEW YORK — A potential smoking gun shown to jurors at Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial on Monday appeared to harm his defense that money doled out to Michael Cohen from the White House was for payment for legitimate legal services — and not reimbursement for paying off a porn star.

The document displayed was a bank statement ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump was threatened with jail time by Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan on Monday after being found in criminal contempt again for the tenth violation of a gag order in his hush money case.

In his sternest warning yet, Merchan, in stunning courtroom remarks, said it appeared the $1,000 fines he has issued for Trump’s ...Read more

A political ploy designed by Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro to regain international legitimacy through heavily manipulated elections appears to be spiraling out of control for the socialist leader as support for a previously unknown rival reaches apparently insurmountable levels.

A new poll over the weekend shows that opposition candidate...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Donald Trump are trying to create new battleground states, a signal the general election outcome could rival Saturday’s photo finish in the Kentucky Derby. But such efforts likely will come up short, experts say.

Each of the presumptive presidential nominees is taking shots at the other’s competence ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump was threatened with jail time by Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan on Monday after being found in criminal contempt again for the tenth violation of a gag order in his hush money case.

In his sternest warning yet, Merchan, in stunning courtroom remarks, said it appeared the $1,000 fines he has issued for Trump’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sen. Bernie Sanders Monday announced he will run for reelection for a fourth term from Vermont in 2024.

The progressive two-time presidential candidate, who would be 89 years old at the end of a forthcoming six-year term, said in a video that he has unfinished business fighting for working people and the environment.

A self-...Read more

CHICAGO — The Lake County Election Board Saturday said they will use complaints filed against a Dyer man serving as a deputy election commissioner in November stemming from his actions on Election Day as a teachable moment for election workers.

Five election workers filed complaints in January against Kyle Rizzo, whom they alleged failed to ...Read more

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Who needs pomp and circumstance when you can give up the funk, instead?

The Mothership arrived in Rock Hill on Friday afternoon, as music icon George Clinton accepted an honorary doctorate degree from the college named for his great-great-grandfather, Bishop Isom Caleb Clinton.

"Today in Rock Hill, South Carolina," Clinton ...Read more

DETROIT — Michigan Rep. Bob Bezotte has been disqualified from the Republican primary ballot in his efforts to seek re-election to the state House.

The disqualification, listed in online Livingston County candidate filing records, comes after a complaint was filed last month challenging Bezotte's affidavit of identify, arguing it misstated ...Read more

Ex-prosecutor Nathan Wade Monday defended himself over the affair with Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis that threatened to derail the Georgia RICO election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

Breaking his silence over the affair, Wade insisted there was nothing particularly earth-shattering about the fact he ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump was threatened with jail time by Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan on Monday after being found in criminal contempt again for the tenth violation of a gag order in his hush-money case.

In his sternest warning yet, Merchan, in stunning courtroom remarks, said it appeared the $1,000 fines he has issued for Trump’s ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Democratic National Committee submitted briefs Monday against two election lawsuits brought by Republicans in Michigan courts, arguing the GOP was attempting to "undermine faith in our electoral system."

The filings spotlighted Michigan as a crucial battleground state, six months before the November election, and also ...Read more

While campaigning in Iowa last September, former President Donald Trump made a promise to voters if he were elected again: “Following the Eisenhower model, we will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history,” he said. Trump, who made a similar pledge during his first presidential campaign, has recently ...Read more

Democrats insist they’re committed to promoting “affordable” housing. Yet virtually every policy they propose in that regard actually makes housing more expensive.

In March, the White House issued a news release explaining, “President (Joe) Biden believes housing costs are too high, and significant investments are needed to address the ...Read more

An executive of Mexico’s Banco Azteca helped arrange payments to U.S. House Democrat Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife in exchange for influence in Washington, according to court documents.

U.S. attorneys accuse Cuellar of acting on behalf of the Mexican bank to loosen U.S. rules regarding the shipments of U.S. currency to banks in the U.S...Read more

Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally and figuratively.

For protesters, demonstrations are usually the result of meticulous planning by advocacy groups and leaders aimed at getting a message out to a wider world or to specific institutional targets. To outside onlookers, however, ...Read more

Labour wins in the U.K.’s two biggest cities completed a string of local election successes by opposition leader Keir Starmer that showed his party firmly on course for victory at a general election later this year.

Not only did Sadiq Khan comfortably win a historic third term as London mayor, but Labour candidate Richard Parker eked out an ...Read more