WASHINGTON — House Republicans argued Friday that the latest indictment of Hunter Biden on federal tax charges bolsters the need to approve an impeachment inquiry resolution into President Joe Biden, which is planned for a floor vote as early as next week.

The resolution references committee probes into Hunter Biden’s business dealings, ...Read more

A federal appeals court Friday mostly upheld a partial gag order barring former President Donald Trump from targeting witnesses in his election interference case.

The three-judge panel of the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals backed Judge Tanya Chutkan’s order barring Trump from making statements about witnesses in the explosive case ...Read more

Missouri Republican lawmakers are pushing a pair of bills that would allow for women to be charged with murder for getting an abortion in the state.

The pieces of legislation would give fetuses the same rights as human beings, which would allow for criminal charges to be filed against anyone who gets an abortion, helps someone get an abortion ...Read more

ATLANTA — Three years ago, Ruby Freeman was on the phone with a friend when a Facebook message popped up from a woman she didn’t know. It was a reporter who wanted to interview her.

“And I’m like interview me for what?” Freeman told congressional investigators.

She found out soon enough. Earlier that day, at the Georgia Capitol, Rudy...Read more

The politically inspired impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden has failed to produce any convincing evidence that Biden has committed the “high crimes and misdemeanors” required by the U.S. Constitution for the conviction and removal of a chief executive. So naturally Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a floor vote, likely next week, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden, the president’s son, was indicted Thursday in Los Angeles on several federal tax charges, marking the start of a second criminal case that will proceed during his father’s reelection campaign.

Biden, who resides in Malibu, was accused of failing to pay his taxes on time from 2016 to 2019, filing false and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan this weekend to attend a fundraiser hosted by Hollywood elites that is likely to make L.A.'s notoriously bad traffic even worse but authorities have yet to offer advanced warning to help motorists avoid the expected road closures.

The first couple plans to address prominent ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden, the president’s son, was indicted Thursday in Los Angeles on several federal tax charges, marking the start of a second criminal case that will proceed during his father’s reelection campaign.

Biden, who resides in Malibu, was accused of failing to timely pay his taxes from 2016 to 2019, one count of tax ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden, the president’s son, was indicted Thursday in Los Angeles on several federal tax charges, marking the start of a second criminal case that will proceed during his father’s reelection campaign.

Biden, who resides in Malibu, was accused of failing to pay his taxes from 2016 to 2019, one count of tax evasion, and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump was back at his Manhattan Supreme Court fraud trial Thursday to see his legal team wind down their defense case.

The former president told reporters he’d returned after a weeks-long hiatus for NYU accounting professor Eli Bartov’s testimony, lauding him as “one of the great experts in the country.”

Bartov was ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s name should be excluded from New York’s ballot in next year’s presidential primary and general election for his alleged incitement of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a group of state senators urged election officials on Thursday.

In a letter to the state Board of Elections shared exclusively with the New ...Read more

The majority of federal judges appointed by President Joe Biden have been women and minorities, making him first president to select mostly nonwhite and nonmale judges, according to a report.

During his first 1,019 days as president, Biden had appointed 145 judges to district courts, appeals courts and the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has asked to halt the federal election obstruction case against him while he appeals a judge’s ruling denying him sweeping immunity from criminal charges for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The appeal notice filed in court on Thursday escalates a fight that the former president’s legal ...Read more

NEW YORK — Democrats were poised Thursday to unveil ex-Rep. Tom Suozzi as their candidate for the Long Island seat held by disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos, who was ousted from Congress last week.

The moderate Democrat who previously represented most of the district is set to be selected by party bosses to run in a Feb. 13 special election to ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s name should be excluded from New York’s ballot in next year’s presidential primary and general election for his alleged incitement of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a group of state senators urged election officials on Thursday.

In a letter to the state Board of Elections shared exclusively with the Daily...Read more

House Republicans on Thursday released an impeachment resolution that would formalize their inquiry into the business dealings of President Joe Biden and his family.

Three of the chamber’s committees — Oversight and Accountability, Judiciary, and Ways and Means — have been conducting an informal impeachment investigation since then-...Read more