A judge ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corp. after he missed an earlier date he’d agreed to.

The date was set Thursday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett in Miami, who last week threatened to sanction Trump if he didn’t follow through on the...Read more

DETROIT — The U.S. Department of Justice plans to send election monitors to polling places in seven Michigan cities this fall, as voters in the battleground state prepare to pick a new governor and decide a series of races that could sway control of Congress.

Less than two weeks before the midterm election, the federal department within ...Read more

NEW YORK — Republican Rep. Mike Lawler has received a much-needed boost of at least $500,000 from Elon Musk in the closing days of his reelection fight even as the world’s richest man reportedly has undercut Ukraine by throttling or cutting off access to the Starlink satellite system used to defend against Russian attacks.

The endangered ...Read more

Just minutes into their final TV debate on Wednesday, the candidates jockeying for U.S. Senate in Kansas immediately faced questions about the two issues that have dominated TV ads in recent weeks.

The first question posed to U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican, centered on his history of suing patients as a rural physician. The Rev. Adam ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A political advertisement released this summer claimed former L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón "almost destroyed Los Angeles" and warned that, if elected as L.A.'s next city attorney, Marissa Roy will "do the same."

Earlier this month, a seemingly out-of-nowhere rumor spread through City Hall and among rank-and-file ...Read more

MIAMI — In the race to represent Florida’s newly redrawn Congressional District 25 — one of the most heavily Jewish districts in the country — voters heard from prospective candidates for the first time on Tuesday evening during public forum at a synagogue event in Boca Raton. Amid a myriad of issues voters are facing, the conversation ...Read more

MIAMI — In the race to represent Florida’s newly redrawn Congressional District 25 — one of the most heavily Jewish districts in the country — voters heard from prospective candidates for the first time on Tuesday evening during public forum at a synagogue event in Boca Raton. Amid a myriad of issues voters are facing, the conversation ...Read more

Two brothers from Brazil’s richest family have emerged as opponents of right-wing presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday’s closely fought runoff election.

João and Walter Moreira Salles — scions of the Itau Unibanco Holding SA fortune with a combined net worth of $17.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Banking industry representatives came out firing Wednesday after regulators finalized a rule settling the debate over a legal loophole created by Congress in favor of cryptocurrency exchanges’ ability to pay interest on account owners’ stablecoin holdings in certain instances.

Last year’s law known as the “GENIUS Act” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Virginia Republicans caught a break this spring when the state Supreme Court struck down a map drawn to help Democrats win 10 of the commonwealth’s 11 House seats.

But Virginia remains instructive to the fight for the House majority, and a trio of GOP-held seats there exemplify the type of districts that have made it onto the ...Read more

When federal investigators examine a public official’s immigration records, the public deserves two things at once: a serious inquiry and a fair one. The allegations involving Rep. Ilhan Omar are grave. They also remain allegations, and the public has not seen evidence establishing that she committed fraud.

The timeline matters. Federal ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s affinity for his pal Vladimir Putin has now torpedoed new congressionally mandated sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. How low will Trump stoop to aid Putin?

The trade restrictions that Trump lifted were named after Sen. Lindsey Graham, which passed with huge bipartisan support after Graham suddenly ...Read more

Boise State University senior Cade Syvock opposes abortion. As president of the school’s chapter of the conservative group Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late activist Charlie Kirk, Syvock helped coordinate anti-abortion protests on campus.

But he’s not spending much time this fall campaigning against an Idaho ballot ...Read more

Some Philadelphia School District employees promote antisemitism, and the school system indoctrinates students with radical ideas as young as second grade, a Republican-led congressional committee concluded in a report released Wednesday and challenged by district officials.

The House Education and Workforce Committee reached its determinations...Read more

NEW YORK — Presumptive NYC congressman Brad Lander on Wednesday said he was briefly detained by Israel along with a group of fellow participants in a mission to protect Palestinians during the olive harvest on the occupied West Bank.

The progressive Democrat, who is practically certain to win election to Congress from the deep blue NY-10 ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — In the waning months before the November election, Sydney Gruters, the Republican running for Congress in Florida’s 16th district, got a boost in donations from some GOP heavy hitters.

In September alone, Gruters’ campaign account received almost $250,000 from other political committees, new federal paperwork shows, many of ...Read more

PENDLETON, S.C. — In the competitive race for U.S. Senate in South Carolina, U.S. Sen. Darline Graham is fighting to convince those GOP voters who are not enthusiastic about her to check the box next to her name on the Nov. 3 ballot.

Polling has shown the race between Graham and Dr. Annie Andrews is tighter than what is expected in the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Senate contest in the historically Republican state of Mississippi is drawing fresh attention in the final stretch of the midterm election cycle, with President Donald Trump planning a rally to boost the GOP candidate and control of the chamber hanging on the outcome of races in states the president won two years ago.

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