NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial Thursday morning, testing the ability of both the adult film star and the former president to keep their cool.

Daniels on Tuesday ended her testimony in the midst of a harsh cross-examination in which Trump’s lawyer repeatedly accused ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a new round of criminal charges Wednesday against lawyer Stefanie Lambert, alleging Lambert, who's worked to advance dubious election fraud claims nationally, and former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott allowed someone to access non-public voter information.

Nessel, a ...Read more

An FBI agent was the victim of a Havana Syndrome “attack” in Key West, the agent’s lawyer told members of Congress in during a hearing Wednesday expanding on new information recently published by three media outlets suggesting Russia might be attacking U.S. officials at home and abroad.

An active FBI special agent, identified only as ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Just weeks after its launch, Ada County’s new online elections transparency tool has drawn national attention, with a prominent technology publication saying that it will give election deniers “exactly what they’ve been asking for.”

The tool, Ballot Verifier, will give users free and direct access to every ballot cast ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Just weeks after its launch, Ada County’s new online elections transparency tool has drawn national attention, with a prominent technology publication saying that it will give election deniers “exactly what they’ve been asking for.”

The tool, Ballot Verifier, will give users free and direct access to every ballot cast ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A group of Black voters and civil rights groups on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to let Louisiana use its newest congressional map for this year’s elections, urging them to halt a court ruling that the map violated the Constitution.

That ruling from a three-judge federal court panel last month found the state’s new ...Read more

The U.S. Census Bureau wants to ask American residents about their sexual orientation and gender identity, a move seen by activists as a long-overdue form of formal recognition that happens to be coming during a time of mixed acceptance and hostility.

“Any kind of inclusivity is welcome. Visibility is always good,” said Manny Muro, vice ...Read more

Twelve days before Brad Knott faced Kelly Daughtry in a North Carolina congressional runoff election, he began receiving congratulatory messages.

The first came from Daughtry: “Brad Knott will be the Republican nominee on May 14th. I extend my congratulations to him and wish him well.”

Then came congratulations from Jason Simmons, chairman...Read more

WASHINGTON — Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he should be included in this year’s presidential debates with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump — a three-way matchup that would be nearly unprecedented in debate history.

Three debates are scheduled to take place before the November election, the first...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday decided to hear an appeal of a judge’s ruling allowing District Attorney Fani Willis to remain at the helm of Fulton County’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

The court’s decision almost certainly means a significant delay of a trial here for Trump and ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia Court of Appeals decision to consider whether District Attorney Fani Willis should remain at the helm of Fulton County’s election interference prosecution of Donald Trump and his allies casts uncertainty on the case’s future, especially its timetable.

Here is what to know about what comes next:

Court Calendar: The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was back in battleground Wisconsin on Wednesday pushing his jobs agenda, but his predecessor’s legal issues and Israel’s actions in Gaza hung over his visit.

Biden’s stop in the Racine area to announce a $3.3 billion project by Microsoft to build an artificial intelligence data center was part of a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The superintendent of Berkeley Unified School District on Wednesday rejected accusations that the Northern California district’s K-12 classrooms have become breeding grounds for antisemitism during a congressional hearing where she and other school leaders were grilled about perceived bias against Jewish students.

Berkeley ...Read more

President Joe Biden will return to the San Francisco Bay Area for two campaign fundraisers this week.

Biden is expected to arrive in San Francisco on Thursday, according to a White House news release. On Friday, the president will attend two fundraisers in unspecified locations; Bloomberg News reported that former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than 4 in 10 Pennsylvania voters still harbor doubts that the 2020 presidential election was fairly conducted and that President Joe Biden received more votes than former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll.

The Muhlenberg College survey, released Tuesday, showed how Trump's false claims of a stolen election ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A group of Black voters and civil rights groups asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to let Louisiana use its newest congressional map for this year’s elections, urging them to halt a court ruling that the map violated the Constitution.

That ruling from a three-judge federal court last month found the state’s new ...Read more

The odds against Donald Trump facing trial before the presidential election on charges of withholding classified documents from the government at his Palm Beach estate rose dramatically Tuesday when a federal judge indefinitely postponed the former president’s originally scheduled May 20 trial.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is ...Read more

On a bitterly cold January day in 2020, former President Donald Trump packed the Wildwood Convention Center with supporters at one of his biggest rallies of the last presidential campaign.

Four years later, Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. learned Trump wanted a reprise but the old venue was unavailable. He offered another idea:

"I said, well,...Read more

SEATTLE —President Joe Biden is headed to Seattle this week to raise money for his reelection campaign.

Biden will participate in fundraising events in the area on Friday and Saturday, the White House announced Wednesday.

The Friday reception will benefit the Biden Victory Fund, with tickets starting at $500 per person, and donors who give $...Read more