Prosecutions seek additional sanctions for Trump in hush money case as key witness resumes testimony
Prosecutors in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump are seeking additional sanctions over his out-of-court comments as testimony soon resumes from a lawyer who represented two women who have said they had sexual encounters with the former president.
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face military justice proceeding
Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets, will face a military justice proceeding later this month.
Democrats advance election bill in Pennsylvania long sought by counties to process ballots faster
Pennsylvaniaโs House of Representatives is advancing legislation long sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state.
New US sanctions against Russia target weapons development, ban uranium imports for nuclear power
The United States has imposed new sanctions on hundreds of companies and people tied to Russiaโs weapons development program, as well as more than a dozen Chinese entities accused of helping Moscow find workarounds to earlier penalties.
Former students of the for-profit Art Institutes are approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation
The Biden administration says it'll cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud.
Trump calls judge 'crooked' after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
Returning briefly to the campaign trail, Donald Trump has called the judge presiding over his hush money trial โcrookedโ a day after being held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order.
Trump's comparison of student protests to Jan. 6 is part of effort to downplay Capitol attack
Former President Donald Trump is lamenting the possibility that Columbia Universityโs pro-Palestinian protesters could be treated more leniently than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
The DNC restores New Hampshire's delegates after a second nominating event unknown to many Democrats
The Democratic National Committeeโs rulemaking arm has voted to seat New Hampshireโs full slate of delegates at the partyโs convention this summer, ending a bitter feud with the state over its presidential primary no longer being the first in the nation.
More Republican states challenge new Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students
Another six Republican states are piling on to challenge the Biden administrationโs newly expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they overstep the presidentโs authority and undermine the Title IX anti-discrimination law.
Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah. And why so many oppose it
Israel is determined to launch an offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gazaโs southernmost town, a plan that has raised global alarm because of the potential for harm to more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there.