Orlando Magic NBA team donated $50,000 to a DeSantis super PAC, drawing scrutiny and criticism
The contribution from the professional basketball team to Never Back Down, a group supporting the Florida governor's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, has drawn attention and criticism from Democrats and LGBTQ activists in the state.
2023-08-03 10:49
Why it took four years for the Bidens to acknowledge their seventh grandchild
For the past four years, President Joe Biden and the first lady took cues from their son Hunter on how to discuss the 4-year-old girl in Arkansas a paternity test had determined was their granddaughter.
2023-08-03 07:27
US State Department orders evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family members from Niger
The US State Department on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family members from Niger following last week's military takeover.
2023-08-03 06:58
Trump's latest indictment echoes January 6 committee findings
Special counsel Jack Smith's criminal indictment appeared to be more than two and half years in the making, but the American public heard many of the key details of the case outlined in a series of hearings last year -- as a well as an 800-page report -- run by the House Select Committee that investigated the January 6 riot.
2023-08-03 04:45
No evidence of active shooter after Senate building locks down, officials say
The Senate went into lockdown Wednesday afternoon as US Capitol Police investigated reports of an active shooter in the Russell office building, putting Capitol Hill on edge more than two years after the January 6, 2021, attack.
2023-08-03 04:26
Fox executives encourage Trump to participate in first GOP presidential primary debate
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday dined with top Fox executives at his Bedminster golf club, during which Fox News president Jay Wallace and the network's chief executive, Suzanne Scott, encouraged him to participate in the first presidential debate the network is hosting later this month, two sources with knowledge told CNN.
2023-08-03 02:55
Russia engaged in extensive effort to force Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territories to accept Russian citizenship, report says
Russia is forcing Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territories to accept Russian citizenship by engaging in a systematic push "to make it impossible for residents to survive in their homes" unless they do so, according to a newly released report from the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.
2023-08-03 01:46
21 Donald Trump election lies listed in his new indictment
Special counsel Jack Smith said Tuesday that the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol was "fueled by lies" told by former President Donald Trump. The indictment of Trump on four new federal criminal charges, all related to the former president's effort to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election, lays out some of those lies one by one.
2023-08-02 22:27
Supreme Court approval ratings at record lows, new Gallup poll shows
Approval ratings of the US Supreme Court remain at record low levels and Americans are closely divided on Justice Clarence Thomas, as the court continues to issue controversial opinions and is hit with criticism about ethics standards.
2023-08-02 17:20
Why Trump's latest indictment will reverberate for years to come
"The United States of America v. Donald J. Trump" instantly became one of the most consequential documents in American history.
2023-08-02 12:29
Judge assigned to Trump case previously said 'the country is watching to see what the consequences are' for January 6
District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has been assigned to preside over former President Donald Trump's criminal case in Washington, DC, has repeatedly spoken out in very strong terms against the efforts to overturn the election and disrupt the transfer of power.
2023-08-02 12:17
Takeaways from the indictment of Donald Trump for efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat
Special counsel Jack Smith unveiled his case alleging that former President Donald Trump broke several laws in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, with a grand jury indictment returned Tuesday that illustrated the depth and breadth of the federal criminal investigation.
2023-08-02 10:56