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Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor’s plane last year

August 31, 2023, 9:41am Politics

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged Thursday that he took three trips last year aboard a private plane owned by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow even as he rejected criticism over his failure to report trips in previous years. Read story

Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks at the Kentucky Farm Bureau annual Country Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Louisville, Ky.

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up again, this time at a Kentucky event

Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks at the Kentucky Farm Bureau annual Country Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Louisville, Ky.

August 30, 2023, 1:19pm Politics

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter at an event in Kentucky on Wednesday, weeks after he had a similar episode in Washington. Read story

Rudy Giuliani speaks outside the Fulton County jail, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Atlanta. Giuliani has surrendered to authorities in Georgia to face an indictment alleging he acted as former President Donald Trump's chief co-conspirator in a plot to subvert the 2020 election.

Judge holds Giuliani liable in Georgia election workers’ defamation case and orders him to pay fees

Rudy Giuliani speaks outside the Fulton County jail, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Atlanta. Giuliani has surrendered to authorities in Georgia to face an indictment alleging he acted as former President Donald Trump's chief co-conspirator in a plot to subvert the 2020 election.

August 30, 2023, 10:40am Nation & World

A federal judge on Wednesday held Rudy Giuliani liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud, ruling that the former New York city mayor gave “only lip service” to complying with his legal obligations while trying to portray himself as the victim in the case. Read story

White House says Putin and Kim Jong Un traded letters as Russia looks for munitions from North Korea

August 30, 2023, 8:49am Latest News

The White House on Wednesday said that it has new intelligence that shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have swapped letters as Russia looks to North Korea for munitions for the Ukraine war. Read story

FILE - Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore.

Judge’s illness delays sentencing for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case

FILE - Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore.

August 30, 2023, 8:10am Politics

Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio’s sentencing for orchestrating the far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed until Sept. 5 because the trial judge was sick on Wednesday. Read story

John Eastman, left, an attorney indicted with former President Donald Trump, makes a statement to press alongside his attorney, David Wolfe, outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, where he was booked on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023.

Lawyers indicted with Trump say they were doing their jobs. But that may be a tough argument to make

John Eastman, left, an attorney indicted with former President Donald Trump, makes a statement to press alongside his attorney, David Wolfe, outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, where he was booked on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023.

August 29, 2023, 2:05pm Latest News

As John Eastman prepared to surrender to Georgia authorities last week for an indictment related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, he issued a statement denouncing the criminal case as targeting attorneys "for their zealous advocacy on behalf of their clients.” Read story

Kristen Eichamer, right, and Spencer Chretien, center, talk to Russ Pinta, left, of Colo, Iowa, at the Project 2025 tent at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump. The Project 2025 effort is being led by the Heritage Foundation think tank.

Conservatives are on a mission to dismantle the U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision

Kristen Eichamer, right, and Spencer Chretien, center, talk to Russ Pinta, left, of Colo, Iowa, at the Project 2025 tent at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump. The Project 2025 effort is being led by the Heritage Foundation think tank.

August 29, 2023, 2:02pm Latest News

With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision… Read story

U.S. to send $250 million in weapons to Ukraine

August 29, 2023, 1:14pm Nation & World

The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will send an additional $250 million in weapons and ammunition to Ukraine as part of its ongoing support of Kyiv’s counteroffensive. Read story

FILE - House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., joined at right by Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., arrives for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Scalise has been diagnosed with blood cancer.(AP Photo/J.

No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise is diagnosed with blood cancer and undergoing treatment

FILE - House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., joined at right by Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., arrives for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Scalise has been diagnosed with blood cancer.(AP Photo/J.

August 29, 2023, 10:54am Politics

Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2-ranking House Republican, said Tuesday he has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer known as multiple myeloma and is undergoing treatment. Read story

FILE - A turtle pokes its nose out of the water in the wetlands inside Sugar Hollow Park in Bristol, Va., June 12, 2023. The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, Aug. 29, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them.

After Supreme Court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens water protections

FILE - A turtle pokes its nose out of the water in the wetlands inside Sugar Hollow Park in Bristol, Va., June 12, 2023. The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, Aug. 29, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them.

August 29, 2023, 10:53am Latest News

The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them. Read story