Politics

N.Y. judge finds Donald Trump committed business fraud for a decade

A judge overseeing a $250 million lawsuit against Trump ruled that the ex-president and his company committed fraud by inflating his net worth in business transactions.

September 26, 2023

By Editors Desk

Former president Donald Trump pauses before ending his remarks at a rally in Summerville, S.C., Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr., File)

‘Supreme court justices have for years been legalizing – and personally engaging in – similar kinds of corruption.’ Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

Bob Menendez refuses to quit and says $480,000 in cash was for personal use

September 25, 2023

By Editors Desk

Ranking member Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Thursday, June 20, 2019. Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images

New Jersey Gov. Murphy, Assembly speaker call on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign

September 22, 2023

By Editors Desk

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September 22, 2023

Which Candidates Will Be on Stage for the Second Republican Debate?

Here are the six candidates who say they have met the criteria to be on the debate stage.

September 22, 2023

September 21, 2023

Could the 14th Amendment bar Donald Trump from becoming president again?

Some conservative legal scholars think so—but the idea is a long shot.

September 21, 2023

September 16, 2023

US special counsel seeks gag order on Trump’s ‘inflammatory’ statements

Jack Smith asked judge Tanya Chutkan to restrict ex-president’s statements in federal election subversion trial

September 16, 2023

Former president Donald Trump at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on 12 August 2023. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

September 12, 2023

Top US House Republican orders impeachment inquiry into Biden

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, bowing to pressure from his party's hard right, gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for an impeachment investigation into US President Joe Biden.

September 12, 2023

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he had given the green light for the opening of an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. © Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images/AFP

September 12, 2023

Trump could be U.S. president again. Here's what he plans to do if he wins

Platform is permeated with proposals that would punish adversaries, at home and abroad.

September 12, 2023

Trump isn't just dominating primary polls. He's performing better in general-election polls than at any time in 2020. It might be time to start paying attention to his platform promises. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

September 08, 2023

Former speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will run for reelection to House in 2024

By running for reelection, Pelosi is poised to extend her lengthy career on Capitol Hill, which began by winning a special election in June 1987, further cementing her role as a towering figure in Democratic politics in Washington and on the national stage.

September 08, 2023

Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) appears on Capitol Hill on June 22, 2023. (Minh Connors/The Washington Post)

September 03, 2023

Mitch McConnell: From polio victim to political titan

He's the longest-serving party leader in the history of the US Senate, but - amid a very public health struggle - Mitch McConnell's time in office may be nearing its end.

September 03, 2023

GETTY IMAGES | Mitch McConnell as a young senator

September 02, 2023

After McConnell freezes again, Kentucky Republicans question if the Senate leader can hold onto power

After McConnell freezes up again, Kentucky GOP mixed on his future

September 02, 2023

September 01, 2023

Proud Boys Ethan Nordean and Dominic Pezzola jailed for US Capitol riot

Two members of the far-right Proud Boys group have been jailed for leading the US Capitol riot.

September 01, 2023

GETTY IMAGES | Joe Biggs (right) with Enrique Tarrio at a rally in 2019

August 31, 2023

Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election case

The former US president is expected to face trial in March

August 31, 2023

Former US President Donald Trump © Melissa Sue Gerrits / Getty Images

August 30, 2023

Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again while talking to reporters

Senator Mitch McConnell froze yet again mid-sentence while addressing the media -- marking a second frightening episode like this that he's suffered in public.

August 30, 2023

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leaves Capitol Hill on July 27. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

August 30, 2023

Giuliani loses defamation lawsuit from two Georgia election workers

The damages could amount to thousands if not millions of dollars.

August 30, 2023

Wandrea Shaye Moss, a former Georgia election worker, is comforted by her mother, Ruby Freeman, right, as the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington in June 2022.

August 28, 2023

Meadows Testifies in Bid to Move Georgia Trump Case to Federal Court

Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff, told a judge he believed his actions regarding the 2020 election fell within the scope of his job as a federal official.

August 28, 2023

Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff, is one of 19 defendants in a racketeering case in Georgia over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.Credit...Al Drago for The New York Times

August 28, 2023

Eminem tells GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music on the campaign trail

Stop! Eminem is watching, VIvek.

August 28, 2023

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy picked Lose-Yourself by Eminem as his favorite campaign walk out song. Credits: Lily Smith, Des Moines Register

August 28, 2023

Trump's mugshot expression was a calculated campaign strategy

Political science and public relations experts at Virginia Tech believe that Trump and his team carefully planned out how he should look in the mugshot.

August 28, 2023

August 27, 2023

Trump campaign raises $7.1m following historic Georgia mugshot

Donald Trump's election campaign says it has raised $7.1m (£5.6m) since his police mugshot was taken at a prison in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday.

August 27, 2023

August 25, 2023

The Mug Shot Is a Warning

Donald Trump’s booking photo was supposed to be an exercise in humility. He turned it into a threat.

August 25, 2023

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