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After indictment, Trump will play the victim – and the tactic will work for many Republicans

Trump has followed a pattern since 2016 – the bigger the alleged crime, the louder he airs grievances and claims he’s being persecuted

March 31, 2023

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Donald Trump’s pattern came into a focus earlier this month when he falsely predicted his own arrest. Photograph: Go Nakamura/Reuters

Donald Trump seen arriving at Trump Tower in New York City last summer, the day after FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home. (David 'Dee' Delgado/Reuters)

With Trump arrest imminent, U.S. enters uncharted territory

March 31, 2023

By Editors Desk

Donald Trump and his wife Melania. Picture: Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP

‘WITCH HUNT’: Trump loses it over ‘porn star payment’ indictment

March 30, 2023

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March 09, 2023

Mitch McConnell: US Senate Republican leader in hospital after fall

US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been taken to hospital after a fall at a Washington DC hotel, a spokesman told US media.

March 09, 2023

February 26, 2023

From Palm Beach to Staten Island, DeSantis makes 2024 moves on Trump’s turf

The Florida governor’s show of force this weekend was part of his increasingly open encroachments into the former president’s longtime support base and ideological terrain

February 26, 2023

Former president Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). (Gaelen Morse/Reuters; Marco Bello)

February 14, 2023

US suspects three unidentified objects it shot down were 'benign'

The White House has said there is no indication three flying objects blasted out of the sky over the weekend by the US military are linked to alleged Chinese spying.

February 14, 2023

REUTERS / The FBI is examining wreckage from the first balloon shot down

February 14, 2023

Nikki Haley announces 2024 White House bid

During her video announcement, Haley touted her record as a twice-elected governor of South Carolina and her leadership in the state after nine people were fatally shot at a historically Black church in Charleston in 2015.

February 14, 2023

February 08, 2023

Mitt Romney calls George Santos 'a sick puppy' after Biden State of the Union

"If he had any shame at all, he wouldn't be there," Romney told reporters after the address.

February 08, 2023

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February 03, 2023

George Santos’s lies are so big you almost have to admire them

The New York congressman’s increasingly wild claims have all the thrill-seeking of a man running across a football field naked

February 03, 2023

‘George Santos even had the Scooby-Doo, black-rimmed glasses that might have come from a joke shop selling disguises.’ Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

February 01, 2023

Republican bid to kick Ilhan Omar off panel is ‘spite’, fellow Democrat says

‘This is about vengeance,’ says James McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the House rules committee

February 01, 2023

Ilhan Omar in Washington DC on 25 January. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

January 31, 2023

George Santos to Step Down From Committees as Support Craters

The poll of 653 voters in the district, conducted between January 23 and 26, also found that, by a margin of 63 percent to 31 percent, they would not have voted for Santos knowing what they know now.

January 31, 2023

January 27, 2023

Facebook’s Trump Gift to Democrats

Biden couldn’t be happier as the social-media platform lifts its ban on the former President.

January 27, 2023

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January 26, 2023

Is George Santos Now Trying to Hide His Spotify?

The disgraced congressman has admitted a lot of embarrassing things but seems determined to distance himself from his... playlists.

January 26, 2023

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January 25, 2023

Meta to allow Donald Trump back on Facebook, Instagram

Meta Platforms Inc META.O said on Wednesday it will restore former U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021.

January 25, 2023

File photo: President Donald Trump looks at his phone in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on June 18, 2020. © Alex Brandon, AP

January 19, 2023

Scandal just keeps getting worse

A freshman US politician reportedly dressed as a drag queen named “Kitara” while living in Brazil more than a decade ago.

January 19, 2023

George Santos reportedly lied about his business career and other matters. Picture: Getty Images via AFP)

January 16, 2023

Powerful Republican fires back at White House response in classified documents fight

FBI hasn't released pictures of Biden's classified documents as it did with former President Trump

January 16, 2023

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio (AP Photo/Evan Vucci/File)

January 16, 2023

White House says there are no visitor logs for Biden's home

The White House has said that there are no visitor logs available for President Joe Biden's private home.
Congressional Republicans are demanding to see visitor logs for US President Joe Biden's homes, arguing that the discovery of classified files at one of his residences is a national security risk.

January 16, 2023

GETTY IMAGES / The White House voluntarily releases a visitors log on its website. But a similar log is not maintained for the private homes of presidents, the White House counsel's office said

January 15, 2023

There’s one winner in the Biden documents discovery: Donald Trump

Biden’s retention of classified papers is different from the Mar-a-Lago case, but it is a big setback for his administration

January 15, 2023

The issue could become an even bigger headache for Biden. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

January 14, 2023

The Biden, Trump cases 3:22 (Video: Blair Guild/The Post; photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Post) More classified documents found at Biden’s Wilmington home, White House says

The president’s personal attorney also released a timeline of events regarding the discovery of classified documents at Biden’s office and Wilmington home.

January 14, 2023

President Biden makes his way to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

January 12, 2023

Special Counsel Will Investigate Biden Documents Case

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Robert K. Hur as special counsel after the discovery of two batches of classified documents from Mr. Biden’s time as vice president. One set was recovered from the garage of his home in Wilmington, Del.

January 12, 2023