Politics

Economy is Already Collapsing, Majority of Americans Believe

The new poll also suggested that most Americans don't think the economy will improve any time soon.

June 18, 2022

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The share of Americans who believe the U.S. is in a recession crossed the 50 percent mark this month. People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 14, 2022 in New York City SPENCER PLATT/GETTY

Peter Navarro faces a possible prison term if convicted on the contempt of Congress brought against him © AP

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro charged with contempt of Congress

June 04, 2022

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Trump-backed celebrity doctor wins Pennsylvania Senate primary

June 04, 2022

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May 18, 2022

Pennsylvania primary: Trump-backed 'Dr Oz' in cliffhanger vote count

A Trump-backed celebrity doctor's campaign to run as the next Republican senator for Pennsylvania has come down to a nail-biting conclusion.

May 18, 2022

REUTERS / Mehmet Oz won Mr Trump's backing

May 03, 2022

President Biden responds to Roe v. Wade Supreme Court leak

“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the draft opinion which is dated Feb. 10.

May 03, 2022

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April 08, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed to the Supreme Court, Becoming the First Black Woman Justice in U.S. History

The Senate voted, 53-47, to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Supreme Court justice, making history in diversifying the bench while leaving unchanged the conservative tilt of a court preparing to tackle gay rights, environmental regulations and race in college admissions.

April 08, 2022

President Biden congratulated Judge Jackson after the Senate voted to confirm her. PHOTO: CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES

April 02, 2022

Jen Psaki to leave White House – media

The White House press secretary is said to be at the final stage of talks with the MSNBC network

April 02, 2022

March 21, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings begin – could Republicans sink her chances?

Nominee could become first black woman in supreme court’s history, and Biden is hoping for a smooth confirmation process

March 21, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson with Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia on Tuesday. Democrats cannot be complacent about the chances of Jackson getting through. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

March 10, 2022

OPINION The real reason the feds haven’t indicted Trump

The federal court system would be crippled if many more defendants started exercising their right to a jury trial.

March 10, 2022

Former President Donald Trump and Attorney General Merrick Garland (Getty Images)

March 02, 2022

Biden Unveils New Covid-19 Strategy for Next Phase of Response

The administration will need to secure enough funding to fulfill an array of plans

March 02, 2022

New studies offer clues about who may be more susceptible to long Covid, a term for lingering Covid-19 symptoms. WSJ breaks down the science of long Covid and the state of treatment. Illustration: Jacob Reynolds for the Wall Street Journal

March 02, 2022

Ukraine crisis: Biden threatens to punish Putin over invasion

US President Joe Biden has told Congress that Vladimir Putin badly misjudged how the West would hit back once he invaded Ukraine.

March 02, 2022

GETTY IMAGES / Ukraine flags and badges were in evidence

February 21, 2022

Florida's DeSantis gains popularity with Trump-like anti-'woke' agenda

Florida's governor is becoming the clear Trump alternative for Republicans.

February 21, 2022

Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE President Donald Trump speaks with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during an event at the Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center on Oct. 03, 2019, in The Villages, Florida.

February 17, 2022

US: Donald Trump, family must testify in fraud investigation

The former US President has been ordered to answer questions under oath in a probe on alleged fraudulent practices at his family business.

February 17, 2022

The business practices of the Trump family and Trump Organization have been closely scrutinized

February 15, 2022

Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin's New York Times libel lawsuit

A New York judge has ruled that a libel lawsuit filed against the New York Times by former Alaska governor and vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin will be thrown out due to lack of evidence.

February 15, 2022

GETTY IMAGES | Sarah Palin had accused the NY Times of trying to "score political points'

February 05, 2022

Pence dismisses Trump claim that he could have overturned 2020 election

In a sharp rebuke of his former boss, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday that Donald Trump was wrong to believe Pence had the power to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential election that Trump has falselyclaimed was stolen from him.

February 05, 2022

Former US Vice President Mike Pence participates in a debate in Salt Lake City, Utah, in this file photo from October 7, 2021. © Justin Sullivan, Reuters

January 28, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson emerges as frontrunner for vacant US Supreme Court seat

If appointed, she would be the first black woman to sit on country’s most powerful bench

January 28, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson was last year confirmed by the Senate to the District of Columbia appeals court © Tom Williams/Pool/Reuters

January 27, 2022

'This Is a Complicated Country': Read Stephen Breyer's Supreme Court Retirement Speech

After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death gave former President Donald Trump a chance for a last-minute nomination, Democrats ramped up pressure for Breyer to retire. His retiring would eliminate the risk of his seat going to a conservative justice, swaying the court even farther to the right.

January 27, 2022

January 27, 2022

Black Women Overwhelmingly Support Black Female Supreme Court Nominee: Poll

The poll was conducted from January 4 to 9 among 507 Black women voters nationwide and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5.04 percent.

January 27, 2022

January 27, 2022

US Supreme Court: The women in the running to replace Stephen Breyer

US President Joe Biden has affirmed that he will appoint an African-American woman to the top US court for the first time in history.

January 27, 2022

GETTY IMAGES | President Joe Biden announced on Thursday Justice Stephen Breyer will retire in June

January 27, 2022

Unthinkable Kamala career move suggested

An outlandish theory suggesting US Vice President Kamala Harris will soon find herself in a new job has been rubbished by experts.

January 27, 2022

Justice Stephen Breyer is about to step down. Picture: Mandel Ngan/AFP