RFK Jr.'s reign of error: Correcting the record about yet another false claim he just made
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic candidate for the presidency, went on the Jordan B. Peterson podcast on June 5 and told a wild and false story about me from 2005 that I want to tell you about.
2023-06-23 00:15
Supreme Court limits federal prisoners' ability to bring some post-conviction challenges
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a federal prisoner who argued he should be able to challenge his 27-year sentence for firearms possession based on changes in the law since his trial.
2023-06-22 23:18
Chinese ambassador to US makes 'strong protests' to White House over Biden comments
Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng "made serious representations and strong protests to senior officials of the White House and the US Department of State on June 21" following President Joe Biden's comments likening Chinese President Xi Jinping to a dictator, the embassy said in a statement urging the United States to "take earnest action" or "bear all the consequences."
2023-06-22 22:52
Obama says meeting with anti-democratic leaders is one of the more complex parts of being president
Former President Barack Obama told CNN Thursday that meeting with dictators or other anti-democratic leaders is just one of the complex facets of the American presidency.
2023-06-22 20:29
Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd launches 2024 bid for GOP presidential nomination
Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd on Thursday launched a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, joining a crowded field looking to challenge front-runner former President Donald Trump.
2023-06-22 20:27
Alito in the hot seat over trips to Alaska and Rome he accepted from groups and individuals who lobby the Supreme Court
Concerns about ethics and transparency at the Supreme Court have been reignited this week after Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged attending a luxury fishing trip on the private jet of a conservative hedge fund manager.
2023-06-22 20:18
Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive 'not meeting expectations,' Western officials tell CNN
In its early phases, Ukraine's counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN.
2023-06-22 19:54
Texas Senate votes to bar Sen. Angela Paxton from voting in husband's impeachment trial
State Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, will no longer be allowed to vote in her husband's upcoming impeachment proceedings as a result of new rules the state Senate approved Wednesday night.
2023-06-22 19:52
White House bets on plant-based diplomacy at India state dinner
President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden are set to fête India Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday evening at the White House, hosting a lavish, tented state dinner featuring a plant-based menu for their guest of honor, who is a vegetarian.
2023-06-22 12:22
Trump receives first batch of evidence against him in classified documents case, including audio tapes
Special counsel Jack Smith has begun producing evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case to Donald Trump, according to a Wednesday court filing that hints that investigators collected for the case multiple recordings of the former president -- not just audio of an interview Trump gave at Bedminster for a forthcoming Mark Meadows memoir.
2023-06-22 09:16
Biden rolls out the red carpet for Modi for a visit fraught with trade-offs
Welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House this week for a state visit -- the most elevated form of American diplomacy -- will require President Joe Biden to make certain trade-offs.
2023-06-22 07:00
It's censure and impeachment season again
Americans' competing political realities are colliding fantastically on Capitol Hill this week in a public punishment, an ill-fated impeachment effort and the dissection of another special counsel's report.
2023-06-22 06:30