Politics

U.S. Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., brought his 6-year-old son Guy to work on Monday and he stole the show while Rose was making a speech.

Menendez’s formal entry into the race comes as he faces trial on federal bribery charges and a day before the Democratic primary to fill his Senate seat in New Jersey.

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is charged with lying on federal gun purchase forms when he said he wasn’t using narcotics. According to his memoir, Hunter Biden was in the throes of a crack addiction.

Donald Trump’s lead attorney in his New York criminal case told The Associated Press he was “shocked” at the former president’s calm demeanor when the verdict was read in court. Defense lawyer Todd Blanche said Trump “just kind of took it” with the appropriate solemnness for the moment.

The Biden administration is finalizing details of a new executive action that would let the president temporarily shut the southern border to migrants if necessary, and it is in talks with Mexican leaders to get their crucial buy-in before proceeding, according to multiple officials familiar with the negotiations.

The 34 felony guilty verdicts returned against Donald Trump spurred a wave of violent rhetoric aimed at the prosecutors, the judge and the jurors who unanimously agreed there was no reasonable doubt that Trump falsified business records.

President Joe Biden blasted former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against a New York judge and prosector, one day after a jury unanimously found Trump guilty on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records. “It is reckless, it’s dangerous and it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don’t like the verdict.”...

A day after a jury unanimously found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, former President Donald Trump spoke for over 30 minutes from the lobby of Trump Tower to blast the judge as being “highly conflicted” and fundraise for his presidential campaign.

A day after he was found guilty of 34 felony charges in New York, the former president launched into attacks on the judge and tried to repackage his conviction as fuel, not an impediment, for his latest White House bid.

A New York jury’s historic conviction of Donald Trump on felony charges means his fate is now in the hands of the judge he’s repeatedly ripped as “corrupt” and “incompetent.”

Former President Donald Trump was found guilty Thursday on all 34 felony counts in his criminal trial over concealing hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign.

Chief Justice John Roberts has declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and flags that flew outside Justice Samuel Alito’s homes. Roberts’ response came in a letter to the senators Thursday.

United States District Court judge Larry R. Hicks was hit by a car and killed outside the federal courthouse in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. He was 80.