(AP) — The White House announced Tuesday that President Joe Biden will meet with Democratic lawmakers and governors, sit for a network TV interview and hold a press conference in the coming days as he pushes back against growing pressure…
(AP)–Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until at least September after the judge agreed Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump…
Former President Trump is seeing a bump in the polls following last week’s debate. The USA Today-Suffolk University poll shows Trump with 41-percent of support from voters compared to 38-percent for President Biden. That’s a slight…
(AP)–Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday they would not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial as he seeks to have the conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity…
(AP) — The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won’t stand trial before the November election. That…
(AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for next week. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited…
Gov. Greg Abbott is naming a new chief of staff. Robert Black will take over the day-to-day operations of the governor’s office on July 22nd, replacing Gardner Pate in the position. Black most recently served as vice president of public…
(AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to begin a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol…
(AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday kept a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users. The justices returned the cases to lower…
(AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday extended the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, all but ending prospects the former president could be tried…
President Biden took time out Sunday to huddle with family members at Camp David where he was said to be discussing the future of his re-election campaign. The private weekend retreat follows Thursday’s presidential debate that left many…
President Joe Biden’s shaky debate performance against former President Donald Trump last Thursday night was especially hard on Sen. Ted Cruz’s Democratic challenger. Colin Allred is a three-term congressman from Dallas who’s giving up a…
Story by TIM SULLIVAN The full House has approved an appropriations bill that would withhold millions of dollars in foreign aid funding to Mexico until the country delivers the water it owes under a key water-sharing treaty with the U.S.…
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on former President Trump’s immunity case on Monday. After the release of several decisions Friday, Chief Justice John Roberts announced that Monday will be the last decision day of the term. Trump’s…
The ACLU of Texas wants the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the convictions of three Gainesville protesters. In 2020 the three activists were involved in a protest against a Confederate monument in front of the Cooke County courthouse. The…
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of concern is growing inside the top ranks of the Democratic Party that leaders of Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously…
A federal judge in Texas is temporarily blocking a Biden Administration plan to extend overtime pay to around four million salaried workers. A new Labor Department rule passed in April requires overtime pay to salaried workers who earn…
(AP) — A federal judge on Friday approved the Biden administration’s request to partially end a nearly three-decade-old agreement to provide court oversight of how the government cares for migrant children in its custody. U.S. District…
(AP) — The sound you might have heard after the presidential debate this past week was of voters falling between a rock and a hard place. Apart from the sizable and pumped-up universe of Donald Trump’s supporters, the debate suddenly…
(AP) — Jill Biden was right at her husband’s side Saturday as they exited Air Force One to head for a pair of campaign stops at luxurious vacation homes on Long Island. And she got straight to the point when it was her turn to introduce…
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces will allow San Francisco to begin clearing homeless encampments that have plagued…
(AP) — The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to seek medical care for their children. The 8-1 ruling from the all…
(AP) — President Joe Biden strained to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of…
(AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places, ruling along ideological lines that such laws don’t amount to cruel and unusual punishment, even in West Coast areas…
(AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve suggests that inflation pressures in the U.S. economy are continuing to ease. Friday’s Commerce Department report showed that consumer prices were flat from April to…
(AP) — Above all, Joe Biden’s allies wanted him to demonstrate strength and energy on the debate stage to help put to rest questions about the 81-year-old Democrat’s physical and mental acuity. But on the biggest stage in U.S. politics on…
(AP) — To a large extent, it almost didn’t matter that Dana Bash and Jake Tapper were on stage. The two CNN journalists prepared meticulously to moderate Thursday’s presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the first ever…
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is being fined 500-dollars for illegally endorsing a candidate during a press conference that used public funds. The Texas Ethics Commission says Hidalgo endorsed Sean Teare during a press conference last…
A South Texas food bank is getting some help feeding local families from Mrs. Baird’s Bread. The company has pledged ten-thousand loaves of bread to the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley through its Fighting Texas Hunger campaign. The…
(AP) — A raspy and sometimes halting President Joe Biden tried repeatedly to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election, as his Republican rival countered Biden’s criticism by leaning into falsehoods about…