President Biden and top Democratic lawmakers in Washington distanced themselves from pro-Palestinian protests engulfing many college campuses this week, as Republicans work overtime to associate them with the chaotic scenes unfolding around the country ahead of the 2024 elections. The Democratic rebukes aimed at young protesters ranged from vague cautioning against violence to strongly-worded calls for crackdowns on rule-breaking students ...
In Rep. Michael McCaul’s office, World War II artifacts and images are on display, such as a B-17 bombardier jacket belonging to his father that sits prominently on a shelf. The items are a nod to his father’s Air Force service in that war, but they now perhaps carry more weight and relevance than at any point in the two ...
President Biden on Friday gave the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 19 people — with recipients covering nearly every corner of American life, including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Olympic champion Katie Ledecky, Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh and, posthumously, civil rights leader Medgar Evers. This post appeared first on The Washington Post ...
NEW YORK — Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump, appeared to break down crying on the witness stand Friday at Trump’s criminal trial, where she described campaign and White House efforts to keep a lid on scandalous stories about his past sex life. Her time on the stand marked a significant shift in the focus of trial ...
As protests over the Israel-Gaza war sweep college campuses, pro-Palestinian activists are ramping up plans for a major show of force at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, increasingly worrying Democrats who fear the demonstrations could interfere with or overshadow their efforts to project unity ahead of the November election. If unruly protests unfold during the four days of the ...
You’ve heard of the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party, maybe even the Green Party. But have you heard of the We the People party? Unlike the two major parties, which have specific platforms, the We the People party isn’t about policy but rather ballot access. The We the People party was formed to help get Robert F. ...
The value of a political party is that it makes things easier for candidates and voters. Voters get a useful on-ballot shorthand for “this person generally agrees with me.” Candidates get resources and support — but also a big pool of people who will see that shorthand and vote for them. This post appeared first on The Washington Post ...
Former president Donald Trump is taking a familiar tack: preemptively questioning the integrity of another election in which he’s competing before ballots are cast. In recent media interviews, Trump declined to commit to accepting the 2024 presidential election results, a posture that drew a sharp rebuke Thursday from the Biden campaign, which said the former president is a “danger to ...
Donald Trump’s defense team suggested Thursday that rather than orchestrating a hush money scheme, the former president was really the target of a shakedown attempt by unscrupulous entertainment figures who saw his 2016 presidential campaign as an opportunity for a quick payday. In the most contentious testimony yet in the criminal trial, Los Angeles lawyer Keith Davidson denied accusations that ...
House Republicans are deploying their oversight powers to scrutinize pro-Palestinian protests and antisemitism on college campuses, aiming to highlight the hot-button issue ahead of the November election. At least four Republican committee chairs are now investigating the student-led demonstrations as part of what House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has described as a House-wide probe of antisemitism in America. This post ...