A federal appeals court upheld an $83.3 million judgment against President Donald Trump for defamation against writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected on Monday Trump’s appeal of a January 2024 jury finding related to the president’s 2019 denial of Carroll’s allegation […]
A longstanding peace vigil opposite the White House has not been dismantled despite President Donald Trump‘s insistence that it be removed. On Monday morning, the anti-war encampment and two spokespeople manning it were still in Lafayette Park, the Washington Examiner found. A spokeswoman claimed that the Trump administration removed part of the vigil on Friday […]
Trade adviser Peter Navarro filed a lawsuit Sunday evening demanding that the Justice Department explain in detail why it recently reversed course on backing his criminal conviction. Navarro, an economic policy adviser to President Donald Trump in his first and second terms, was found guilty in 2023 of contempt of Congress after prosecutors from the […]
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo dismissed the notion that he is President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in New York’s mayoral race. On Monday, Cuomo appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to respond to a New York Times report that White House advisers are considering a position for incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in the Trump administration. “I don’t […]
President Donald Trump is delivering remarks about religious liberty on Monday morning at the Museum of the Bible. The president is expected to address the White House Religious Liberty Commission at the event in Washington, D.C., beginning around 10:10 a.m. The Religious Liberty Commission is part of the White House faith office that Trump created in May […]
Russia struck a thermal power generation facility in the Kyiv region overnight into Monday as President Donald Trump threatened to impose a second round of sanctions on Moscow. Russia deployed about 140 drones into Ukraine overnight. The Ukrainian Air Force said it intercepted or suppressed most of the drones, but 26 aerial projectiles came into […]
Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a group of Israeli civilians at a Jerusalem bus stop on Monday, killing at least six people and injuring another 12 in what was Israel’s deadliest mass shooting in less than a year. The two attackers targeted a group of people waiting at a bus stop. Israeli media outlets reported […]
Weeks of walking a political tightrope are finally set to pay off for Muriel Bowser, the Democratic Washington, D.C., mayor whose city’s police force has been under federal control for nearly a month. President Donald Trump’s 30-day emergency order to take over the Metropolitan Police Department to combat crime will expire Wednesday, capping off a […]
President Donald Trump and his MAGA agenda are not shy when it comes to bending conservative norms. In his second term, states’ rights, once a rallying cry for conservatives, are under pressure. Trump has strong-armed private companies and universities, and is testing the approach to free speech, while showing flexible foreign policy when it comes […]
President Donald Trump’s efforts to foster artificial intelligence growth could exacerbate negative labor market trends. Trump embraced AI on the 2024 campaign trail, leading Elon Musk and other technocrats to steadily pump millions into his reelection effort. Since entering office in January, Trump has announced a number of AI-focused initiatives, including the Stargate Project, a private […]
