Amid the 2024 presidential race, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump faces serious criminal charges for his handling of national security documents.
Author: Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY
This week in politics: U.S. averts default; DeSantis jabs Trump, reporters.
America tiptoed toward a dangerous cliff, but lawmakers raised the debt ceiling and avoided a catastrophic default on the nation’s debt.
Senate leaders must now navigate debt ceiling deal: 3 things to know
Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Mitch McConnell have endorsed the plan to raise the U.S. debt limit, but one member could derail the agreement.
GOP hardliners are furious, Democrats play coy: What to know ahead of the House debt ceiling vote
Kevin McCarthy’s speakership faces its biggest test since he grabbed the gavel as his debt deal with President Joe Biden comes up for a vote.
This week in politics: Title 42 ends; Trump loses defamation case; Santos indicted
President Biden faces a humanitarian and political crisis at the U.S-Mexico border with Title 42 ending.
This week in politics: Biden casts 2024 as ‘battle’ for America’s soul; McCarthy ushers in GOP debt plan
President Joe Biden’s reelection kicked off as Democrats gear up for the 2024 presidential campaign, and Speaker McCarthy pushed through a debt plan.
This week in politics: McCarthy unveils debt limit proposal; Feinstein substitute plan foiled
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt limit plan is being slammed by the White House, but first he’ll have to get the proposal through the thorny House.
This week in politics: Tim Scott takes a step closer to 2024; Feinstein pressed to resign
Republican Tim Scott formed an exploratory committee for 2024.
Meanwhile, Democrat Dianne Feinstein is facing calls within her own party to resign.
Trump-fueled election deniers still ‘spread lies,’ experts warn. What does that mean for 2024?
Republicans who embraced the ‘big lie’ aren’t leaving the public stage, but instead have continued to peddle conspiracies from safer political ground.
Elián González, known in US for international custody fight, now an elected official in Cuba
Elián González was a poster child of U.S.-Cuba diplomatic conflict in 1999. Now he wants to improve the two countries relationship as a top official.