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Hungary's foreign minister says the West’s steady criticism of his country on democratic and cultural issues makes the right-wing government reluctant to offer support on practical matters, specifically NATO’s buildup against Russia.

Donald Trump awarded Anthony Fauci for his work on the COVID vaccine, potentially fueling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' line of attack about Trump's handling of the pandemic.

The United States would need a new law that allows the government to regulate speech if the country wants to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, experts say.

Trump reclaims the top spot -- for now, at least.

Responding to a question about whether he would become former President Trump's running mate come 2024, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Newsmax that he is "more of an executive guy."

Recent moves by President Joe Biden to pressure TikTok and approve oil drilling in an untapped area of Alaska are testing the loyalty of a young voters.

Former President Donald Trump revealed Friday whether he is considering an alliance with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2024 once the Republican presidential primary concludes.

Here are the top five wildest moments from this past week of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into former President Donald J. Trump.

The former president holds his first rally of the 2024 campaign on Saturday, as he seeks to further slow his chief GOP rival.

The Donald Trump-loving Arizona Republican's claim was quickly debunked by C-SPAN anchor Greta Brawner.

In the revelatory biography “Ringmaster,” Abraham Riesman explores the strangely entwined worlds of Trump-era politics and the WWE.

After mostly brushing off repeated attacks by former President Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is starting to punch back, as the 2024 Republican White House race heats up

The United States seeks to counter efforts by China, Russia and others to woo the continent after the turbulent Trump years.

The former Republican party boss summed up the modern GOP in a blunt nutshell.

A defiant Donald Trump is holding the first rally of his 2024 campaign in Waco, Texas, as he faces the prospect of a possible indictment.

Rep_ Marjorie Taylor Greene swept into the District of Columbia jail to check on conditions for the Jan_ 6 detainees, who chanted “Let’s Go Brandon!”.

Fox News host Laura Ingraham says former President Donald Trump was right about U.S. foreign policy compared to President Biden on "The Ingraham Angle."

HBO star Bill Maher argued that bringing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump over the hush money paid to Stormy Daniels will bolster his 2024 presidential campaign.

Alan Taylor on the visuals that have stuck with him

After a reader tip, a New York Times reporter found the painting, gifted by El Salvador's president, in an obscure room at a Trump Hotel in Miami.

A powdery substance was found Friday with a threatening letter in a mailroom at the offices of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Former President Donald Trump's rally in Waco, Texas, this weekend comes amid the 30th anniversary in the city of the infamous deadly standoff at the Branch Davidians compound.

Former President Donald Trump picking Waco, Texas, for the first rally of his 2024 campaign Saturday will put him in the middle of a big Republican state that has reliably delivered him big crowds. It will also put him not far from the grassy prairie where a standoff in 1993 between U.S. law enforcement and Branch Davidians infamously resulted in the deaths of more than 80 members of the religious cult and four federal agents. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the siege, which continues to hold deep symbolism and is still viewed by survivors of the compound as an act of unwarranted government intrusion.

A federal judge has threatened to report two attorneys for delaying the trial of Christopher Quaglin, a Jan. 6 protestor whose lawyer claims he is being treated for Lyme disease.

Erin Perrine is joining the "Never Back Down" super PAC supporting a DeSantis 2024 run, CBS News is first to report.

A package containing suspicious powder was delivered to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's New York City office, police said. No injuries have been reported.

A federal judge is threatening to report two attorneys for disciplinary action for delaying the trial of a man jailed on charges he assaulted police officers during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.

A federal judge in Washington is threatening to report two attorneys for possible disciplinary action for delaying the trial of a man waiting in jail on charges that he assaulted police officers during the Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, questioned in court papers filed Thursday whether attorney Joseph McBride was being sincere when he said last summer that he needed to push Christopher Quaglin's October trial; McBride said he has chronic Lyme disease and treatment and recovery would take two to three months. At the same time, the judge noted that McBride — who represents several Jan. 6 defendants — continued to do media interviews and spoke in October to a Republican county committee about his fight for the “January 6 political prisoners."

Jordan initially said he hadn't read Trump's post. When a reporter showed it to him, Jordan said he couldn't read well without his glasses.

“Potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country,” Trump wrote on his social media site.

President Joe Biden is frustrated with Kamala Harris for not “rising to the occasion” and failing to take more “off his plate” for fear of not succeeding, according to reports.

Trumpists will portray any indictment as political. Prosecutors can’t let them make that argument persuasively.

Evan Corcoran's appearance comes a day after another attorney for the former president confirmed he, too, testified in the special counsel's investigation.

Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran goes before a federal grand jury in Washington Friday, after losing a fight to keep his notes and other papers away from prosecutors.

Donald Trump is warning of “death & destruction” if he’s indicted.

A lawyer for Donald Trump is back in court in Washington after being ordered to answer questions before a grand jury investigating the possible mishandling of classified documents at the former president’s Florida estate.

A lawsuit to prevent Pennsylvania counties from fixing minor errors on mail-in ballots was dismissed by a judge. The judge claimed the counties have jurisdiction, not statewide courts.

The Florida governor addressed whether he'd be Trump's 2024 vice-presidential running mate.

The post-midnight posting on Truth Social, Trump’s social media platform, was his latest — and most explicit — allusion to violence that could follow an indictment.

Evangelical leaders are abandoning the former president, and his Republican rivals are scrambling to win their support.

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The GOP state representative fell for the sophomoric prank and recited a few made-up names at a civil justice hearing.

Biden’s first trip to Canada as president aims to bolster a close alliance and tackle issues such as immigration and trade.

Politico replaced a headline on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg after critics blasted the original story for labeling the liberal official "by the book."

The symbolism of the venue isn't so much a dog-whistle to extremists, but a "blaring air horn," the Houston Chronicle wrote in a blistering editorial.

Trump has repeatedly alluded to the possibility of political violence in the last several days and mocked calls for his supporters to stay peaceful.

The late-night host said the ex-president is clearly getting nervous as a potential indictment approaches.

Jesse Watters breaks down how despite the likelihood of Gov. Ron DeSantis running in 2024, former President Donald Trump's news overshadowed him on "Jesse Watters Primetime."

Trump's defense attorney, Joe Tacopina, went on CNN multiple times to discuss the hush money payment and once said that it's "fair game" for scrutiny.

The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 after a federal appeals court blocked it.

Jurors’ names will be kept secret at the upcoming trial of a writer’s rape lawsuit against former President Donald Trump.

The timelines, the issues at stake, and the threat they pose to the former president

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God lamented that former President Trump will most likely not be arrested thanks to "weak as f---" charges against him.

As revelations that a defense witness was also an FBI informant roil the already contentious Capitol riot trial of members of the far-right Proud Boys group, prosecutors say the informant was never told to gather information about the defendants or their lawyers.

Scientists for the federal government say documents that Georgia state regulators relied upon to conclude a proposed mine won't harm the nearby Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge are riddled with technical errors.

Fake images of former President Donald Trump being arrested by New York City police and Russian President Vladimir Putin behind prison bars have flooded social media in recent days.

Russian President Vladimir Putin in prison grays behind the bars of a dimly lit concrete cell. The highly detailed, sensational images have inundated Twitter and other platforms in recent days, amid news that Trump faces possible criminal charges and the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Putin. The images — and scores of variations littering social media — were produced using increasingly sophisticated and widely accessible image generators powered by artificial intelligence.

The former president offered a sprawling attack on his likely 2024 opponent on Wednesday. Some of it was even accurate.

Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis is walking back his characterization of Russia's war on Ukraine as a “territorial dispute."

Two people, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said no additional grand jury activity is planned this week in the high-profile investigation involving the former president.

The chairmen's letter "only came after Donald Trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day," general counsel Leslie Dubeck wrote.

The Manhattan grand jury investigating Donald Trump over hush money payments turned to other matters on Thursday and is not scheduled to meet on Friday, delaying until next week at the earliest a vote on whether to indict the former president.

Three Republican House chairmen had demanded communications, testimony and documents related to the investigation of the former president.

Any vote on a possible indictment against Trump would be pushed into next week.

The Manhattan district attorney investigating Donald Trump has rebuffed House Republicans’ request to turn over documents.

The Manhattan district attorney investigating Donald Trump rebuffed House Republicans’ request Thursday for documents and testimony about the case, dismissing it as an “unprecedented inquiry” with no legitimate basis. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the general counsel for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg slammed the congressional request as "an unlawful incursion into New York’s sovereignty.” “The Letter only came after Donald Trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene,” Leslie Dubeck wrote in the letter.

As spring sports get underway at East Palestine High School in Ohio, organizers are trying to create normalcy for student-athletes while cleanup from the February train derailment and toxic chemical burn continues just over a mile away.

Joe Biden likes to say he’s the most pro-union president in U.S. history.

The Arizona Supreme Court has declined to hear most of Republican Kari Lake’s appeal in a challenge of her defeat in the governor’s race, but revived a claim that was dismissed by a trial court.

A top Republican operative who worked as an adviser on Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s winning campaign has signed on to work for a super PAC urging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president.

House Republicans are demanding testimony and documents from two former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe.

A Brazilian government watchdog is giving former President Jair Bolsonaro five working days to return to authorities a set of jewels he received from Saudi Arabia in 2021.

A lawyer for one of the former Proud Boys leaders charged with seditious conspiracy says federal prosecutors have revealed that a defense witness was secretly acting as a government informant for nearly two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A federal appeals court in a sealed order has directed a lawyer for Donald Trump to turn over to prosecutors documents in the investigation into the former president’s retention of classified records at his Florida estate.

Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company are tangling over the high bar to prove defamation in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that has embarrassed the conservative network over its airing of false claims related to the 2020 presidential election.

As the world waits to see whether a grand jury indicts former President Donald Trump, crowds of reporters have gathered outside a courthouse in lower Manhattan.

The battle between the U.S. and China over TikTok came into full view when the social media platform’s CEO testified before Congressional lawmakers.

Manhattan prosecutors postponed a scheduled grand jury session on Wednesday in the investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign.

Republicans blasting a hush-money probe against former President Donald Trump as politically motivated are blaming a frequent target: George Soros.

At this point during the last presidential election in 2020, more than 15 Democrats had jumped into their party’s open presidential race.

More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is calling for “common sense and compassionate solutions” to reform entitlement programs and the nation’s debt burden.

For 40 years, former President Donald Trump has navigated a flurry of legal investigations without ever facing criminal charges.

A Virginia man who assaulted police with a stolen baton and used a flashing strobe light to disorient officers trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.

As we sit and wait to find out of former President Donald Trump will be arrested at some point over the next few days, pro-Trump and anti-Trump protestors have gathered around the country to let their voices be heard.

A Fox News producer claims the network “coerced” her testimony during a deposition in a libel lawsuit filed by a voting machine company.

A New York grand jury investigating hush payments made on Donald Trump’s behalf during the 2016 presidential campaign has refocused attention on the Manhattan district attorney steering the case.

The liberal candidate for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court isn't backing down from her support for abortion rights or her belief that the state's Republican-drawn legislative maps are unfair.

Former President Donald Trump is in Florida, waiting out the possibility of criminal charges in New York City — as the city braces for disruptions that could follow an indictment.

A handful of red-state Democrats were instrumental in helping Republicans secure a rollback of banking regulations sought by then-President Donald Trump in 2018.

From almost the moment he first rode down the escalator in Trump Tower, a question has loomed over the Republican Party: Is this the moment to break from Donald Trump.

House Republicans are rallying to the defense of former President Donald Trump before his possible indictment.

The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies in the hands of a Manhattan grand jury that has been meeting in secret to hear evidence for weeks.

Political debate is swirling ever since Former President Donald Trump announced on social media he expects to be arrested Tuesday. This due to a grand jury investigation in Manhattan.

Four people associated with the Oath Keepers were convicted on Monday of conspiracy and obstruction charges stemming from the attack on the U.S. Capitol in the latest trial involving members of the far-right antigovernment extremist group.

President Joe Biden has issued the first veto of his presidency in an early sign of shifting White House relations with the new Congress since Republicans took control of the House in January.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are attacking a special grand jury and prosecutors who investigated him in Georgia.

Federal prosecutors have rested their seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with plotting to stop the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 election.

Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests before his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters.

A New York grand jury investigating Donald Trump is hearing from final witnesses as law enforcement officials accelerate security preparations in advance of a possible indictment.