Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with James Tignanelli, with the Police Officers Association of Michigan as he attends a campaign event on April 02, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Spencer Platt via Getty Images A Michigan police union has become the second to back Donald Trump, who glorifies and promises to pardon individuals charged … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to speak by phone on Thursday, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the call. It will be their first direct communication since seven aid workers were killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza this week. The discussion comes after Biden on Tuesday delivered … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has faced protests over the conflict in Gaza all over the country, but this week he confronted one inside the White House itself. The occasion was a private meeting on Tuesday where Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and national security leaders could hear from Muslim Americans about their concerns … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Wednesday rejected Donald Trump‘s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan deemed the former president’s request untimely, ruling that his lawyers had myriad … Read more
Additional funding to help Ukraine fight its war against Russia has divided Republicans on Capitol Hill — but it’s also dividing candidates and voters in GOP primaries. The latest example is outside Indianapolis, where a narrator in an ad that recently hit the airwaves in Indiana’s 5th District says, “Why does Victoria Spartz put Ukraine … Read more
Prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith’s team ask Judge Aileen Cannon to reverse herself on her proposed instructors to jurors in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial. If she does not, they tell Cannon that they could seek a “writ of mandamus” to force her to do so. Here are the latest legal developments … Read more
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers are expecting a legal challenge to a proposed congressional age limit, and estimate $1 million to defend the measure up to the U.S. Supreme Court, in what some observers see as a likely test case. A top legislative panel on Wednesday unanimously approved a $1 million cost estimate … Read more
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With only months to go before what is shaping up to be a hotly contested presidential election, Nebraska’s Republican governor is calling on state lawmakers to move forward with a “winner-take-all” system of awarding Electoral College votes. “It would bring Nebraska into line with 48 of our fellow states, better reflect … Read more
A renewed push by Nebraska Republicans to move to a “winner-take-all” system in presidential elections has raised the prospect that the 2024 contest could end in an electoral college tie — with the House of Representatives deciding the winner. Nebraska and Maine are the only states that divide their electoral votes according to the presidential … Read more
As President Joe Biden tries to reverse early low polling support from Hispanics, a liberal nonprofit and its political action committee have announced plans to spend $57 million to turn out Latino voters. Somos Votantes, the Latino advocacy group that operates Somos PAC, gave NBC News an early look at its 2024 plans to expand … Read more