Politics

Washington — President Biden praised Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s speech that criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it “a good speech,” though he declined to elaborate. Mr. Biden said Friday the White House was given advance notice of Schumer’s speech, in which the New York Democrat and highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the U.S. called Netanyahu a “major …

A Manhattan judge pushed back former President Donald Trump’s trial in his New York criminal case, following a surprise shakeup in the case just 10 days before it had been scheduled to begin. The trial, on felony charges of falsification of business records related to payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, had been expected to start March 25, but …

Fort Pierce, Florida — A federal judge in Florida on Thursday denied one of former President Donald Trump’s motions to dismiss the case on his handling of classified documents, hours after he and his lawyers were in court to present their arguments. JudgeAileen Cannondenied the motion which argued that the Espionage Act statute under which Trump was charged was unconstitutionally …

Washington — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the U.S., on Thursday for the first time called for the Israeli government to hold an election, calling it the “only way” to determine Israel’s path forward after its war with Hamas. “I believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and …

Washington — Americans could lose access to TikTok within six months if a bill that seeks to force its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance to sell its stake is signed into law. But the popular video-sharing app’s potential demise in the U.S. depends on whether the legislation can overcome a number of hurdles in Congress and survive legal scrutiny. Lawmakers have …

ST. PAUL, Minn. —Vice President Kamala Harris visited a Minnesota women’s reproductive health clinic that performs abortion services during her visit to the state Thursday, which her office is touting as the first time that either a sitting president or vice president has visited a reproductive health clinic. “I am here at this health care clinic to uplift the work …

Washington — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced on Wednesday that he will step down from leadership after November’s elections, teeing up a race for the top Republican post in the Senate that has been years in the making. McConnell’s retirement from leadership marks the end of the longest-serving leadership term in Senate history, after 17 years at the party’s …

Washington — The Biden administration is proposing regulations to help the Justice Department stop data brokers from selling Americans’ personal information to “countries of concern,” the White House announced Wednesday. President Biden is issuing an executive order that will for the first time propose guardrails that shield bulk biometric and healthcare data and financial information collected by businesses inside the …

Washington —The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would decide whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to broad immunity from prosecution for acts allegedly committed while in office, teeing up another blockbuster election-year showdown that could have major ramifications for the federal criminal cases against him. The unsigned order from the high court granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request …

Washington — Congressional leaders reached a deal Wednesday on a short-term funding extension to head off a partial government shutdown on Saturday. The deal extends funding for some government agencies until March 8 and the rest until March 22. It sets up a potential vote next week for six of the 12 appropriations bills that fund the departments of Agriculture, …