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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Washington — OneSenate Republican on Wednesday scuttled a Democrat-led effort to pass legislation that would safeguard access to IVF nationwide. The bill aims to preempt state efforts to restrict access to the fertility treatments since a ruling earlier the Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos could be considered children under a state law. Thedecisionmade it possible …
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Washington — CBS News projected President Biden and former President Donald Trump hadeasy victories in Michigan’s Democratic and Republican primaries on Tuesday, leaving little question about who will secure the party’s backing heading into the general election in November. But turnout was lower than previous contests, amid concerns about voter apathy in the key battleground state. How many people voted …
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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 …
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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 …
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