Judge in Trump’s classified documents case postpones May trial date
WASHINGTON — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Trump has indefinitely postponed a trial that had been set…
Japan, India reject Biden comments describing them as xenophobic
TOKYO — Japan and India on Saturday decried remarks by President Biden describing them as “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, which the president said…
Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to activists, athletes, politicians
WASHINGTON — President Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people Friday, including civil rights icons such as the late Medgar Evers, political leaders…
Biden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over Gaza
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over…
This San Diego teen was named a national student poet and read a poem at the White House
Reporting from Washington — The papers in her hand crackling, Maya Salameh stepped behind a microphone in the White House State Dining Room on Thursday afternoon…
Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discuss migration
WASHINGTON — President Biden spoke with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, about cooperating on migration policy as the U.S. leader continues to deliberate whether…
Column: Biden’s big campaign promises come with a warning label
WASHINGTON — For two weeks, former President Trump has been cooped up in a Manhattan courtroom on charges that he falsified records to conceal payments to…
Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from…
Opinion: Speaker Mike Johnson sings ‘Kumbaya’ with the Democrats
No one could have predicted that the worst Congress in memory would morph into the Kumbaya Congress. Or that Mike Johnson, the accidental House speaker…
Will Supreme Court make Trump immune from Jan. 6 prosecution?
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear former President Trump’s claim that he is entirely immune from prosecution for all of his “official acts”…
Biden’s Morehouse College graduation invitation draws backlash
ATLANTA — President Biden will be the commencement speaker at Morehouse College in Atlanta, giving the Democrat a key spotlight on one of the nation’s preeminent…
Justice Thomas returns to Supreme Court after one-day absence
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is back on the bench after an unexplained one-day absence. Thomas, 75, was in his usual seat, to the…
Hiltzik: The debate over student debt relief reemerges
You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden’s dispensing of student debt relief.…
Biden praises Japan prime minister’s leadership, nation’s rising clout
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden praised Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s “bold leadership” on a series of global crises as he welcomed the Japanese leader to the…
Former Trump officials are among his most vocal opponents
NEW YORK — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called him a “threat to democracy.” Former national security adviser John Bolton has declared him “unfit to…
Biden tours collapsed Baltimore bridge as clearing proceeds
BALTIMORE — President Biden got a firsthand look at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in…
Biden tells Netanyahu future U.S. support for war depends on steps to protect civilians
WASHINGTON — President Biden issued a stark warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S. support for Israel’s Gaza war depends on…
White House Easter egg roll draws a huge crowd
WASHINGTON — Thunder and lightning delayed the start of the annual Easter egg roll at the White House on Monday, but the event eventually rolled ahead…
Trump campaign criticizes Biden for declaring Transgender Day of Visibility, because it is also Easter
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s campaign and religious conservatives are criticizing President Biden for proclaiming March 31 — which corresponds with Easter Sunday this year — as…
Trump cronies McDaniel, Eastman, Navarro, Lake face reckoning
The arc of the moral universe — the one that is supposedly long and bending toward justice — seems finally to be edging closer to…