The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election case in Washington has issued a number of orders this week. The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election case in Washington has issued a number of orders this week. After the U.S. Supreme Court formally sent the case back to Judge Tanya Chutkan last month, she
Walz joins Harris at rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin Walz joins Harris at rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin 03:52 LOS ANGELES — Steve Martin’s next role will not be the Midwestern politician the internet hoped he’d portray. With Maya Rudolph’s wildly popular impression of Kamala Harris on “Saturday Night Live,” fans clamored to see who
The White House says Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks are “close,” amid fears of a widening Middle East war following high-profile assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders. Israel launched a rare airstrike on Lebanon’s capital of Beirut on July 30, killing Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, a close advisor to Hezbollah’s secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah. A day later, the
The leaders of the U.S., Egypt and Qatar called for Israel and Hamas to resume cease-fire talks next week in either Doha or Cairo. In a joint statement, President Biden, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani urged both parties “to resume urgent discussion” on Aug. 15 “to close
As governor of Minnesota, one of Tim Walz’s accomplishments was signing a 2023 education law that included a mandate for schools to provide free menstrual supplies to students in grades 4 through 12. That mandate is drawing fresh attention as the Trump campaign seeks to criticize Walz for the law, claiming it requires school districts
Challengers argued that the new law was unconstitutional because it returns voting rights to felons on release, before civil rights are returned. The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2023 state law returning voting rights to Minnesotans with felony convictions immediately after their release from prison. In its Aug. 7 ruling, the state’s highest court
After years of commenting on politics, CNN weekend anchor John Avlon, a self-proclaimed “centrist,” decided to, in his words, “step up and get off the sidelines.” In February, the former Rudy Giuliani speechwriter announced that he was running as a Democrat to unseat Republican representative Nick LaLota in New York’s First Congressional District, located in