Judge rejects Trump’s bid to delay “hush money” trial, confirms April 15 start

The New York judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump stemming from a “hush money” payment made to an adult film star rejected his bid to delay the trial over a new batch of documents, ruling after a hearing Monday that proceedings would get underway on April 15. “[Prosecutors] went so far

Joe Biden’s Political Origin Story Is Almost Certainly Bogus. And He Just Swore to It Under Oath.

For nearly two decades, President Joe Biden has told a story about why he devoted his life to politics. Speaking to Special Counsel Robert Hur in October 2023, he told it under oath. Fresh out of law school and working as a clerk at a high-powered Wilmington, Delaware, law firm, Biden, in his telling, was

Harvard’s Federal Funds on Chopping Block for Obstructing Congressional Anti-Semitism Probe, House Chair Says

Harvard University risks losing more than half a billion dollars in federal funding as it obstructs a congressional investigation into widespread anti-Semitism on its campus, according to the top lawmaker handling the probe. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.), chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce—which is investigating Harvard and other top American

Louisiana sheriff’s candidate who won by single vote easily wins do-over

Shreveport, La. — Months after his disputed one-vote victory in a Louisiana sheriff’s race was tossed by a court, a career law enforcement officer was decisively elected on his second try Saturday. Democratic candidate Henry Whitehorn got 53% of the vote in Saturday’s election in northwest Louisiana’s Caddo Parish. He’ll be the parish’s first Black