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Taiwan’s Tsai invokes Reagan at high-stakes meeting with McCarthy

Taiwan's president invoked the Cold War-era legacy of former President Reagan during her highly anticipated meeting with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California on Wednesday, warning that "democracy is under threat" and underscoring the need to keep "the beacon of freedom shining."

April 5, 2023

Biden heading to Belfast next week, marking the Good Friday agreement anniversary and economy

President Biden will travel to Northern Ireland and Ireland next week to support Belfast's economic plans and mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement that ended much of the violence known as "the Troubles," the White House said Wednesday.

April 5, 2023

Trump pleads not guilty at arraignment to 34 felony counts; first former president to be arrested

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday in front of a New York state judge to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records as he became the first ex-president in history to be arrested, in a prosecution hotly challenged by Mr. Trump and his lawyers as a partisan probe.

April 4, 2023

Courthouse spectacle magnifies America’s political fissure as pro-Trump, anti-Trump forces clash

A wild mix of reporters, activists and tourists converged Tuesday near the Manhattan Supreme Court to take in the history of former President Trump's arraignment and booking.

April 4, 2023

Trump arrives in New York to face criminal charges: ‘America was not supposed to be this way!’

Former President Donald Trump on Monday bolstered his legal team with a white-collar criminal defense lawyer and traveled to Manhattan, where heavy security precautions were erected ahead of his court arraignment and booking as the first ex-president to be charged with crimes.

April 3, 2023

Biggest show in Big Apple: Circus around Trump indictment kicks off with songs, devil-clad woman

The Big Apple has seen a lot of things, but it's never taken in what's on tap for Tuesday: A former president getting booked and arraigned on a criminal indictment related to hush payments to a porn star.

April 3, 2023

How the U.S. tossed in the towel and fell behind Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic

The U.S. failed to evaluate the harm of lost learning versus the coronavirus when it closed schools during the pandemic and fell behind Europe in getting children back into the classroom even as leaders tried to reopen bars and gyms, experts told House investigators this week.

April 1, 2023

State Department trying to get personnel to imprisoned WSJ reporter in Russia

The White House on Friday said the State Department is working to get a counselor to the Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained in Russia this week on espionage charges, sparking a furious reaction in the U.S.

March 31, 2023

MTG says she will protest Trump’s indictment in NYC

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Friday said she will go to New York to protest former President Donald Trump's indictment on charges tied to a probe into hush payments for porn star Stormy Daniels.

March 31, 2023

Trump lawyer says indictment is ‘rule of law dying’

An attorney for ex-President Donald Trump says the upcoming arraignment in New York is going to be unusual but doesn't expect to see his client in handcuffs.

March 31, 2023

Trump’s 2024 GOP rivals react carefully to indictment, condemn N.Y. prosecutor

The emerging field for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 responded to the indictment of former President Donald Trump by attacking the liberal prosecutor in charge of the investigation while declining to delve into whether the ex-president did something wrong.

March 31, 2023

Russian spy charges for U.S. reporter spark outrage

Russian authorities arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter Thursday on allegations of espionage, sparking a furious reaction in Washington, adding fresh tension to already icy U.S.-Russian relations and stoking fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin has fully embraced a new strategy as retaliation for Western opposition to his war in Ukraine.

March 30, 2023

Washington is getting antsy about ‘tranq,’ a nasty drug complicating fentanyl crisis

Congress is sounding the alarm over "tranq," an animal sedative that is being mixed with fentanyl with alarming frequency and worsening the U.S. overdose crisis.

March 30, 2023

Federal judge in Texas blocks Obamacare preventive-care mandates nationwide

A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down a part of Obamacare that requires insurers to cover cancer screenings and other preventive services for free.

March 30, 2023

WSJ reporter arrested in Russia on charges of espionage

Russia's security agency said Thursday it had arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter on allegations of espionage, charges the newspaper denied.

March 30, 2023

Sen. John Fetterman set to return to Capitol week of April 17

Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is scheduled to return to the Senate the week of April 17 after weeks of treatment for depression.

March 30, 2023

Congress must fight D.C.’s ‘shocking’ crime trend, says Rep. James Comer

A powerful House chairman on Wednesday said the District of Columbia has "deteriorated and declined" across the board in recent years, leaving Congress no choice but to step in and restore public safety in the nation's capital on behalf of residents, workers and visitors.

March 29, 2023

Senate Chaplain Barry Black delivers rare rebuke after Nashville shooting

Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black delivered an unusually blunt message during his opening prayer Tuesday, urging lawmakers to do something about gun violence after a mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee.

March 29, 2023

Chris Christie: I can’t support Trump if he’s the 2024 nominee

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie famously endorsed Donald Trump for the presidency after dropping out of the 2016 Republican primary. But this time? Not a chance, he says.

March 29, 2023

U.S. prioritized adults over kids with school shutdowns, experts say: ‘Worst public health decision’

The U.S. failed to evaluate the harm of lost learning versus the coronavirus when it closed schools during the pandemic and fell behind Europe in getting kids back into the classroom even as leaders tried to reopen bars and gyms, experts told House investigators Tuesday.

March 28, 2023