Tom Howell Jr.

Biden, Harris, congratulate new Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on inauguration

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday congratulated Bernardo Arevalo upon his inauguration as president of Guatemala and said they look forward to working on migration issues as the U.S. administration contends with an unchecked flow across the southern border.

January 15, 2024

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Congress needs a pay raise to attract people

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts says federal lawmakers should get a pay raise because Congress is becoming the "plaything of multimillionaires and billionaires."

January 15, 2024

Trump attacks Nikki Haley on Social Security, Medicare

Former President Donald Trump is cruising in Iowa but running ads in New Hampshire to dampen independent support for Nikki Haley, his nearest rival in the Granite State.

January 15, 2024

Trump, GOP ramp up probes into District Attorney Fani Willis in Georgia

Former President Donald Trump and his GOP allies are ramping up efforts to dismantle the Georgia election-subversion case against the ex-president, pointing to bombshell allegations of a personal relationship between the Democratic district attorney and taxpayer-funded special prosecutor.

January 12, 2024

Trump confidently sizes up remaining GOP field before Monday’s Iowa caucuses

Former President Donald Trump is grading the rest of the GOP field as failures before the primary season kicks off Monday in Iowa, confirming Chris Christie is "kaput" and banking on a victory over surging candidate Nikki Haley.

January 12, 2024

Sen. John N. Kennedy: Southern border is a ‘magnet’ for terrorists amid Middle East conflict

The porous U.S. southern border is becoming a magnet for potential terrorists and criminal cartel associates, a Republican senator warns in a new op-ed.

January 12, 2024

Rand Paul’s big announcement: He doesn’t like Nikki Haley

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he likes a few of the GOP candidates for president but he is sure of one thing: He is "Never Nikki."

January 12, 2024

Trump says he deserves damages for fraud perpetrated by N.Y. Attorney General James

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is the one who should receive damages in a New York civil fraud case because he is being politically persecuted, blowing past limits set by the trial judge who allowed the ex-president to vent for six minutes during closing arguments.

January 11, 2024

Trump lawyer: No evidence of fraud in New York case

A business fraud lawsuit against former President Donald Trump was "manufactured to pursue a political agenda" and New York Attorney General Letitia James failed to prove the 2024 GOP front-runner did anything wrong, a defense lawyer said Thursday in closing arguments.

January 11, 2024

N.Y. judge gets bomb threat at home before last day of Trump trial

New York Judge Arthur Engoron faced a bomb threat at his home ahead of closing arguments in the civil trial against former President Donald Trump and his real estate business.

January 11, 2024

Trump told he can’t deliver part of closing arguments in New York trial

A New York judge on Wednesday walked back his decision to let former President Donald Trump deliver part of the closing argument in his civil trial, blaming defense attorneys for failing to agree to any limits on what the ex-president could say.

January 10, 2024

Trump plans to deliver the closing argument in New York fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump wants to deliver part of the closing argument Thursday in the New York civil case that alleges his real estate company engaged in business fraud, according to multiple reports.

January 10, 2024

DA Fani Willis faces subpoena in divorce case in Georgia, could affect Trump case: Report

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis faces a subpoena to testify in the divorce case of a prosecutor she enlisted to assist her in the election-subversion investigation against former President Donald Trump and his allies, a hiring that raised allegations of an improper relationship and could unravel the sprawling case.

January 10, 2024

Trump says Obama, future presidents at risk if courts don’t grant criminal immunity

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed the upper hand in legal cases against him, betting judges will agree that presidents deserve sweeping immunity against criminal prosecution and that Georgia charges against him will be dropped.

January 9, 2024

Appellate judges air doubts about Trump’s claim of sweeping immunity

Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday were skeptical of former President Donald Trump's claim of absolute presidential immunity from charges that he conspired against the U.S. in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, a case with huge implications for his landmark prosecution and status as the front-runner for the Republican Party nomination.

January 9, 2024

I’m speaking!: TV’s Judge Judy backs Nikki Haley to ‘restore America’ as president

The verdict is in: Judge Judy says former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley should be president.

January 9, 2024

Florida GOP ousts Christian Ziegler after woman accuses him of rape

The Florida Republican Party on Monday ousted its chairman, Christian Ziegler, saying his leadership became untenable after a woman accused him of rape.

January 8, 2024

Canada frets over FDA allowing Florida to import prescription drugs

Canada is vowing to safeguard its drug supply after the Food and Drug Administration earlier this month authorized Florida's plan to import cheaper drugs en masse from America's northern neighbor.

January 8, 2024

Trump to attend D.C. Circuit Court hearing on election conspiracy case

Former President Donald Trump said he will be in Washington on Tuesday to sit in the courtroom while his lawyers argue he is entitled to presidential immunity against charges from special counsel Jack Smith.

January 8, 2024

Wayne LaPierre steps down as head of NRA after lengthy tenure

Wayne LaPierre is stepping down as head of the National Rifle Association after a decadeslong tenure marked by tense battles over gun control laws and internal battles over the organization's management.

January 5, 2024