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Attorneys for Donald Trump suggested writer E. Jean Carroll was to blame for any defamation damages after the former president denied raping her.

After months of investigation, the House Ethics Committee will not recommend punishment against scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos (R-NY), ABC News reported on Wednesday.

The “knockout blow” video of Jenna Ellis admitting that a staffer told her Donald Trump was 'not going to leave' the White House was leaked to the press by one of his co-defendant’s lawyers.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday said that he would enter a protective order after evidence was leaked in President Donald Trump's election interference case.

Nevada's attorney general has launched an investigation targeting pro-Trump activists who falsely claimed to be Trump electors after Joe Biden won the state in 2020, Politico reported.

An accounting expert for his defense says Donald Trump warned lenders certain financial documents strayed from common accounting rules, according to a report on the former president's $250 million civil court trial.

Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel denied Wednesday that former President Donald Trump has soured on her after recent election losses.

Donald Trump hit back at writer Jonathan Karl for a book published this week that's revealed dozens of bombshells about the former president.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) got tripped up while grilling FBI director Christopher Wray.

Former Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis is under fire after remarks she made to prosecutors on a now-leaked video appear inconsistent with her public remarks during and after the 2020 presidential election.

The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate believes unruly behavior among his party's lawmakers — which Tuesday included a former House speaker allegedly issuing a kidney “sucker punch” and a senator challenging a teamster to a fight — is the cops’ problem.

Donald Trump called for someone "high up" to fire the prosecutors who have indicted him on various criminal charges.

Attorneys for Donald Trump on Wednesday filed a motion for a mistrial in the State of New York's civil business fraud case against the ex-president, but their public document may violate the gag order imposed by state Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron.

FBI Director Chris Wray appeared before Congress Wednesday when he faced off against Jan. 6 conspiracy theories espoused by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA).

A federal judge ruled against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in her request to force an upstate New York man, who was convicted of threatening her, to pay for a security fence at her home.

New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy Wednesday launched a 2024 Democratic campaign to unseat scandal-tarred Sen. Robert Menendez. The wife of Gov. Phil Murphy said she was jumping into the race to protect abortion rights and fight climate change and stressed her can-do spirit as a mom and former financial executive. “We need a senator who will work every single day to lower the cost of living, protect abortion rights, end the gun violence epidemic, and defend our democracy,” Murphy said in a statement. Читать дальше...

Co-hots of "The View" addressed the fights that surfaced in Congress on Tuesday, asking why Washington D.C. isn't treated like every other place of work where people aren't allowed to behave that way.

More than 37 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, 8.4 million Americans needed to take insulin in 2022 to lower their blood sugar. Insulin, however, is tricky to deliver into the body orally because it is a protein easily destroyed in the stomach.

Building a space station on the Moon might seem like something out of a science fiction movie, but each new lunar mission is bringing that idea closer to reality. Scientists are homing in on potential lunar ice reservoirs in permanently shadowed regions, or PSRs. These are key to setting up any sort of sustainable lunar infrastructure.

Astronomers have known for decades that the universe is expanding. When they use telescopes to observe faraway galaxies, they see that these galaxies are moving away from Earth.

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office scoffed Wednesday at former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his $250 million civil court trial.

Hunter Biden has asked a judge to issue a subpoena for documents sent between Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials, The Associated Press reported.

The senator who challenged a hearing witness to a brawl in the U.S. Capitol said only "political correctness" stopped him from following through on his threat.

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin (OK) nearly got into a fight with a hearing witness at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, and he's refusing to back down.