Aug 09 Judge rules Rudy Giuliani must go to Atlanta for election probe By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The former New York mayor and Trump attorney had originally been ordered to appear Tuesday. But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who's overseeing the special grand jury, excused him after his lawyers filed a motion seeking to delay… Continue reading
Aug 09 Appeals court rules Congress can get Donald Trump’s tax records By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press A three-judge appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Congress has broad authority to request Trump's tax records and that the Treasury Department should provide them. Continue reading
Aug 09 WATCH: White House says they were not given a ‘heads up’ about the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search By Associated Press White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says neither President Joe Biden nor anyone at the White House "was given a heads up" about the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. Continue reading
Aug 09 FBI searches Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The search intensifies the months-long probe into how classified documents ended up in boxes of White House records located at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year. Continue reading
Aug 08 Donald Trump says FBI conducting search of Mar-a-Lago estate By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department has been investigating the discovery of classified records that were taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump's presidency had concluded. It was not clear whether the FBI search was connected to that probe. Continue reading
Aug 08 2 men face new trial over scheme to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer By Ed White, Associated Press The announcement comes months after a jury couldn't reach a verdict on Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. while acquitting two others. The result in April was a blow to federal prosecutors. Continue reading
Aug 08 Rudy Giuliani won’t testify Tuesday in Georgia election probe By Eric Tucker, Kate Brumback, Associated Press A lawyer for Giuliani says the former NYC mayor will not appear as scheduled Tuesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta that's investigating whether Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 general election. Continue reading
Aug 08 Trump-endorsed candidates and challenges to progressive incumbents ahead in Tuesday’s primary elections By Associated Press The Republican matchup in the Wisconsin gubernatorial race in Tuesday's primary elections features competing candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump and his estranged vice president, Mike Pence. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 5:37 America’s far-right embraces Hungary’s autocratic president By Laura Barrón-López Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s nationalist rhetoric and embrace of culture wars has long made him the black sheep of Europe. But what isolates him among his European contemporaries has endeared him to the American right, and he was welcomed… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 12:14 Brooks and Capehart on Democrats’ climate bill and critical primary elections New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including how Democrats are moving closer to passing a new climate and spending bill and a look at… Continue watching