[ad_1] Updated Dec. 28, 2023 10:02 am ET WASHINGTON—When an unpopular Democratic incumbent president was struggling to build support for a second term, a young Delaware senator floated the idea…
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Don’t Let Trump ‘Inject Politics’ Into Courtroom, Special Counsel Urges
[ad_1] Updated Dec. 27, 2023 2:44 pm ET WASHINGTON—Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal judge Wednesday to fend off Donald Trump’s attempts to “inject politics” into the criminal case…
Haley Endorsement Marks Presidential Return of Koch Donor Network
[ad_1] The billionaire Koch family and its network of like-minded donors are tiptoeing back into presidential politics, putting money behind their opposition to former President Donald Trump and backing an…
How Can Spending Be Up When People Feel Down?
[ad_1] Dec. 26, 2023 11:00 pm ET According to the Misery Index, Americans shouldn’t be all that miserable. But they might only recently have started to catch on. Invented by…
Trump Asks Appeals Court to Dismiss Election-Interference Case
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court late Saturday to throw out the case that he illegally sought to undo his 2020 election loss, reiterating…
Supreme Court Declines to Fast-Track Trump Immunity Case, as Jan. 6 Looms Over 2024 Election
[ad_1] Updated Dec. 22, 2023 5:52 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court declined Friday to fast-track a decision on whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution…
Whether in 2000 or 2024, There’s No Upside for Supreme Court in Deciding Elections
[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) WASHINGTON—For the second time this century, the U.S. Supreme Court finds itself playing perhaps its least comfortable role: ruling on a presidential election. Former…
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Visit Hamas Attack Site in Israel
[ad_1] Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner landed early Thursday in Tel Aviv, amid questions about how the former U.S. president would deal with Israel…
Opinion | Alexei Navalny Lives
[ad_1] Some residual good news for courage in 2023: Alexei Navalny is alive and has been located in a distant prison colony. His team says the leading opponent of Vladimir…