MOSINEE, Wis. — A day after spending much of a 49-minute news conference revisiting — and denying — sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him, Donald Trump used part of a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Saturday to discuss another subject that has bedeviled his campaigns for president: Russian interference in U.S. elections. U.S. intelligence officials […]Read More

MOSINEE, Wis. — A day after spending much of a 49-minute news conference revisiting — and denying — sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him, Donald Trump used part of a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Saturday to discuss another subject that has bedeviled his campaigns for president: Russian interference in U.S. elections. U.S. intelligence officials […]Read More

No matter who wins the White House, the next president is increasingly likely to face an unusual hurdle in their first days in office: a divided Congress. Each of the last five newly elected presidents has entered office with his party holding the majority in the House and Senate, opening the door to an aggressive […]Read More

President Joe Biden’s months-long push for a cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas has been upended again in recent days, putting the deal on life support as U.S. officials say they have indefinitely postponed their plan to present the two sides with a “take it or leave it” proposal. The latest obstacle […]Read More

Ever since President Joe Biden ended his candidacy and Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, former president Donald Trump has struggled to adapt to the new opponent. Tuesday’s debate in Philadelphia should show what, if anything, he has learned about running against her. Presidential debates often don’t matter much. The Trump-Biden debate in […]Read More

Ever since President Joe Biden ended his candidacy and Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, former president Donald Trump has struggled to adapt to the new opponent. Tuesday’s debate in Philadelphia should show what, if anything, he has learned about running against her. Presidential debates often don’t matter much. The Trump-Biden debate in […]Read More

A Missouri judge ruled that an abortion ballot measure is invalid because it did not properly note what laws it would repeal, potentially restricting it from reaching a November vote. Cole County Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh said the measure’s proponents did not sufficiently inform voters who signed the proposed amendment of its ramifications, echoing arguments […]Read More

House Republicans are expanding their investigation of the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to people familiar with that matter, pursuing additional witness testimony as former president Donald Trump attempts to make the war’s deadly endgame a central issue with the election now weeks away. The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s GOP majority has been in […]Read More