Former U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a break during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 30, 2024. (EDUARDO MUNOZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is backRead More →

Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday, to focus on abortion access — the same day the state’s six-week abortion ban goes into effect. Harris’ trip comes a little more than a week after President Joe BidenRead More →

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Associate Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired from the high court in 2022 but isn’t finished prodding his former conservative colleagues to abandon what he sees as an aggressive tack to the right in how they interpret the law. “Slow down. Period,” Breyer, 85, said bluntlyRead More →

Oksana Smith / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a historic shift, the Drug Enforcement Administration supports recommending the reclassification of marijuana as a less dangerous drug, moving it from a Schedule 1 classification, alongside drugs like heroin and ecstasy, to a Schedule 3 drug, like ketamine, steroids and testosterone, sourcesRead More →

Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court, Apr. 26, 2024, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is playing down but not ruling out the possibility of political violence if he loses theRead More →

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called theRead More →

Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, Apr. 30, 2024, in New York City. (Curtis Means/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A Los Angeles-based attorney who represented both Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal explained to jurors how he brokered a pair of dealsRead More →

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on 04 October 2022. (Etienne Laurent/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to appear in court in Manhattan on Wednesday for the first time since NewRead More →

KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles Metro Rail train and a University of Southern California bus collided on Tuesday, leaving at least 55 people injured and two individuals in critical condition, officials said. The crash occurred on Watt Way and Exposition Boulevard in the Exposition Park neighborhood around noon,Read More →

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called theRead More →