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Trump allies back his NATO comments, but some Republicans say they were a 'mistake'
Caspar Benson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Some of former President Donald Trump's closest Senate allies were out in force on Monday defending his comments over the weekend that even further call into ...
Feb 13, 2024
Trump asks Supreme Court to pause ruling that he doesn't have immunity in Jan. 6 case
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump has filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to stay last week's appeals court decision t...
Feb 13, 2024
Biden campaign joins TikTok despite administration's past security concerns
President Joe Biden checks a cell phone while walking to Marine One from the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2024. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)(W...
Feb 13, 2024
Schumer on $95B Ukraine-Israel aid bill: 'It's time to get the job done'
J.Castro/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pushed his Senate colleagues Monday to finally "finish the job" and get the $95 billion foreign aid bill across the finish lin...
Feb 13, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cancels overseas trip following hospitalization
pablohart/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled a trip to Brussels this week following his hospitalization due to "an emergent bladder issue," a U.S. defense official s...
Feb 12, 2024
Haley launches new ad on Trump's past comments about veterans after attack on husband
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Republican candidate Nikki Haley on Monday released a new digital ad attack against rival and former President Donald Trump, reviving his past comments mocking...
Feb 12, 2024
Trump arrives for hearing in classified docs case being held in special secure facility
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump has arrived for a hearing Monday in his classified documents case that is being held in a special secure facility due to the sens...
Feb 12, 2024
RFK Jr. super PAC reboots vintage JFK ad for Super Bowl commercial
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- American Values 2024, the super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid, aired an ad during Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday n...
Feb 12, 2024
Georgia's GOP governor says Trump shouldn't get presidential immunity: 'No one is above the law'
Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Sunday pushed back on former President Donald Trump's argument that he should be granted legal immuni...
Feb 11, 2024
Trump says he'd 'encourage' Russia 'to do whatever the hell they want' if a NATO country didn't spend enough on defense
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump said he wouldn't protect a NATO nation that didn't contribute enough defense funds and he'd "encourage" Russia "to do whateve...
Feb 11, 2024
