(NEW YORK) -- Jurors in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Thursday were played a recording found on Michael Cohen's phone, in which the two appeared to be discussing the alleged plan to pay off a former Playboy model who claimed to have had an extramarital affair with…
(TEXAS) -- Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted Friday on charges of conspiracy and accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities, the Justice Department announced.Prosecutors allege Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, began accepting the roughly $600,000 in bribes beginning as early as December of…
(NEW YORK) -- Columbia University is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education following allegations of discriminatory treatment of Palestinian students and their supporters.Palestine Legal, an advocacy group centered on Palestinian Rights, filed a civil rights complaint on behalf of four students and the student group Columbia Students for…
(VIRGINIA) -- A former government official in Virginia has been charged for allegedly submitting false tips to the FBI and accusing seven of his coworkers of participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, newly unsealed court records show.Miguel Zapata was taken into custody Thursday after prosecutors accused him…
(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly four in 10 Americans in a new ABC News Ipsos poll say the United States is doing too much to support Israel in its war with Hamas, up from about three in 10 in January. And more trust former President Donald Trump than President Joe Biden to…
(WASHINGTON) -- The diverse group of names from politics to activists and entertainment include Biden’s 2020 Democratic primary opponents and former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Vice President Al Gore, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jim Clyburn, Elizabeth Dole and recent Biden Climate Envoy and former Sec.…
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday spoke from the White House on college protests happening across the nation in connection with the Israel-Hamas war."We've all seen images, and they put to the test two fundamental American principles," Biden said from the Roosevelt Room. "The first is the right to…
(WASHINGTON) -- The Commission on Presidential Debates is pushing back against suggestions from the Trump campaign that it move its general debate calendar up -- standing firm in its decision to hold the first broadcast on Sept. 16, 2024.In a statement released on Wednesday, a day after Trump senior campaign…
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden is facing pressure from Republicans to more forcefully speak out on the college protests unfolding nationwide in connection to the Israel-Hamas war.The campus unrest has created a political opportunity for Republicans, typically fractured on a number of issues but united against university leaders and as…
(WASHINGTON) -- A group of bipartisan members of Congress are demanding answers from Formula One owner Liberty Media after an American team backed by racing legend Mario Andretti was excluded from the most prestigious motor racing series in the world.The FIA, which is Formula One's governing body, initially accepted Andretti…
