By Andrew Hay July 28 (Reuters) – Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, targeted the right-wing activist for his political views, prosecutors said on Tuesday, citing Kirk’s opposition to gay marriage and transgender rights. The comments in court documents were prosecutors’ most ex
By Richard Cowan, Patricia Zengerle and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) – For generations, support for Israel united Washington. Now Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Iran war and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close ties to U.S. Republicans are eroding Democratic backing, threatening
WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) – A large majority of the U.S. Senate voted to advance sweeping Russian energy sanctions legislation on Tuesday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the Capitol, seeing the vote as a tribute to the bill’s author, the late Senator Lindsey Graham, on the day
WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to overturn an $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay to writer E. Jean Carroll, Axios reported on Tuesday. The U.S. Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for com
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, to be the nation’s top spy, despite opposition from Democrats following an angry confirmation hearing. Clayton fills a role vacated
Netanyahu, Zelenskyy, Pahlavi Join Washington Tribute to Lindsey Graham By The Media Line Staff Funeral services for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham began Tuesday in Washington, with President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and several foreign leaders honoring the longtime South Carolina Republi
Netanyahu Says Talks With President Trump Were ‘One of the Best Conversations’ By The Media Line Staff President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a 90-minute White House meeting Tuesday with a shared message that the United States and Israel remain aligned on preventing I
A federal appellate panel on Tuesday refused to block President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict mail voting, a day after the administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the proposal in a separate case. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Distr
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) – American leftists aligned with the democratic socialist movement have been defeating moderate Democrats in primary elections this year but large swaths of the country still don’t know what the movement stands for, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Newly released audio tapes, disclosed by a conservative activist group, appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that occurred before his election to the presidency in 2020. About three hours of audio and 117 pag
By Nolan D. McCaskill and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump eulogized Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday as a fixture of national politics and unflinching foreign policy hawk, as the leaders of Israel and Ukraine joined Washington’s most powerful at h
By Kristina Cooke July 28 (Reuters) – Aurora’s 6-year-old daughter arrived at the U.S. border alone and spent more than half a year in a child migrant shelter while her mother, who was already in the country, worked to get her out. The two were finally reunited in late March. “We were overjoyed,” sa
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats casting in-person absentee ballots Tuesday in Wisconsin’s chaotic Democratic primary for governor are divided over whether a democratic socialist could prevail in the swing state’s general election, echoing concerns of those who are backing the incumbent governor’s cho
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to confirm Jay Clayton on Tuesday to become head of the nation’s intelligence agencies, ensuring that a permanent director is in place as the midterm elections approach. Clayton is expected to be confirmed along party lines after a contentious hearing two wee
WASHINGTON (AP) — The field of Republican candidates vying to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on November ballots is set, with 12 hopefuls filing their paperwork by Tuesday and launching into a two-week sprint toward the Aug. 11 special GOP primary. It’s been a jumbled and frenetic period durin
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential U.S. politicians at home and abroad, is being eulogized Tuesday as a “swashbuckling” public servant and “true American original” during memorial services in Washington. Grah
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Education Department has threatened two school districts in Michigan and Maryland with federal funding cuts over their transgender policies, the latest action by President Donald Trump’s administration to limit transgender rights. It said in
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday endorsed Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, just two days after the state’s party used a hastily called nominating process to name him as the replacement candidate in a race seen as crucial for control of the c
MILFORD, Mich. (SRN NEWS) – President Trump’s visit to Michigan Monday wasn’t just a photo opportunity—it was a direct pitch to auto workers, GOP voters, and the people who measure an economy by whether factories are hiring or closing. Standing at a General Motors facility in Milford, in the Detroit
(SRN NEWS) – The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for President Trump’s executive order that would dramatically change mail-in voting before the November midterms. In plain terms, the Justice Department wants the high court to pause lower-court decisions that bl
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted by 51 to 43 on Monday to advance the nomination of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, paving the way for his confirmation as soon as later this week. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Chr
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has told members of Congress it will not finish spending $400 million Congress has authorized for aid to Ukraine until fiscal year 2029, even as Kyiv runs critically low on weapons it needs to fend off
By Bo Erickson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – Just one in three Americans support the war on Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict’s early days, with most respondents saying that President Donald Trump has failed to explain his goals. The
By Andrew Chung July 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to allow implementation nationwide of his executive order aimed at tightening rules for mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections that will decide control of Congress. In
July 27 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called on the Senate to pass a bill to make daylight saving time permanent amid opposition to the measure. The U.S. House of Representatives this month passed the bill to make daylight saving time permanent, but it faces an uphill battle in
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – The head of the National Transportation Safety Board on Monday urged Congress to resolve a months-long standoff over competing aviation safety measures and approve significant reforms. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said the board had “provided a clea
NEW YORK (AP) — A new platform from a progressive group that’s notched several recent primary victories is becoming fodder for Republican attacks, as the GOP looks to frame Democrats as extremists and communists ahead of November’s midterm elections. Although the Democratic Socialists of America’s W
(SRN NEWS) – A new political platform tied to the Democratic Socialists of America is drawing sharp condemnation from GOP leaders, who say it proves Democrats have moved closer to an extremist agenda than voters were led to believe. The dispute comes as Republicans seek an edge going into November’s
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, saying the U.S. should have the lowest interest rate in the world. “Rates should be lowered… We have other countries that are paying less interest rates,” Trump told reporters
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Republicans will decide in a primary runoff Tuesday whether to nominate Gov. Larry Rhoden for a full term or to instead tap businessman Toby Doeden to represent the party on the ballot in November. The two were the top vote-getters in the June 2 primary, but neither ca
