US Politics

‘someone shooting at people’The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 07: U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks as activists gather outside U.S. Supreme Court for a gun-control rally on November 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument today for a case about whether domestic violence offenders are protected by the Second Amendment to own guns. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Judges unload on an abuser’s right to a gun

Supreme Court justices showed little sympathy for a violent domestic abuser arguing he had a right to keep a semiautomatic rifle and a .45 calibre pistol at home.

Jess Bravin

US pollsThe Times

KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 04: Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort on November 04, 2023 in Kissimmee, Florida. The Republican Party of Florida hosted the summit as candidates continue to campaign across the country. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump leads Biden in five of six swing states

The President trails his probable Republican opponent in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania.

Keiran Southern

‘Nut job’The Times

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 25: Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media moments after he was fined $10,000 for what Justice Arthur Engoron says is his second violation of a partial gag order at his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on October 25, 2023 in New York City. The former president may be forced to sell off his properties after Justice Engoron canceled his business certificates and ruled that he committed fraud for years while building his real estate empire after being sued by Attorney General Letitia James, seeking $250 million in damages. The trial will determine how much he and his companies will be penalized for the fraud. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump attacks judge as Ivanka ordered to testify

Donald Trump risks further censure from his fraud case judge amid another social media tirade in response to ruling his daughter may have information relevant to the trial.

Keiran Southern

War on rinos seasonWorld

TOPSHOT - US Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) departs a House Republicans caucus meeting at the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 23, 2023. After floundering for weeks to pick a new speaker for the US House of Representatives, Republicans will hear October 23, 2023 from nine fresh candidates vying to fill the leadership void that has paralyzed Congress. (Photo by Julia Nikhinson / AFP)

GOP names fourth speaker nominee

House majority whip Tom Emmer had narrowly won an internal Republican ballot to replace ousted speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Frankie Taggart and Michael Mathes

US speakerThe Wall Street Journal

TOPSHOT - US Republican Representative from Ohio Jim Jordan speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2023. Republicans lurched further into disarray October 19, 2023 as Jordan, their nominee to lead the US House of Representatives, looked incapable of securing the gavel and a plan to install an interim speaker collapsed in angry recrimination, accusations of bullying and death threats. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Republicans start anew after Jordan bid fails

House Republicans say they will start over Monday with new candidate forum

Kristina Peterson, Katy Stech Ferek and Gabriel T. Rubin

Washington in limboWorld

Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) who presides over the vote for Speaker of the House in the House of Representatives, speaks with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) inside the House Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2023. US lawmakers rejected hard-line conservative Jim Jordan's bid for speaker of the House of Representatives in the first round of voting October 18, 2023, entrenching a stalemate that has paralyzed Washington for two weeks. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Trump’s pick sheds votes on second ballot

Jim Jordan could afford to lose only four Republicans, but 22 of his colleagues rejected his candidacy, two more than a day earlier.

Frankie Taggart

WORLD COMMENTARYThe Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) talks to reporters as he heads from his office in the Rayburn House Office Building to the U.S. Capitol on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Jordan failed in his bid to become Speaker of the House on Tuesday after all Democrats and 20 members of his own party declined to vote for him. The House has been without an elected leader since Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the speakership on October 4 in a move led by a small group of conservative members of his own party. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

The unmaking of the Republican majority

The only hopeful sign for the party is that the public dislikes the Democrats too.

Karl Rove

Scalise couldn’t get numbersWorld

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) announces he is taking his name out of the running for U.S. Speaker of House on October 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Republicans are working to elect a new Speaker after the House passed a Motion to Vacate that removed former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from his post. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Republican pick for speaker drops out of race

Republicans picked the majority leader in a secret ballot — but only by a narrow margin of 113-99 over hardliner Jim Jordan.

Adam Creighton

‘grave dangers’The Times

TOPSHOT - House Majority Leader Steve Scalise speaks to reporters as he arrives for a candidates forum for the position of house speaker in Longworth House Office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on October 10, 2023. Republicans in the US House of Representatives began the search for a new leader on October 9, 2023, as the crisis in Israel injected fresh urgency into their struggle to heal the party's bitter internal divisions. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

GOP discord over speaker risks vacuum

The two main candidates for the most senior job in the US after the presidency remained deadlocked before a vote overnight.

David Charter

renegade factionWorld

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 17, 2019 White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC. - At their national convention in 2012, Republicans mounted a clock counting the growing US national debt on the wall, a warning of the looming financial catastrophe they said imperiled Americans. Eight years later, the clock has stopped under Republican President Donald Trump, and the

‘Nutjob Caucus’: in-House anarchy

Love it or loathe it, the renegade Republican faction is impossible to ignore.

Frankie Taggart

‘Integrity, character and determination’World

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 26: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter smiles during a book signing event for his new book 'Faith: A Journey For All' at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Midtown Manhattan, March 26, 2018 in New York City. Carter, 93, has been a prolific author since leaving office in 1981, publishing dozens of books. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Former US president Jimmy Carter defies odds, turns 99

Seven months after entering hospice care, the longest-living US president notches another birthday, with tributes flowing from across the globe.

AFP

Top US officer’s exit speechThe Wall Street Journal

TOPSHOT - Retiring Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, Army General Mark Milley (L), greets incoming Chairman, Air Force General Charles Brown, during the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Milley, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, on September 29, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump’s military target warns of fealty to dictators

The former president has criticised outgoing joint chiefs chairman, suggesting he should be executed for treason, as he makes dramatic exit speech.

Gordon Lubold

‘continuing resolution’World

TOPSHOT - US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gives a thumbs up after voting on the continuing resolution passed by the House earlier in the day on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 30, 2023. Last-ditch moves to prevent a US government shutdown took a dramatic step forward September 30, 2023, as Democrats overwhelmingly backed an eleventh-hour Republican measure to keep federal funding going for 45 days, albeit with a freeze on aid to Ukraine. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Last-gasp deal averts US shutdown

Senate votes 88 to 9 to keep government open for another 45 days after lower house Democrats combine with Republicans to overcome a MAGA roadblock.

Frankie Taggart

deadlockWorld

The US Capitol is seen as a government shut down looms in Washington, DC, on September 28, 2023. The US government has begun to inform workers of an impending shutdown that could see millions of federal employees and military personnel sent home or working without pay, unless Congress reaches a last-ditch deal. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Government readies staff for shutdown

Without an agreement in congress, funding for much of the federal government will expire at midnight on Saturday.

AFP

‘cash for emergencies’World

TOPSHOT - US Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, arrive at the US District Court, Southern District of New York, in New York City on September 27, 2023. Federal prosecutors charged Menendez and Arslanian, on September 22, 2023, with bribery and extortion, saying gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash had been found at their home. In one of several allegations, the Justice Department said Menendez had provided sensitive information to the Egyptian government in order to help an Egyptian-American businessman protect his monopoly. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Senator pleads not guilty to bribery charges

Bob Menendez and wife Nadine Arslanian appear in a New York federal court on allegations involving the Egyptian government.

AFP

commentaryThe Wall Street Journal

US Republican Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida questions Attorney General Merrick Garland during a hearing of the House Committee on the Judiciary oversight of the US Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 20, 2023. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Matt Gaetz and the house chaos caucus

Forcing a shutdown would destroy what little bargaining power the GOP has — and its slim majority.

Karl Rove

‘bridge towards co-operation’World

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 26: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives to the U.S. Capitol Building on September 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Senate is working to write up separate legislation to temporarily fund the government ahead of the September 30th shutdown deadline, as legislation being drawn up by House Republicans is being stalled. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Senate unites on bid to avert shutdown

Democrat leader Chuck Schumer and his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell endorsed the bill passed by 77 to 19 votes.

Adam Creighton

Beyond 24World

JOE BIDEN DONALD TRUMP COMPOSITE - Jill Biden waves as her husband Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, early on November 4, 2020. - Democrat Joe Biden was to make a statement early November 4 in his home city of Wilmington, his campaign said, with the White House hopeful locked in a tight race against US President Donald Trump. Several battleground states that were expected to decide the election winner were still up in the air, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Torn in the USA: How young voters view the election

With a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump likely in 2024 young Americans are despondent about democracy, but is this sentiment justified?

Adam Creighton

World

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on September 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee is holding an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice and the investigation into Hunter Biden. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

A-G denies political influence on prosecutions

Judiciary committee chairman Jim Jordan accuses US justice chief of helping to stall the investigation of Hunter Biden.

AFP

SENATE VOTESWorld

(FILES) Air Force General Charles Brown, Jr., nominated for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens during an event for his nomination in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, May 25, 2023. US senators voted September 20, 2023 to confirm General Charles Brown as the country's next top military officer, one of hundreds of nominations that have been stalled by a lawmaker's protest against Pentagon abortion access policies. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Charlie Brown to lead US military

General Brown was approved 83-11 and will become the second black officer to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Will Dunlop

‘I’m a hard no!’The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) arrives for a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on September 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) briefed House Republicans about the formal impeachment inquiry they are leading against President Joe Biden. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

GOP factions craft bill to dodge gridlock

Legislation would cut non-defence spending and boost border security, but faces headwinds.

Katy Stech Ferek

texas impeachment trialWorld

AUSTIN, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 15: Angela Paxton hugs Attorney Tony Buzbee at the conclusion of her husband's, Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton, impeachment trial at the Texas State Capitol on September 16, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted today of all impeachment articles, concluding a 10-day hearing over allegations that Paxton abused public office with false statements, bribery and abusing public trust. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump ally gets off in corruption case

Ken Paxton has filed dozens of lawsuits to block implementation of the Democrat’s Joe Biden’s national policies.

AFP

EX-GOP NOMINEE CALLS IT A DAYWorld

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) answers questions in his office after announcing he will not seek re-election on September 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. Romney Called for a

Romney won’t seek new term

The 2012 Republican presidential candidate is one of his party’s staunchest critics of Donald Trump.

AFP

BIDEN BLOWThe Wall Street Journal

Nearly 600,000 immigrants remain in the DACA program. PHOTO: ADREES LATIF/REUTERS

Revised Dreamers plan rejected by judge

Latest ruling rejects Biden administration efforts to shore up program benefiting young immigrants

Michelle Hackman

HUNTER BIDENWorld

(FILES) Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, leaves the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building in Wilmington, Delaware, on July 26, 2023. The US Justice Department on August 11, 2023 escalated its investigation into President Joe Biden's son Hunter, naming a special counsel amid allegations he engaged in illicit business deals overseas. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Delaware federal prosecutor David Weiss, who recently investigated Hunter Biden on tax and gun charges in a case that remains open. Weiss, who opened his probe in 2019, recently revealed that he was investigating Biden along other lines, and Garland said Weiss had requested special counsel status to be able to pursue his probe more widely. (Photo by RYAN COLLERD / AFP)

President’s son to be charged in gun case

Special counsel David Weiss said a grand jury would issue its indictment in the case before September 29.

AFP

court fightThe Wall Street Journal

(FILES) Workers provide maintenance to the blades between the buoys placed along the Rio Grande border with Mexico to prevent migrants from entering the US in Eagle Pass, Texas, on August 25, 2023. A US judge on September 6 ordered Texas to remove floating barriers installed on the river border with Mexico, though the state's Republican government quickly appealed. The district court ruling gave Governor Greg Abbott until September 15 to remove the barriers, which he had installed in July to deter migrants from crossing the river. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP)

Texas ordered to remove buoy barrier

Federal judge grants injunction, orders Governor Greg Abbott to get rid of floating device.

Michelle Hackman and Alicia A. Caldwell

oilThe Wall Street Journal

(FILES) A handout photo made available on July 17, 2020 by Polar Bears International shows a polar bear with its cubs in the Sea Ice, northeast of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska in 1985. President Joe Biden's administration on September 6, 2023 announced it is banning new oil and gas drilling over a vast region of Alaska that is significant for Indigenous communities and home to iconic animal species. (Photo by Steven C. AMSTRUP / POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Biden to block drilling in Alaskan wilderness

Proposal would prohibit new leasing on more than 40% of state’s National Petroleum Reserve.

Talal Ansari

CommentaryThe Times

Former New York City Mayor and attorney of former US President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, speaks to members of the media after being booked, outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 23, 2023. Giuliani, former US President Donald Trump, and 17 others were given until August 25, 2023 to surrender at the courthouse after being indicted on 41 counts related to their efforts to overturn the 2020 US Presidential election. (Photo by Christian MONTERROSA / AFP)

Right can learn from Rudy Giuliani’s sad decline

For conservatives everywhere, there is still time to choose the path that the once-dominant mayor of New York City took — seriousness, effectiveness, reality, moderation.

Daniel Finkelstein

‘Contribute to save America’The Times

Trump is the first former president to have been charged with a criminal offence

Trump mugshot turns into record-breaking moneymaker

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign cashes in on scowling jailhouse image, using mugshot merchandise to raise more than $10 million since his day in prison.

Alistair Dawber

GOP DebateWorld

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 23: Republican presidential candidates, Vivek Ramaswamy (L) and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley participate in the first debate of the GOP primary season hosted by FOX News at the Fiserv Forum on August 23, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Eight presidential hopefuls squared off in the first Republican debate as former U.S. President Donald Trump, currently facing indictments in four locations, declined to participate in the event. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Pile-on produces no clear winner

Donald Trump, who didn’t show up for the GOP debate, remains in poll position to win the nomination.

Adam Creighton

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