Politics

Ukraine rips Elon Musk for disrupting sneak attack on Russian fleet with Starlink cutoff

WASHINGTON — A Ukrainian official slammed Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for ordering engineers to shut off Starlink’s satellite network over Crimea last…

Senators take up looming insurance crisis as policy issuers flee Florida and California

WASHINGTON — Low-income policyholders will be hit hardest by rising insurance premiums as the frequency of natural disasters caused by…

Disney drops all but free speech claim in political retaliation suit against DeSantis

Disney on Thursday amended its federal lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to focus solely on its First Amendment claim…

Former FTX exec Salame to forfeit $1.5 billion, pleads guilty to two criminal counts

Former FTX executive Ryan Salame pleaded guilty Thursday in New York federal court to campaign finance and money-transmitting crimes, and…

Trump may seek transfer of Georgia election case to federal court, lawyer says

Former President Donald Trump may seek to have his Georgia election interference criminal case moved to federal court from state…

Trump Georgia DA rejects House GOP demand for records as ‘unjustified and illegal’

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis tore into House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Thursday in a searing letter accusing…

Former Trump aide Peter Navarro guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress

A jury on Thursday convicted former Trump White House trade advisor Peter Navarro of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress. Navarro faces…

Biden will nominate a former Obama official to run the Federal Aviation Administration

President Joe Biden will nominate a former Obama administration official to lead the Federal Aviation Administration after his first choice…

DeSantis board asks court to dismiss Disney’s counterclaims in contract clash

The board picked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee Walt Disney World’s special tax district asked a state court…

Biden heads to New Delhi for G20 amid rising global tensions

President Joe Biden will travel to New Delhi to meet with the world’s largest economies at the Group of 20…