Elections

South Africa’s ruling ANC set to lose majority in pivotal vote, early results show

South African’s governing African National Congress appears set to lose majority control in the country’s most seismic political transition since…

Supreme Court Justice Alito rejects calls to recuse from Trump, Jan. 6 cases

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday rejected Democratic lawmakers’ requests that he recuse himself from key cases related to…

DOJ charges Chinese national with operating ‘world’s largest botnet’ that stole $5.9 billion in Covid relief funds

A global malware network responsible for the theft of $5.9 billion in Covid relief funds and tied to other crimes…

Trump trial jury ends first day of deliberations after asking to re-hear testimony, judge’s instructions

The New York jury weighing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump ended its first day of deliberations on Wednesday…

RFK Jr. super PAC chair to publish tell-all memoir by mother of Hunter Biden’s child

The co-chairman of a super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s presidential campaign announced plans Tuesday to publish a tell-all…

Robert De Niro slams ‘clown’ Trump outside NY criminal trial, as Biden campaign ramps up attacks

Legendary actor Robert De Niro on Tuesday slammed Donald Trump as a “loser” and a “clown,” standing just feet away…

Evidence against Trump in hush money case is ‘overwhelming,’ prosecutor tells jury in closing argument

The evidence in the criminal hush money case against former president Donald Trump is “literally overwhelming,” a prosecutor told jurors…

Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention

Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in a raucous audience at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night, a marked change…

Threatening U.S. election officials is ‘domestic terrorism,’ says Arizona’s Secretary of State

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is calling out threats against this country’s election officials as “domestic terrorism.” “One of…

European banks in Russia face ‘awful lot of risk’, Yellen says

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters that European banks face growing risks operating in Russia and the U.S. is…