Elections

Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem suggests Biden’s dog Commander should also be put down

Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem implied that President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander, should meet the same ill fate as…

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wins re-election as London mayor

Sadiq Khan was re-elected as London’s mayor, final results showed on Saturday, helping to cement the Labour Party’s commanding lead…

Why election polls were so wrong in 2016 and 2020 — and what’s changing to fix that

2014 was the first year Lonna Atkeson remembers receiving hate mail. Atkeson, a political scientist who researches election surveys and…

Trump trial: Former top aide Hope Hicks cries as cross-examination begins

Former top White House communications aide Hope Hicks started crying on the witness stand Friday as an attorney for Donald…

Britain’s ruling Conservatives hit with another local defeat as general election nears

LONDON — U.K. leader Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party suffered significant losses at a flurry of local elections overnight, in a…

Trump campaign lawyers can’t quit workplace discrimination case for now, judge rules

A New York federal judge on Thursday rejected — for now, at least — a request by a law firm…

Trump denies sleeping during trial: ‘I simply close my beautiful blue eyes’

Donald Trump on Thursday denied recent reports from multiple news outlets that he has at times appeared to nod off…

Trump’s potential VP picks and major Republican donors are coming to Mar-a-Lago

Former President Donald Trump will travel from a courtroom in New York to his ritzy private club in Florida this…

Trump campaign lawyers’ bid to withdraw from discrimination case gets closed-door hearing

A federal judge in New York scheduled a closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon on a request by lawyers for Donald Trump’s…

DOJ charges ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ with $48 million tax fraud, seeks extradition

The Justice Department unveiled criminal tax fraud charges this week against a prolific bitcoin investor named Roger Ver. He came…