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Trump lawyers meet with special counsel Jack Smith as indictment speculation heats up

Follow our live coverage of Donald Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case. Lawyers for Donald Trump met Monday morning with special…

JPMorgan Chase says Jeffrey Epstein paid tuition for kids of U.S. Virgin Islands governor

Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid school tuition for the children of then-governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, whose wife made…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon testifies he had no involvement with Jeffrey Epstein account, bank says

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon testified at a deposition in New York on Friday that he had no involvement in…

Disney rips DeSantis bid to disqualify judge in free speech lawsuit

Disney urged a federal court to reject a request by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to disqualify the judge overseeing the…

GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering suspension

Texas’ Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of…

Biden and McCarthy reportedly have agreed to debt ceiling deal

U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a deal to raise the federal government’s $31.4…

Fight still ahead for Texas’ Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions

The historic impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plunged Republicans on Sunday into a fight over whether to banish…

Biden, GOP reach debt-ceiling deal, now Congress must approve it to prevent calamitous default

An “agreement in principle” between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling,…

Republicans criticize McCarthy, Biden debt ceiling deal

After tough negotiations to reach a tentative deal with the White House on the U.S. borrowing limit, the next challenge…

Debt ceiling deal will be ‘transformational’ for Americans, McCarthy says

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that the tentative deal House Republicans have reached with the White House to address…