Politics

Trump campaign and RNC say they raised $141 million in May

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee announced Monday that the two entities together raised $141 million…

Jeffrey Epstein victim sues psychiatrist Henry Jarecki for alleged rape, sex trafficking

A woman who says she was a sexual abuse victim of Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit Monday against the famed psychiatrist, entrepreneur and commodities trader Henry…

Brexit figurehead and Trump ally Nigel Farage to run in UK election after U-turn

LONDON — British politician and media personality Nigel Farage, best known for leading the Brexit campaign, announced Monday he would…

Jury picked in Hunter Biden federal gun trial

A full jury was selected and sworn in Monday in the federal criminal gun trial of Hunter Biden, son of…

Kremlin warns Washington of ‘fatal’ miscalculation to let Kyiv use U.S.-supplied weapons inside Russia

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Monday warned the U.S. against the potential “fatal consequences” of allowing Kyiv to deploy…

Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere

The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization…

Tax fraud: DC settles Bitcoin billionaire Michael Saylor case for $40 million

Billionaire bitcoin investor Michael Saylor and the company he founded, MicroStrategy, will pay $40 million to settle a tax fraud…

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as the country’s first-ever female president

Mexico’s left-leaning climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum has secured enough votes to become the Latin American country’s first-ever female president. The…

‘No quid pro quo’ between Trump and oil execs at Mar-a-Lago, Gov. Burgum says

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum – a potential pick to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate – is denying…

OPEC+ wants concrete rate cuts before factoring impact on oil demand, Saudi energy minister says

The prominent OPEC+ oil producers’ alliance is awaiting concrete central bank action on interest rates before factoring in the potential…