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Former President Donald Trump claimed in a new interview that he would testify in his defense if any of the four criminal cases he is charged in go to trial. At the same, he also downplayed the significance of him…

A federal judge in Austin on Wednesday ordered the State of Texas to move the barriers it placed in the Rio Grande to the riverbank on the Texas side of the river. The state was also ordered not to put…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday, in his first news conference since a second freezing episode last week, said he had “nothing to add” when reporters questioned him about what caused the episodes and whether he should be more…

The brother of fallen Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died shortly after defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has sent a scathing letter to Republican leaders, accusing the party of choosing “lies and deceit over truth” more than…

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced $20 million in grant funding aimed at preventing targeted violence and terrorism in the United States. The grant money, provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is aimed at helping local communities…

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), a Washington-based watchdog group, on Wednesday filed a lawsuit on behalf of a handful of voters seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot in Colorado under Section 3 of the…

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday will call on Republicans to choose classic conservative principles over “the siren song of populism” he sees pervading the party, a movement largely inspired by his former running mate. But he’ll do so…

The Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town says he has been blocked from his mayoral duties since 2020 by the town’s white former mayor amid allegations that race has played a role in keeping him out of office. Patrick…

KALISPELL, MONTANA — The day teenage brothers Lander and Badge Busse made history in the fight against climate change, they celebrated by fishing for trout under Montana skies clogged with smoke from wildfires. “We’ve seen in our lives, particularly in…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Wednesday, his fourth trip to the country since Russia’s invasion, the State Department confirmed. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Ukraine today to meet with senior…