Today's Top Political News Compilation - Monday, August 14, 2023 (1 Viewer)

The Georgia grand jury investigating former President Trump returned indictments on election fraud, racketeering and other charges.

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted over his efforts to overturn the results of his 2020 presidential election loss in Georgia.

The Biden administration is canceling student loan debt for 804,000 borrowers who qualify under income-driven repayment plans but haven't received it because of errors

Charges in the sprawling indictment include racketeering and conspiracy.

President Joe Biden stopped in the battleground state of Wisconsin to discuss how economic policies he calls “Bidenomics” are boosting the economy.

A grand jury in Georgia indicted Donald Trump on Monday on racketeering charges related to the 2020 election, marking the fifth indictment across four criminal cases this year against the former president and current 2024 GOP front-runner. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis brought the...

An Atlanta-based grand jury has indicted Donald Trump and 18 others on state charges stemming from their efforts to overturn the former president’s 2020 electoral defeat.

Former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen associates are charged with election fraud, racketeering and other counts related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Republican leaders were quick to come to the defense of Donald Trump shortly after a new indictment was filed against the former president in Fulton County, Georgia, related to his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the Peach State. A grand jury in Georgia voted to...

Democratic presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would support a federal abortion ban after three months, but walked back the comments.

Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia in his fourth criminal case of the year. The former president was charged earlier this month in the state over his efforts to overturn his 2020 general election defeat there.

Donald Trump’s frustration over his ability to speak publicly about his federal election conspiracy case is fueling his plans to continue posting about it on social media, slamming the judge over the weekend after she warned him not to intimidate witnesses, obstruct justice or try to muddy his...

Could the former president, who remains the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, assume the Oval Office again if convicted of the alleged crimes? In short, yes.

Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis said former President Donald Trump and his alleged co-conspirators attempted to "seize" a presidential term when she outlined the indictment against the 19 people. Trump was indicted on 13 charges, including racketeering charges related to...

The Florida governor and GOP hopeful signaled he wanted an end to his war with the company, saying he'd be willing to talk to CEO Bob Iger.

A Texas LGBT organization's bid to fill the streets of Dallas with drag queens fell apart after organizers failed to raise sufficient funds. Dallas Pride had planned to host a "Night of a Thousand Drag Queens" on Aug. 26 to protest a new law set to take effect next month that prohibits...

The timeline of the latest indictment against former President Donald Trump begins nearly three years ago.

Russia launched a large-scale air attack on Ukraine's western region of Lviv and the northwestern region of Volyn, hitting a number of buildings, wounding people and forcing evacuations, officials said.

Austin said the hold on nominations meant that "for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense, three of our military services are operating without Senate-confirmed leaders."

Most criminal defendants would be advised to avoid attacking the judge hearing their case. Former President Donald Trump is not most defendants.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan "obviously wants me behind bars. VERY BIASED & UNFAIR!" Trump said in a Truth Social post just after 1 a.m. ET

The group that swarmed the Nordstrom in a Woodland Hills mall Saturday wore ski masks and fled with high-end handbags, clothing and other easily re-sellable items.

Overnight, Trump called Chutkan ‘biased and unfair’ for comments during 2022 sentencing of Jan. 6 defendant.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reacted to the latest indictment against former President Donald Trump Monday evening, saying it brings her "profound sadness" as she laughed about the conclusion of a grand jury investigation."Well, it's hard to believe, I don't feel any satisfaction. I...

The death toll was expected to keep rising as more than 1,000 people remained missing.

Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property manager, Carlos De Oliveira, has pleaded not guilty to scheming with Trump to try to delete security footage sought by investigators probing the former president’s hoarding of classified documents.

Elite federal and state law enforcement captured two heavily armed Mexican cartel members who had crossed the Rio Grande and walked into Texas in what authorities say has become a "very hot area" on the border for militaristic smugglers to cross.The two unidentified men were arrested Thursday...

Economists warn of inflation and say it will make foreign travel more expensive for ordinary people.

The Navy on Monday joined the Army and Marine Corps in operating without a Senate-confirmed military leader because of Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold on senior military nominations.

The judge in Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush-money criminal case has rejected the former president’s demand to step aside.

Rumours that the disaster was orchestrated by elites with a laser have been seen by millions.

The former president, meanwhile, was trashing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on social media — and said one witness shouldn't testify.

The GOP field of candidates is fractured over how far into a pregnancy abortion should be prohibited and whether a federal ban is appropriate.

Gov. Josh Green (D-HI) gave a projected timeline for Hawaii's search-and-rescue operations for wildfire victims, saying that the process could take 10 days. It is confirmed that 96 people have died due to the natural disaster as of early Monday morning, making it the deadliest wildfire in over...

Air raid siren activated across eastern, central and western Ukraine as air force warns of Russian missile attacks.

Speaker Kevin Mccarthy (R-CA) said in a Republican member-only conference call that he expects that a short-term continuing resolution will be needed to give the House and Senate more time to negotiate appropriation bills. The government is set to run out of funding on Oct. 1, giving the House...

Samuel and Samson Ogoshi are expected in U.S. federal court in Grand Rapids on Monday. Jordan DeMay died by suicide after he was tricked into sending explicit photos of himself.

A Fulton County grand jury has indicted former President Trump for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The Fulton County District Attorney used Georgia’s RICO law to charge Trump and associates for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the Inflation Reduction Act has put America on the right path 'from rapid recovery to stable growth.'

Millions of Americans living with disabilities fear they’ll show up to a hotel that doesn’t have necessary accommodations.

The ex-president and others have been indicted for alleged attempts to overturn his election loss in the state.

CLEAR is under increasing scrutiny for recent security breaches. Now its rival is urging lawmakers to make ID checks mandatory for CLEAR’s members.

Families who survived the deadly fires on Maui describe the devastation in Lahaina as they wake up to an uncertain future.

On Sunday, after spending several hours on Rehoboth Beach in Delaware, President Joe Biden was asked by a member of the press pool about the rising death toll in Hawaii. Bloomberg reporter Justin Sink tweeted Biden’s “no comment” response as the president left for his home in Delaware. UP FOR...

"The speculative and hypothetical scenarios offered by [Trump] fall well short," the judge wrote.

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 538th day.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s office argued Monday that allowing Donald Trump to set up a secure room for discussing the classified evidence in the documents case at his Florida residence, as the former president has requested, would be giving him “special treatment” that no other defendant would...

Deanne Criswell laid out resources the agency is providing for recovery from what has become the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history.

The Argentine peso plunged Monday after a 52-year-old anti-establishment candidate who admires former President Donald Trump came first in primary elections that will help determine the country’s next president.

Sixteen children among more than 100 wounded in fire and blast at Dagestan fuel station, authorities report.

Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted Monday on Georgia state charges in connection with their attempts to overturn the 2020 election in the state.

A police raid on a small-town Kansas newspaper is prompting a First Amendment fight.

Officials say Russia launched three waves of drones and missiles against the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa.

COVID infections and hospitalizations are on the rise in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Health officials are pointing at the EG.5 "Eris" coronavirus, a subvariant of the Omicron lineage that originally emerged November of 2021.

Former President Donald Trump's petition to remove the judge overseeing his Manhattan criminal indictment case was rejected on Monday. New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan declined to recuse himself from the case, saying that the former president "failed to demonstrate" reasons that...

A former Georgia official and a journalist were called to testify before a Fulton County grand jury investigating alleged efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.

Search teams with cadaver dogs have combed through 25% of the Lahaina disaster zone from the Maui wildfires, discovering the remains of a 99th victim, but perhaps hundreds more people were unaccounted for.

South Korea’s president has called for deeper security cooperation with the U.S. and Japan to address North Korea's nuclear threat, saying his upcoming summit with the U.S. and Japanese leaders at Camp David will “set a new milestone in trilateral cooperation.”

California's role as a shadow climate negotiator is only becoming more important as geopolitical tensions rise.

District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled that the policy the state uses in evaluating requests for fossil fuel permits is unconstitutional.

Former President Donald Trump is trying to put on hold one of the January 6-related lawsuits he faces because he is now facing criminal charges.

An American-trained general whom U.S. military officials considered a close ally backed the overthrow of the country's democratically elected president and threatened to kill him.

Former Second Lady Karen Pence discusses the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, in a rare interview with ABC News Live Prime Anchor Linsey Davis airing on Monday.

Al Jazeera speaks to survivors of sexual violence, once again being used as a weapon of war, this time in Sudan.

Mr Trump and others face charges under the Rico Act for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

U.N. experts say the Islamic State group still commands between 5,000 and 7,000 members across its former stronghold in Syria and Iraq and its fighters pose the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan today.

Some advocates fear a Supreme Court case on ADA 'testers' could make it harder to force hotels to include accessibility information at booking.

The Nevada Republican Party will hold its 2024 presidential caucuses on February 8, the party announced Monday.

Hunter Biden’s attorneys said the government decided "to renege on the previously agreed-upon plea agreement."

A deleted docket report indicated that Georgia had filed numerous charges against Trump that included conspiracy, false statements, forgery and racketeering.

The company has tried to revive iconic brands such as Oscar Mayer and Maxwell House for younger consumers, but high prices have push some customers away.

Donald Trump and 18 others are indicted on counts that include racketeering and forgery.

The United States, Japan and South Korea are expected to announce plans for expanded military cooperation on ballistic missile defenses and technology development when their leaders meet at Camp David for a summit Friday.

Former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat in Georgia in the 2020 presidential election was built on lies.

National Republicans were wary of Jeffrey Gunter's bid to begin with. He jumped into the Nevada primary anyway.

Hospitalizations from "Eris", a variant of the Omicron form of the coronavirus, are on the rise around the United States.

The safe-haven dollar stayed firm against major peers while the yuan sank to a nine-month trough after China's central bank unexpectedly cut key policy rates for a second time in three months on Tuesday to shore up the country's sputtering economy.

President Joe Biden's administration has agreed to investigate how California manages its water. Some Native American tribes and environmental groups say the state has discriminated against them.

The Education Department planned to adjust how it calculates student loan payments to correct past errors, resulting in about 804,000 people balances erased.

The day after former President Donald Trump was indicted over his efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, Trump repeated a lie that the indictment depicts as central to his attempt to obstruct the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s victory.

Wyatt Kaufman, who was visiting the Grand Canyon on vacation, stumbled and fell from Bright Angel Point, a popular trail and photo area on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim.

Island residents said they have seen people stealing gas from tanks and have gotten calls from real estate investors looking to buy their property.

Police video shows Texas U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson being taken to the ground by officers and profanely berating them during an altercation at a rodeo last month.

The new legal guidance follows the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision striking down the use of race in admissions.

This timeline captures how the deadly wildfires took over the island of Maui, and what officials knew and did to battle the blazes.

Cadaver dogs comb ruined homes with the number of people missing now standing at around 1,300.

President Joe Biden is asking the major U.S. automakers and their workers’ union to reach an agreement that takes “every possible step to avoid painful plant closings” as the sector transitions to electric vehicles.

Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump’s legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, sources tell CNN.

The centrist group denies the allegations.

The Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden before a western states trip last week pointed a handgun at FBI agents attempting to arrest him, the agency said on Monday.

Former NFL star Michael Oher, who became a household name when the Oscar-winning film The Blind Side captured the story of his adoption, has claimed that element of his life was a lie. The former Ole Miss football player filed a petition in a Tennessee court alleging “that a central element of...

The FBI said the 17-year-old communicated with a designated global terrorism group and had purchased tactical equipment, wiring, chemicals and devices often used as remote detonators.

As multiple officials have long told NatSec Daily: there’s no magic formula for getting Americans back.

The military junta that seized power in Niger says it plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining state security.

Nearly a dozen Republican-appointed former judges and high-ranking federal senior legal officials on Monday endorsed the January 2, 2024, trial date proposed by special counsel Jack Smith in his 2020 election interference criminal case against Donald Trump.

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting Wednesday in response to a request from Armenia saying the mainly Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh in neighboring Azerbaijan is blockaded and 120,000 people are facing hunger and “a full-fledged humanitarian catastrophe.”

Trump's lawyers filed a motion more than two months ago to remove New York state Judge Juan Merchan from the trial, set to begin in March.

The first 2024 Republican primary debate will be held in Milwaukee on Aug. 23.

Ukraine on Monday reported fierce fighting along its entire front line and "some success" in pushing back Moscow's troops in one part of the southeast where Ukrainian forces are trying to retake Russian-occupied territory.

A federal judge has sentenced Cecily Aguilar to 30 years in prison for helping to dispose of the body of a U.S. soldier.

Cleanup and recovery continues after a devastating inferno in Maui. It's Monday's news.

The Biden administration is releasing new guidance and “legal resources” for colleges and universities that want to ensure student diversity in the admissions process after the Supreme Court gutted affirmative action in June.

After announcing its caucuses will be Feb. 8, only one of the four early states is left to set its primary date.

Hunter Biden’s lawyers said in a court filing Sunday that they believe their deal with the Justice Department to resolve a felony gun charge is still “valid and binding,” though it’s unclear if the newly appointed special counsel agrees with their interpretation.

Tensions between public officials and the press are hardly unusual. To a large extent, it’s baked into their respective roles.

Earth broke a new record with its hottest July in 174 years — and likely its hottest month ever documented, according to a new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The study, published on Monday, recorded that the planet’s average global surface temperature was...

Hearings over a new map that defied the original court order kicked off in federal court in Alabama on Monday.

A fire at a gas station in the southern Russian region of Dagestan killed at least 27 people including three children, Interfax news agency reported early on Tuesday citing regional emergency medics.

Indian officials say heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods and landslides in the country's Himalayan region, leaving at least 48 people dead and many others trapped.

Mario Nawfal’s meteoric rise from a little-known businessman to a seemingly omnipresent Twitter celebrity has been met by growing scrutiny.

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy has made her third visit to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been behind bars in Russia since March on charges of espionage.

And Hunter Biden's legal team pushes back in a new filing.

The new milestone is just the latest in a series of worrying climate extremes in recent months, including record warmth across the world’s oceans.

A Fulton County Superior Court judge who has presided over key parts of the Georgia probe against former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn 2020 election results in the Peach State has demonstrated a willingness to speak frankly to both sides of the contentious proceeding.

Russia's defense ministry says that one person was killed when a Russian military jet trainer crashed while attempting to land in a region bordering Russia-annexed Crimea.

A broad array of Chinese data on Tuesday showed the economy slowed further last month, intensifying pressure on already faltering growth and prompting authorities to cut key policy rates to shore up activity.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled Monday that religious schools are allowed to screen their employees based on their adherence to the institution's faith. The Garden State's high court ruled unanimously in favor of St. Theresa School, a Catholic elementary school in the Archdiocese of...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign on Sunday evening quickly tried to walk back comments the Democratic presidential candidate had made earlier in the day in support of a nationwide abortion restriction after the first three months of pregnancy.

Libya’s judicial authorities have formally asked Lebanon’s prosecutor general to release one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, who has been held without charges in Lebanon since 2015.

The U.S. Navy on Monday became the third branch of the military to no longer have a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in history, as a Republican senator continues to block military nominations.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has reemerged in the spotlight amid news that her office is expected to seek indictments regarding efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.

A “mob of criminals” stole more than $300,000 worth of merchandise from the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center in Los Angeles Saturday afternoon, police said.

Clarence Avant, the manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many others and came to be known as the "Black Godfather" of entertainment and beyond has died at 92.

Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” shot to the top of the U.S. Apple Music and iTunes Country charts and racked up more than 9 million views in five days.

Activists want to protect kids who appear in family travel vlogs and social accounts.

President Joe Biden's administration disclosed a new military aid package to Ukraine on Monday that is valued up to roughly $200 million.This package, which includes additional munitions for air defense systems, artillery rounds, and anti-armor capabilities, was designated via the presidential...

Latvia’s center-right prime minister, Krisjanis Karins, says he will step down later this week after the two other members of his three-party governing coalition refused a reshuffle.

Russia’s missile strikes in Ukraine’s western Lviv region wounded at least 19 people, including a 10-year-old child, and extensively damaged civilian infrastructure.

Wall Street ticked higher ahead of a week of reports showing how strong U.S. shoppers remain, amid hopes their spending can keep the economy out of a recession.

Grand jury in Georgia hands up indictment and criminal charges against Trump and 18 others over 2020 election meddling.

Ecuador used to be one of Latin America's most peaceful nations. Today, criminals prowl relatively wealthy and working-class neighborhoods alike.

The U.S., Japan and South Korea will launch a series of joint initiatives on technology and defense when the countries' leaders gather at Camp David this Friday, amid mounting shared concerns about China.

A 45-year-old man has been charged with threatening to blow up a plane during a flight from Australia to Malaysia that returned to Sydney.

Officials, farmers and tribes are bracing for more difficult negotiations on how to divvy up the Colorado River in the long term.

India's annual retail inflation in July rose to its highest in 15 months as vegetable and cereals prices skyrocketed, beating all market expectations and putting pressure on the government to take action to bring down prices.

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus in a show of support for nations the West has sought to isolate over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A strong tropical storm is lashing central and western Japan with heavy rain and high winds, causing flooding and power blackouts and paralyzing transportation as many people have been traveling for a Buddhist holiday week.

Italy has marked the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge with a minute of silence and demands for justice for the 43 people who died.

A human rights group has urged the international community to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti.

Japan’s economic growth jumped at an annual pace of 6% in the April-June period, marking the third straight quarter of growth as exports and inbound tourism recovered.

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