Today's Top Political News Compilation - Friday, October 6, 2023 (1 Viewer)

Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial will roll ahead next week after he lost a bid to postpone it. A New York appeals judge rebuffed his request Friday.

Nearly four dozen House Republicans are calling for significant changes to the chamber rules after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was forced out of leadership this week.

There was only one way the chaos in the Republican-led House – likened Thursday by one of its members to a “stupid clown car” – could get more extreme.

Get updates from the trial of former President Trump in the civil fraud suit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

President Joe Biden says that he could potentially meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.

House speaker candidates have pulled out of a planned joint interview on Fox News next week just hours after it was announced amid fierce blowback from GOP lawmakers, the latest sign of how simmering tensions within the conference are boiling over as Republicans scramble to find a new leader...

The nationwide average price of a gallon of gas stands at $3.72, GasBuddy data shows.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) claimed he has a "long, proven record" of unifying his party that he would bring to the speakership that would be necessary to get the House of Representatives back on track.

Voting rights advocates are locked in a court fight with Louisiana's top Republicans over whether the state must follow Alabama’s court-ordered path in drawing a new, Black-majority congressional district.

“Jim Jordan knew more about what Donald Trump had planned for Jan. 6 than any other member of the House,” former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said.

Donald Trump dropped his $500 million lawsuit against his former lawyer, Michael Cohen.

The agency that organized the trip stated that no public tax money was used.

The White House mocked “dysfunction-engulfed House Republicans" on Friday after the House voted to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy from his speakership role.

The former controller of the Trump Organization says that Eric Trump directed him to make certain decisions that led to the inflated valuations of several Trump properties.

The Ohio Republican “knew more about what Donald Trump had planned for January 6th than any other member of the House of Representatives,” she said.

Iowa’s Democratic Party says it will hold a caucus on Jan. 15 but won’t release the results until early March.

Judge Aileen Cannon again hands former President Donald Trump’s legal team a partial victory, and Trump drops lawsuits against Arthur Engoron, the judge in the civil financial fraud case, as well as his former lawyer Michael Cohen, a key witness in multiple cases.

Russia relocates ships from Sevastopol while the UK lauds Kyiv’s ‘functional defeat of the Black Sea Fleet’.

"Our investigation has revealed no evidence to substantiate" the claim that protesters hit Ramaswamy's car on purpose and fled, police said.

An attorney for Hunter Biden, Richard Jones, filed paperwork Friday to withdraw himself from a federal gun charge case involving the president's son.

The crew of the Philippine coastguard boat watch anxiously as an imposing Chinese vessel draws near and cuts off its path, coming within a metre of collision in a vast stretch of open water in the South China Sea.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday that by arming Ukraine, the United States is pushing Russia toward using nuclear weapons.

McCarthy was ousted as House speaker on Tuesday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted 4-3 along partisan lines to hear a challenge to Republican-drawn legislative maps after a newly elected liberal justice declined to recuse herself.

A behind-the-scenes campaign coaxed the former president out of a quixotic campaign.

Both Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan are staunch conservatives - but have wildly different styles.

Russia says withdrawal from ratification of nuclear weapons test ban treaty places Moscow on ‘equal footing’ with US.

NBC News reviewed video in August of Dylan Quattrucci telling police officers "go hang yourself" close to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The New Jersey attorney general’s office has opened an inquiry into how local law enforcement handled an investigation into a December 2018 car crash that involved Sen.

House Republicans are weighing who to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.

The ex-IRS contractor accused of leaking former President Donald Trump’s tax information to reporters is scheduled to enter into a plea agreement to federal charges, according to the court docket.

Trump allegedly discussed sensitive information pertaining to American nuclear submarines with an Australian billionaire at his Mar-a-Lago resort, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Republicans are trying to rally around a new House speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. But they’ll have to find a way to unite their shattered majority before the House can get working again.

The former New York City mayor and Donald Trump ally owes about $550,000 in unpaid income taxes, according to the IRS.

A group of nearly 100 House Republicans is requesting a meeting to make a temporary change to the internal rules for nominating a House speaker in hopes of avoiding a lengthy fight on the floor of the House of Representatives next week.

From ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl's upcoming book.

Attorneys who’ve been defending MyPillow chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies are seeking court permission to quit.

Narges Mohammadi is currently serving a 10-year sentence in Iran's notorious Evin prison.

The claim originated on a satirical account, though the Instagram post makes no mention of that.

The U.S. government does not want to build new sections of wall on its border with Mexico, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday, expressing doubt that the planned construction would be carried out.

A New Mexico state judge has ruled against a Republican Party challenge of new congressional boundaries approved by Democrats that divvied up a politically conservative oil-producing region.

The Problem Solvers Caucus tried to hatch a power-sharing agreement as the speaker came under threat. The talks didn’t pan out.

One retiree told CBS News he fell for an online scam that cost him almost $800,000. And then the IRS said he owed $200,000 because the money was taken from a retirement account.

MIAMI — Rep. Matt Gaetz’s successful push to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy has ratcheted up speculation that the fourth-term Republican congressman already has his eye on his next target, still three years away: the Florida governor’s mansion. Gaetz, a close ally of former President Donald Trump...

In a burial plot next to a field outside the remote Ukrainian hamlet of Hroza, residents removed undergrowth and cleared away litter to make space for more graves.

As the war enters its 591st day, these are the main developments.

Wall Street rallied in a whipsaw Friday and erased its morning losses after looking deeper into the nuances of a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market.

Satellite images confirm that multiple ships in the Russian Black Sea fleet have been moved to the Russian port of Novorossiysk.

Oregon officials are seeking more than $27 million in damages over dam repairs they say killed more than half a million Pacific lamprey fish.

McCarthy, recently ousted as House speaker, shot down reports Friday that he was considering leaving Congress before the end of his term: "I am not resigning."

It’s still unclear if Butler will run for the special election to complete the final weeks of Dianne Feinstein’s term, or the full six-year term beginning in 2025.

Conservative social media users blasted former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she floated the idea of "formally deprogramming" Trump supporters.

Former President Donald Trump said immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally were “poisoning the blood of our country” in a recent interview, language with echoes of white supremacy and the racial hatreds of Adolf Hitler. Trump made the remark in a 37-minute video interview with The National...

As he traveled from a New York courtroom to his Palm Beach club this week, former President Donald Trump repeatedly asked his allies and aides for steady updates on what was happening in Washington, DC, as the man he often referred to as “my Kevin” was ousted from the House speakership in...

A Democratic-appointed judge ordered a pause on the cancellations of former President Donald Trump's business licenses Friday but denied Trump's attempt to postpone his civil fraud trial in New York.

Trump endorsed Jim Jordan for House speaker as Jordan and Steve Scalise, R-La., plan their next moves ahead of the vote to replace Kevin McCarthy.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the former Speaker of the House, confirmed to Fox News that he is not resigning from Congress after another outlet reported he was considering it.

And Marty Baron reflects on his time atop the Washington Post.

U.S. stocks rallied on Friday, led by technology shares to a sharply higher close as investors assessed a jobs report that showed U.S. hiring rose broadly in September with slowing wage growth.

A New York appeals court judge on Friday rejected Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the ongoing $250 million civil fraud trial, but temporarily halted the process of breaking up the former president’s businesses.

A previous version of this video misidentified Senator Mitt Romney.

House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., shares his pitch on why he should be the next House speaker despite former President Trump endorsing Rep. Jim Jordan.

Cyprus authorities have arrested a Russian journalist for “security reasons,” prompting the Russian Foreign Ministry to demand a formal apology from the Cypriot government over the “provocation.”

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Outside Dagny’s Coffee Co., a downtown cafe that serves as a kind of crossroads for a broad swath of Bakersfield, Katherine Haas, 38, was trying to make sense of Kevin McCarthy’s stunning ouster as House speaker this week. But she wasn’t viewing it through the lens of the...

Migration has become a flashpoint in the European continent’s politics and a central focus of far-right parties.

Friday is the fifth day of former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York.

Experts say it is unlikely the barrier will have any long-term impact on migration flows.

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) endorsed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Friday in the contest for House speaker.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has declined to stop a new law from taking effect that makes it a felony crime for health care workers to provide gender-affirming care to young transgender people.

The Biden administration hopes the immediate refund will help meet the president's goal of lifting EVs to 50 percent of new car sales by 2030.

A property owned by Rudy Giuliani in Palm Beach, Florida, has been placed under a federal tax lien by the Internal Revenue Service as he owes more than a half-million dollars in unpaid income taxes, according to a court filing.

At least 42 people were killed after a glacial lake burst its banks and triggered flash floods in the Indian Himalayas this week, government officials said on Friday as rescuers kept searching for almost 150 missing.

Asked about Donald Trump's endorsement of Jim Jordan, the recently-deposed House Speaker indicated little interest. "Only members vote," he said.

Former treasurer's guilty plea is "bad news" for Rep. George Santos, experts say, whether or not she cooperates with prosecutors.

The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has denied Kenneth Chesebro's motion to dismiss his case over an alleged paperwork error by a prosecutor.

Candidates for House speaker backed out of participating in a televised debate next Monday, after fellow Republicans criticized the event.

What it means that China is taking back the D.C. icons.

The Democratic presidential challenger fueled speculation again Thursday about a coming announcement, while Republican voters view him more favorably than Democrats.

Reps. Steve Scalise, R-La.; Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; and Kevin Hern, R-Okla., are making their pitches for speaker to a fractured House GOP conference ahead of next week's vote.

U.S. employers in September turned their back on Federal Reserve officials who have been expecting job growth to cool, adding 336,000 positions in a return to the fevered hiring seen during the coronavirus pandemic and potentially bolstering the case for another interest rate increase.

Funerals held for victims of attack on military academy during graduation ceremony.

Group belonging is a powerful feeling, and it's becoming even more powerful — and shaping politics more and more.

Until Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and the crazy eight joined Democrats to torpedo the speakership of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Republicans in the lower chamber were actually making astounding headway into proving the case that President Joe Biden was personally profiting from his son's overseas…

Plans are underway to expand an ammunition manufacturing facility in a suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas, that will create 625 new jobs over the next five years.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday froze a lower court ruling that blocked the Biden administration from regulating so-called ghost guns after a controversial ruling from a district court judge in Texas.

Mississippi's Democratic nominee for governor says the election could hinge on turnout among Black voters.

Casting about for someone to lead the fractious chamber, some GOP lawmakers are running Twitter polls to see who their followers want.

President Joe Biden is slated to address the jobs report released Friday morning showing positive growth in the economy over the last month.

Mike Pence said he was a thorn in GOP leaders' side during as a conservative member of Congress but couldn't have imagined leading such a rebellion.

A new study suggests people taking popular injected medications for weight loss, including Wegovy, Ozempic, Saxenda and Victoza, may be at higher risk for serious digestive problems such as stomach paralysis, pancreatitis, and bowel obstructions, compared with those taking other types of weight...

A new report shows Hunter Biden took $20,000 from his daughter Maisy's college savings fund to to spend on "hookers and drugs" in 2018.

Markets have been roiled for weeks as reports have underscored the economy’s resilience.

Ford announced Friday it was laying off another 495 employees due to the United Auto Workers strike.

Simone Biles wins 6th Worlds title, becomes most decorated gymnast in history.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, has urged President Biden to stop constructing a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border amid a migrant surge.

Steve Scalise, GOP House Majority Leader

A Texas man who attacked the U.S. Capitol with a metal tomahawk and now promotes the sale of Jan. 6-related merchandise from jail has been sentenced to seven years behind bars.

Biden nominated an individual previously tied to a law firm with his son to head a whistleblower office, which House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says raises concerns.

The former House speaker said he will run for reelection in 2024.

Fourteen experts on the roots of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and why Republicans keep destroying their own leaders.

Nearly four dozen House Republicans are calling for significant changes to the chamber rules after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was forced out of leadership this week.

President Joe Biden on Friday acknowledged he’s facing an unwelcome political obstacle: The disarray engulfing his political opponents has only made it more difficult for his message to break through.

A U.N. independent investigator says Iranian authorities are cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an “alarming” number of executions.

Ramaswamy's campaign is discussing whether the Republican should attend the November debate or any future ones with Donald Trump skipping them.

High levels of salt don’t just taste bad, they can make tap water unsafe to drink or cook with. At especially high levels, it may even become difficult to shower or wash dishes and clothes.

The group called for unspecified rule changes to ensure that a handful of Republicans will not be able to align with the chamber's Democrats to vote out a speaker or block party priorities.

A “government shutdown” – as we’ve come to define it – is expected if lawmakers can’t agree to pass a spending bill. But most of the government, as it touches people’s everyday lives, will continue to churn.

Britain on Friday reaffirmed its position that all countries should respect sovereignty and the rule of law, after reports said that India had asked Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin will keynote a Human Rights Campaign luncheon Saturday, where other speakers include transgender advocates who have lobbied for puberty blockers for children.

Reports say Trump revealed at least two secrets about U.S. submarines during a discussion at Mar-a-Lago with Australian billionaire, Anthony Pratt.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced he would finish out his term and run for reelection in 2024 despite rumors he may resign early after his removal from the No. 1 leadership position.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee has filed a federal lawsuit against a Tennessee city that passed an anti-drag show ordinance.

President Joe Biden on Friday acknowledged he’s facing an unwelcome political obstacle: The disarray engulfing his political opponents has only made it more difficult for his message to break through.

Lawyer: amount will likely be reduced to $300K because of statute.

Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab for the first time in two years. The news offers a slight reprieve to the beleaguered fishery beset by low numbers likely exacerbated by climate change.

A clip of a news anchor mistakenly saying Hillary Clinton died resurfaced on the internet. Clinton is not dead.

The candidates who will gather for the second Republican presidential debate this week face an unusual challenge: how to take on a front-runner who’s not on stage and is already acting as if he’s the nominee.

Marty Baron, longtime editor of The Washington Post, spills the tea on what actually happened between owner Jeff Bezos and former President Donald Trump; what the media should be doing to earn your trust; and whether billionaires like Bezos are secretly pulling the strings behind closed doors.

A Georgia judge has ruled that the district attorney’s office and sheriff’s office in Bibb County mishandled evidence in a murder case pending trial.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pitched changes to international law during a speech at the Valdai Discussion Club, including adding members to the U.N. Security Council.

The deposed former speaker has made clear he plans to stay at least through the speakership election before ending his House career, two people familiar with the matter tell POLITICO.

The BBC finds that there have been a record number of days in 2023 that breached the 1.5C temperature limit.

Police in Nigeria have identified a nurse as the “principal suspect” in the mysterious death of a Nigerian Afrobeat star which triggered dayslong protests demanding justice

The FTX co-founder tells court that Sam Bankman-Fried's public claims about FTX did not match reality.

A Florida man and his three adult sons were sentenced Friday for selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) urged Ohioans to vote "no" on a ballot measure that would circumvent state law and allow unrestricted abortion access.

"20/20" takes an inside look at the 2022 manhunt for jail escapee Casey White and his accomplice Vicky White.

Debt-laden companies across Europe, Middle East and Africa face a $500 billion refinancing scramble, a challenge that could kill off many of them if they fail to get the cash they need at rates they can afford.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo returned to work this week after a nine-week leave of absence. She told CBS News she is feeling "better than ever."

The Biden administration has ordered two Russian diplomats expelled from the United States in retaliation for the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats from Moscow last month.

The grand irony of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) characteristically unserious endorsement of Donald Trump for House speaker is that the former president actually is the single most effective man at terrifying Republican lawmakers into a consensus. But Trump, preoccupied with running for the…

Jim Jordan has represented Ohio's 4th Congressional District since 2007.

The rules panel of the Democratic National Committee on Friday approved a plan from Iowa Democrats to comply with a reworked presidential nominating calendar proposed by President Joe Biden in a move that will see the state shift out of the first-in-the-nation position it has held since 1972.

Dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa this decade, the WHO's chief scientist said, as warmer temperatures create the conditions for the mosquitoes carrying the infection to spread.

The Philadelphia journalist and activist who was gunned down in his home was allegedly shot by a 19-year-old he was "trying to help," police announced Friday.

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, a key figure in House GOP-led investigations, is again seeking the speaker’s gavel Friday as Republicans face a deepening leadership crisis and the chamber remains paralyzed without a speaker.

Any one Republican still has the power to force an ejection vote on the House leader. It's a problem that only some in the GOP want to solve.

A man accused of growing 1,100 marijuana plants in an unlicensed operation protected by dogs will avoid felony charges in Michigan.

Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise have announced their bids for House speaker.

No Georgia State Police troopers involved in the fatal shooting of Manuel "Tortuguita" Teran will face charges, according to District Attorney George R. Christian.

Wall Street rallied in a whipsaw Friday after looking deeper into the nuances of a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market.

Former President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” using language that is often employed by White supremacists and nativists in comments that have drawn rebuke from one prominent civil rights group.

Some migrants say the U.S. government’s plan to restart deportation flights to Venezuela in the coming days won't stop them from continuing their journeys.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton floated the idea of a "formal deprogramming" of Trump supporters and suggested the Republican base is made up of bigots.

Even if you’re on the other side of a cold, that doesn’t always mean you’re back to normal. Respiratory symptoms can last, a new study shows.

Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) has aroused controversy in his Republican Party by hoping for a slim majority in the House.

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., defended her vote to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from the House speakership, telling "The Story" he didn't keep promises.

Early in the Biden administration, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed that the United States would only hold talks with China if they led to "tangible outcomes" to resolve disputes between the strategic rivals.

Iowa Democrats' mail-in caucus could trigger instability with New Hampshire and threaten Iowa Republicans’ first-in-the-nation status for 2024.

More than 100 students walked out of classes at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Thursday morning.

A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police detective investigating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur testified before a grand jury in September that detectives had a theory that his murder and the murder of rapper Biggie Smalls may have been related.

FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy group, released a list of three demands on Friday for the next House speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) ouster this week.

A handful of pharmacies are offering the pills 10 months after the Biden administration allowed them to do so.

French investigative judges have filed preliminary charges against former President Nicolas Sarkozy. The preliminary charges were filed on Friday.

The next bargaining session between Kaiser Permanente and hospital workers isn’t scheduled until Oct. 12.

Soaring Treasury yields have stunned the U.S. equity market in recent weeks, with some of the worst fallout hitting a group of stocks expected to have bond-like qualities.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has removed the country’s prime minister and dissolved the government, according to a senior public official.

As 28 million Americans begin repaying their federal student loan debt, economists say that won’t dramatically cut into spending but will force painful changes to budgets

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery rose 48 cents to $82.79 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for December delivery rose 51 cents to $84.58 a barrel.

A billionaire friend of Justice Clarence Thomas is refusing to satisfy Senate Democrats' demands to reveal a full list of "payments or gifts of travel and lodging" given to Supreme Court justices, suggesting it lacks the authority to do so.

Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko says every family in Hroza has been affected by Thursday's missile strike.

A federal judge has denied a request to stop the execution of a Texas inmate who had alleged in a lawsuit the drugs he's to be injected with next week were exposed to extreme heat and smoke during a recent fire, making them unsafe.

A Trump spokesperson said the lawsuit would be pursued after the former president "has prevailed in dealing with the witch hunts against him."

A funeral home offering environmentally friendly burials is under investigation after it was discovered that human remains were being improperly stored.

Some 250,000 people arrived so far this year beyond regular border crossings to the EU, home to 450 million.

Some of the nation’s largest cancer centers are reporting little improvement in an ongoing shortage of critical chemotherapy drugs in the United States.

Police say Friday that they have issued an arrest warrant for a 19-year-old acquaintance in the death of a Philadelphia journalist.

Tim McGraw celebrated his 27th wedding anniversary with Faith Hill with an Instagram post featuring the first photo they took together.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce can appreciate New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers' dig at him over his recent partnership with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, but he responded Friday with his own witty remark.

Georgia soon will become the first state in the nation to offer medical marijuana products at independent pharmacies.

The move takes Iowa out of its longtime first-place status, while New Hampshire had not yet set its primary date, partially due to Iowa Democrats’ mail-in caucus plans.

New Mexico Judge Fred Van Soelen upheld the state's congressional map after Republicans alleged the map was significantly gerrymandered.

Wisconsin’s Capitol building is one of the most open in the country, which made it easy for a man to walk in this week with a loaded handgun in search of the Democratic governor.

The White House may have blamed Exxon Mobil for high energy prices taking their toll on consumers, but would struggle to thwart the top U.S. oil producer's contemplated $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources , five antitrust lawyers and experts said on Friday.

Ankara vows to continue targeting Kurdish groups but the US calls for more coordination between the Nato allies.

Under a scorching sun, more than three hundred Bolivians on Friday marched to a dusty plain near the Incachaca dam that overlooks the city of La Paz, gathering to pray for rain and an end to a severe drought that has threatened their water supply.

A Florida family who claimed they had a "miracle" cure for COVID-19 that contained a toxic bleach were sentenced to federal prison on Friday.

Union coalition leading the three-day walkout said employees may strike again later this year unless health care giant addresses their concerns.

Palestinians have marched in anger at a funeral procession for a 19-year-old killed by Israeli security forces after Jewish settlers rampaged through a flashpoint West Bank town the night before.

Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport as he arrived from Hong Kong, where he had been living since March 2020, the Justice Department said.

PHILADELPHIA — In a prime-time speech to the country last September, President Joe Biden stood, with Independence Hall flooded in ominous red lighting behind him, and angrily railed at “MAGA extremists voters” who represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.

Post-tropical cyclone Philippe is expected to track north and likely drench parts of New England and Canada's southeast coast over the weekend.

The ongoing trial is dealing with a $250 million lawsuit against Trump, the Trump Organization, his two adult sons and top company executives.

The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee urged Iran to release imprisoned peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi and let her accept the award at the annual prize ceremony in December.

Rachel Bilson is defending herself against Whoopi Goldberg after "The View" host questioned the actress's statements about men with few sexual partners.

Former Army Sgt. Joseph Daniel Schmidt was indicted Friday for efforts to give classified information to China, according to the Department of Justice.

Rep. Matt Gaetz probably isn’t thinking about next week’s IMF-World Bank meetings in Marrakech. But his presence will be felt.

Pakistan says its recently announced plans to deport all migrants who are in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans, will be implemented in a “phased and orderly manner.”

Russia indicated on Friday that it was moving swiftly towards revoking its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) after President Vladimir Putin held out the possibility of resuming nuclear testing.

The Loudoun County student who was sexually assaulted in a high school restroom filed a $30 million federal lawsuit against the school district.

Sandra Lynn Henson has been accused of crashing weddings in three states. At one last week, the bride's sister says she found Henson in the bridal room eating a piece of cake.

Days after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker, House Republicans vying to replace him will face off in a Fox News debate.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency says the army has rescued more than 100 migrants after their boat faced technical problems in the Mediterranean off the coast of the northern city of Tripoli.

The 77-year-old victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, an autopsy determined.

Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the university's Department of Applied Physical Sciences, was shot seven times, according to an autopsy report.

Georgia Power Co. will pay $413 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the utility of reneging on financial promises to one of its nuclear reactor partners.

Russia's envoy to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said on Friday that Moscow will revoke its ratification of the pact, a move that Washington denounced as endangering "the global norm" against nuclear test blasts.

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: The Biden administration is not giving people who enter the U.S illegally payments of $2,200 per month.

A St. Louis resident told Fox News Digital about her predicament with trying to prove she's alive 16 years after her she was declared deceased.

GOP presidential hopeful Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) slammed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday after she said MAGA voters might require "formal deprogramming."

Fourteen experts on the roots of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and why Republicans keep destroying their own leaders.

Ahead of the Nov. 17 government funding deadline, the House is paralyzed without a speaker.

Trump shared the number of warheads that U.S. submarines typically carry and how close they can get to Russian submarines without being detected, sources told ABC News and The New York Times about Pratt's account to investigators.

Friday’s report from the Labor Department suggests many companies remain confident enough to keep hiring despite high interest rates and a hazy outlook for the economy.

New research finds that humans might have first entered the New World not over the Bering land bridge between Russia and Alaska, but thousands of years earlier.

The Biden administration is expected to announce a new weapons package for Ukraine next week as the Pentagon continues to use up funds discovered due to a multi-billion dollar accounting error, U.S. officials said.

Travis Kelce and Aaron Rodgers are in a "vax war," as the Kansas City Chiefs tight end called it, and a former surgeon general dropped a bomb.

A hacker is advertising millions of "pieces of data" stolen from the family genetics websites 23andMe, according to posts made to an online forum where digital thieves often advertise leaked data.

The United Auto Workers union says it will not expand its strikes against Detroit’s three automakers after General Motors made a breakthrough concession on unionizing electric vehicle battery plants.

And Iowa shifts its spot on the presidential nominating calendar.

Conservative media and GOP activists have been stating unsubstantiated claims that Colony Ridge has become a magnet for immigrants, but the Republican area is pushing back.

House Democrats want to dispel any "confusion" over the role of interim speaker as the fight to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is poised to drag on for weeks.

The president's son pleaded not guilty to three federal gun charges earlier this week.

Sam Bankman-Fried authorized the illegal use of FTX customers’ funds and assets to plug financial gaps at an affiliated hedge fund from the exchange’s earliest days, FTX’s co-founder Gary Wang told a New York jury on Friday, as prosecutors pressed their case that Bankman-Fried was the mastermind beh

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce happily accepted a nickname New York Jet quarterback Aaron Rodgers gave him this week.

Friday is the fifth day of former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York.

A Missouri high school English teacher resigned from teaching after officials found that she had an OnlyFans account as a side hustle. She is now turning to pornography full time.

Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker of the House after serving for 269 days. Here's a timeline of events that led up to his removal.

Shares in the troubled British lender Metro Bank have bounced back by a third on reports that it has been sounding out bigger rivals to buy a chunk of its assets.

U.S. employment increased by the most in eight months in September as hiring rose broadly, pointing to persistent labor market strength that could give the Federal Reserve ammunition to raise interest rates again, though wage growth is slowing.