Politics

President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was a prime example of his unpredictability, a strategy that carries a lot of risk, foreign policy experts say. (Evan Vucci, Chiang Ying-ying / Associated Press) For eight years, many of President Obama’s critics denounced what they saw as excessive caution in dealing with foreign … Read more

George W. Bush begins his second term as president today amid celebration and pageantry tempered by the tightest security in inaugural history. The presidential oath of office, scheduled for noon EST, is the high point of a day in which Bush also will deliver an address on Capitol Hill, lead a parade along a 1.7-mile … Read more

President Biden speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Tuesday. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal … Read more

Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP-Getty Images) Shortly after she won a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2016, Kamala Harris said she expected to follow the traditional freshman lawmaker playbook: “Listen and watch, and kind of get a lay of the land.” Far from keeping her head down, however, California’s … Read more

No matter who wins the presidential election, whether it’s Vice President Al Gore or Texas Gov. George W. Bush, there will be at least one young, single first daughter forced to navigate the treacherous waters of the dating world while being closely followed by a merry band of Secret Service agents–usually male, and impossible to … Read more

Pastor John Hagee delivers the opening prayer before former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley announced her campaign for president. In 2008, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain disavowed Hagee’s support. (Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images) With the 2024 presidential campaign already underway, the nation’s two major political parties are each struggling for a … Read more

John E. Hamilton; Indian Activist John E. Hamilton, 90, who called himself leader of the Mohegan-Pequot Indian Nation and conducted a marriage ceremony for kidnaped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. Hamilton, called Chief Rolling Cloud, was known for his involvement in lawsuits seeking the return of land to his southeastern Connecticut tribe. In the 1930s, Hamilton … Read more

WASHINGTON — Pro-Romney “super PAC” Restore Our Future raised $20 million in just 17 days, according to finance reports filed Thursday, with half of its take coming from casino magnate and prolific Republican donor Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam. The haul points to an amped-up fundraising pace by the group early this month in … Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will seek to reintroduce an insurance mandate and give more power to Medi-Cal to negotiate drug prices as part of sweeping healthcare reforms. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, wants it understood that he’s not declaring war on Big Pharma, all appearances to the … Read more

Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, is accused of abusing his second wife in an affidavit sent to Senate members. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former sister-in-law alleging that the onetime Fox News host was abusive … Read more