Politics

Supreme Court justices were acting on emergency appeals from civil rights lawyers as well as Louisiana’s Republican leaders. (Mariam Zuhaib / Associated Press) The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a decision by two Trump-appointed judges in Louisiana and restored a state election map that may allow Black voters to elect a Democrat to Congress … Read more

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Vyshneve, Kyiv region on Wednesday. (Brendan Smialowski / Associated Press) Was it guitar-hero time? Or a tone-deaf attempt at wartime solidarity? Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken garnered some mixed reviews in the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday after busting out his ‘80s-rock chops at a bedraggled but beloved … Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose after their meeting in Kyiv on Thursday. (Efrem Lukatsky / Pool photo) Sending a tough diplomatic warning to Russia — backed by a show of military force — the Biden administration on Thursday vowed to stand by Ukraine and its beleaguered government … Read more

Jill Biden was teaching in a locked psychiatric unit at the Rockford Center in Delaware when one of her teenage students started spiraling out of control. He was on his feet, aggressive and abusive. In back of the class, a burly aide sprang up, ready to intervene. Biden shot him a look that said, “Wait.” … Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a Beijing visit six years ago. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / Associated Press) Does the “no limits” relationship have limits? Russian President Vladimir Putin is embarking on his first foreign trip since his splashy inauguration to a fifth term in office, and his destination is no … Read more

President Biden speaks at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies gala Tuesday in Washington. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it plans to move forward on a new $1-billion sale of arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides say. It’s the first arms shipment to Israel … Read more

President Trump at the White House on Thursday. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images) In the end, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III never forced President Trump to testify under oath even though he considered Trump’s written answers to prosecutors’ questions “inadequate.” Instead of following predecessors who compelled evidence from President Nixon during Watergate, and President … Read more

The call went out to newspaper and television assignment editors one day last year: Position photographers at the state Department of Fish and Game office in downtown San Diego for a great picture of cow manure being dumped on a bureaucrat’s desk. The stunt, which necessarily required media cooperation, was meant to protest cattle grazing … Read more

CNN will pursue topical comedy for Saturday nights. (Getty Images) CNN is producing a U.S. edition of “Have I Got News for You,” a long-running British comedic panel show that riffs on current affairs. The network announced Wednesday at parent company Warner Bros. Discovery’s advertiser presentation in New York that the series will go into … Read more

President Biden and former President Trump speak at recent campaign appearances. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) President Biden and former President Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates in June and September, but there were no guarantees that they would happen as their camps are still far apart on key details, such as … Read more