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Scott Olson/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — With former President Donald Trump indicted on criminal charges for the fourth time, the pardoning process in Georgia has come into focus. Trump and 18 other people were charged late Monday in a sweeping indictment under Georgia’s racketeering, or RICO, law for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional leaders in both parties are signaling an increased willingness to punt the deadline to fund the government to later this year, possibly delaying a looming government shutdown until the winter and buying lawmakers more time to hash out government funding bills. During a closed call with the Republican conference last […]

Rachel Mummey/Bloomberg via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has “basically moved on” from his conflict with The Walt Disney Co., he told CNBC on Monday, contending that Disney should “drop the lawsuit” it filed claiming a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” by DeSantis’ administration, which DeSantis denies. Asked what he would tell […]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following a pattern established by three previous indictments, former president and current 2024 White House hopeful Donald Trump was charged for a fourth time, this time in Georgia, late on Monday night — and quickly denounced the case as other Republicans backed up his claims of a dual […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many congressional Republicans are again coming to former President Donald Trump’s defense after he was indicted a fourth time. A Georgia grand jury late Monday issued a sprawling indictment against Trump and 18 others on charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in […]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — In charging former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants in a sprawling 41-count indictment, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reached for a familiar legal tool. From prosecuting school teachers to street gangs, it has not been uncommon for Willis to rely on Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday outlined steps being taken to aid Maui amid its deadly wildfires, and defended against questions about President Joe Biden’s response. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell said the president has ordered a “whole of government” approach to the fires, now the deadliest natural disaster […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney hasn’t yet said if he’ll run for a second term, next year — but if he does, he’ll face a primary challenge from other Republicans who think he’s vulnerable with the base because of his renunciation of former President Donald Trump. Romney boasts a lengthy […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump lashed out at the federal judge overseeing the case against him over efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss — after he was warned by the same judge against making “inflammatory” comments about the case. Elsewhere on the campaign trail, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member […]

Prasit photo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Starting Monday, hundreds of thousands of federal student loan borrowers will start to receive emails from their servicers with the subject line “Your student loans have been forgiven.” The notices will come as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to cancel debt for 804,000 borrowers who qualify for relief under […]