BALTIMORE — Former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that he supports codifying abortion access in federal law, amending a previous position that his Democratic U.S. Senate campaign opponent has sought to use against him.

Hogan said in an interview with the New York Times that he is in favor of restoring the precedent set by the ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmakers say they won’t let speeches about fast food or Republican threats to kill a bonding deal derail their efforts to advance a bill that would plot a path for abortion rights in Minnesota’s Constitution.

After House Republicans delayed votes in two floor sessions with lengthy speeches that ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyer at his hush money trial grilled Michael Cohen for hours on the witness stand Thursday about possible inconsistencies in his testimony and his well-documented history of lying under oath.

Defense attorney Todd Blanche took a far more aggressive tone with Cohen, Trump’s former fixer, than earlier in the week...Read more

Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has officially applied for a presidential pardon, according to a new letter sent by the Congressional Black Caucus to President Joe Biden obtained by The Baltimore Sun.

In the letter, the group of 60 lawmakers calls on the president to pardon Mosby, who was convicted at two separate trials of ...Read more

A congressional education committee has chastised UCLA for its response to a pro-Palestinian encampment and violent instigators who attacked it, calling on the university to turn over documents regarding an "inadequate response to antisemitism and failure to protect Jewish students."

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and his counterparts from Michigan...Read more

Rutgers University president Jonathan Holloway is among the latest group of college presidents to be called before a congressional committee probing the handling of antisemitism on college campuses.

He will testify on May 23 before the Committee on Education & the Workforce, along with Michael Schill, president of Northwestern University and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed, 224-187, a bill that would force the Biden administration to continue supplying arms to Israel as U.S. officials weigh withholding certain offensive weapons.

Only 16 Democrats voted for the legislation after House Democratic leaders urged their members to remain united against the measure. Ultimately...Read more

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen completed a third day on the witness stand Thursday and is set to face more grilling next week as Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial nears its conclusion.

After jurors were sent home for the day around 4 p.m., Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the court that he expects to spend roughly another hour and a half ...Read more

Though the slate of prospective Democratic rivals has grown two years after Republican U. S. Rep. Andy Barr handily won reelection in Kentucky, political strategists are doubtful there’s enough candidate heft — or fundraising — to unseat the incumbent.

Five Democrats, including a social worker, an IT manager and a nurseryman, are running ...Read more

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s longtime fixer-turned-foe, faced a contentious cross-examination Thursday as the former president’s legal team sought to undermine his credibility and motives as the historic hush money trial centered on an alleged payment to porn star Stormy Daniels nears its conclusion.

After a meandering line ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — In the GOP race for South Carolina's conservative 3rd Congressional District, seven Republican hopefuls are aiming to succeed U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan.

Because the field is so large, political observers and those in the race don’t expect the nomination to be settled June 11. Instead the race for the GOP nomination is likely to...Read more

NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday accepted an invitation from CBS News for a summer debate with her Republican counterpart, but there was no immediate response from former President Donald Trump’s campaign.

The Biden reelection campaign said Harris would accept either July 23 or Aug. 13 for what is expected to be the sole ...Read more

NEW YORK — A large group of Republican members of Congress showed up Thursday in a lower Manhattan court to show support for former President Trump in his criminal trial for covering up hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Led by Trump loyalists Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., 11 GOP lawmakers trooped ...Read more

Sex, money and power – all three subjects got an airing over the three days of testimony and cross-examination of Michael Cohen in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. Trump is accused of illegally covering up a hush-money payment to a woman claiming she had a sexual encounter with Trump; Cohen, known as Trump’s former “...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia Supreme Court candidate John Barrow could face formal charges for judicial misconduct, which could lead to his removal from the bench if elected, following a federal judge’s ruling regarding Barrow’s campaign focus on abortion rights.

Barrow, a former Democratic U.S. Congressman, is challenging Justice Andrew Pinson, who...Read more

NEW YORK — Cardi B won’t be at the polls casting a vote for either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump in the presidential election this November.

After publicly supporting Bernie Sanders and then Biden in 2020, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper made it clear that her stance has changed.

“I don’t f– with both of y’all ...Read more

Former President Donald Trump described Minnesota as a state that is "out of control," attacked Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar and suggested Minneapolis would have "burned down to the ground" in 2020 if not for him.

Trump's comments came during an interview posted Thursday by the conservative outlet Alpha News ahead of his Friday visit to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the U.S. consumer protection agency that was created under President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to protect Americans from financial scams.

By a 7-2 vote, the justices rejected a constitutional claim brought by a coalition of payday lenders who had won before a panel of three ...Read more

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s longtime fixer-turned-foe, faced a contentious cross-examination Thursday as the former president’s legal team sought to undermine his credibility and motives as the historic hush money trial centered on an alleged payment to porn star Stormy Daniels nears its conclusion.

Defense lawyer Todd ...Read more