Politics

A Manhattan judge chose a sentence that sidestepped thorny constitutional issues to end the case but assures Trump will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency.

The law that could ban TikTok is before the Supreme Court. The justices largely hold the app’s fate in their hands as they hear the case Friday.

In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene. Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimagina...

Judge Juan Merchan isn’t going to sentence Donald Trump to jail before he takes office.

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Justice Department can release a report on President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss but kept in place a judge’s order requiring a three-day delay to allow for further appeals.

President-elect Donald Trump inaccurately blamed water shortages in Los Angeles on policies meant to preserve an endangered fish called the Delta smelt.

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay his sentencing in his hush money case in New York.

The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found that they overstepped the president’s authority.

For years, political scientist Scott Yenor has advocated for overhauling colleges and universities, which he’s argued undermine traditional American families by encouraging women to pursue careers and put off childbirth. Now he may get a chance to implement his policy proposals.

More than 15,000 doctors have signed a letter urging senators to vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of health and human services.

In a collision between free speech and national security, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over the fate of TikTok.

Former President Jimmy Carter Carter, who died late last month at 100, was remembered as a compassionate Christian and ahead-of-his-time progressive.

Former first lady Michelle Obama did not attend President Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral, and social media took note.