Category: Politics

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a contender to be former President Donald J. Trump’s running mate, indicated on Sunday that he supported the Supreme Court ruling granting Mr. Trump and future presidents substantial immunity from prosecution. “I think what the Supreme Court did is, it clarified what the law is,” he said on CNN, arguing […]

The Philadelphia radio station WURD has parted ways with a host who interviewed President Biden on Wednesday using questions provided to her by the Biden campaign, after the station said the interview violated its journalistic independence. WURD said in a statement on Sunday that “agreeing to a predetermined set of questions jeopardizes” its listeners’ trust. […]

Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, a potential running mate for former President Donald J. Trump, said on Sunday that he supported Mr. Trump’s vow, if he won in November, to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate President Biden. “I find it interesting how much the media and the Democrats have lost their mind over this […]

With the election of the reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian as president, Iran may see a softening of its absolutist foreign policy and even an opportunity for a new diplomatic opening, current and former officials and experts say. Mr. Pezeshkian, a cardiologist, member of Parliament and former health minister, has little direct experience in foreign policy. […]

Vice President Kamala Harris typically spends the Fourth of July weekend with her husband, Doug Emhoff, at their home in Los Angeles, grilling hot dogs for their Secret Service agents. But as concerns over President Biden’s age and mental acuity have continued to simmer in recent days, Ms. Harris has been on the road, relentlessly […]

President Biden will continue his efforts to rescue his imperiled re-election effort on Sunday, with two campaign stops in Pennsylvania, a key swing state. Mr. Biden will visit Philadelphia and then Harrisburg, as a growing number of Democrats from across the party’s ideological spectrum are calling for him to drop out of the race over […]

Over the course of his long career, President Biden has overcome personal tragedy and political odds, and he has used his resilience to power his ambition. But now that he is in the fight of his political life, his irrepressible pursuit of the comeback risks looking like blind defiance in the face of a rising […]

ABC News adjusted its initial transcript of a much-discussed moment during President Biden’s Friday interview after White House officials told the network that they believed the president’s words had been inaccurately rendered, according to several people familiar with the discussion. The moment occurred toward the end of Mr. Biden’s interview, when George Stephanopoulos asked the […]

With the election of the reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian as president, Iran may see a softening of its absolutist foreign policy and even an opportunity for a new diplomatic opening, current and former officials and experts say. Mr. Pezeshkian, a cardiologist, member of Parliament and former health minister, has little direct experience in foreign policy. […]

The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case on Saturday rejected an effort by one of his co-defendants to have the charges he is facing dismissed by claiming that he was the victim of a vindictive prosecution by the government. The co-defendant, Walt Nauta, who works as a personal aide to […]