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The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Justice Department overstepped in charging hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters with the crime of “obstruction of an official proceeding.” The decision could force prosecutors to reconsider some of its pending cases against rioters. In a ideologically mixed 6-3 vote, the court ruled …

In a debate where President Joe Biden struggled to maintain a coherent presence, there was at least one exchange where the president managed to land a rhetorical punch against the ramblings of former President Donald Trump. In response to a question on immigration, Trump claimed that Biden “doesn’t care about …

Donald Trump stood on stage in Atlanta on Thursday night and told an insane lie: Democrats, he said, want to “kill the baby.” “They will take the life of a child in the eighth month, the ninth month, and even after birth — after birth — if you look at …

In another lie-filled presidential debate performance, Donald Trump repeated baseless claims that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was actually the person responsible for the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol following his election loss. When asked by CNN host and debate moderator Jake Tapper what he would say to “those …

Joe Biden lost the first debate. And he’s put his candidacy — and the country — in a profoundly difficult place. It’s hard to say it more clearly. From the opening exchanges, the incumbent appeared hoarse, unsteady, and at times confused. He seemed to embody the right-wing caricature of the …

In case you missed it, the first 2024 presidential debate was a disaster. President Joe Biden stumbled through responses to basic questions, sending Democrats into a panic over what to do about an aging incumbent who didn’t seem up to the task of running the country. Donald Trump wasn’t much …

After Joe Biden‘s debate debacle Thursday night, many Democratic officials and operatives — uniformly described as in a “panic” — are calling for the 81-year-old president step aside, to make way for a younger, more robust, politician to be nominated at the party convention in Chicago this August. But the …

President Joe Biden’s stumbling, confused, and disjointed performance on the CNN debate stage Thursday threw back the curtain on an issue his campaign, the White House, and allies have long attempted to convince the public isn’t true: that he’s too old. The party must weigh whether to stick with Biden …

The family behind one of the most addictive substances in the world, peddled to patients by their own doctors who downplayed their harmful effects, is not shielded from liability for the deaths of hundreds of thousands, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Sackler …

Presidential debates take plenty of preparation. A candidate ideally wants to seem clever, quick-witted, and knowledgeable about the issues, all while maintaining an image of unscripted charisma before voters. Campaigns will spend weeks drilling their candidates on talking points and potential responses in deeply guarded secrecy — lest their opponent …