Texas drought: Governor signs drought disaster declaration for 4 Houston-area counties

The continued heat across the state has prompted Texas Governor Greg Abbott to sign a drought disaster declaration for 37 Texas counties, which include four from the Houston-area.

Mar-a-Lago manager is latest in line of Trump staffers mired in his legal turmoil

Carlos De Oliveira is the second little-known Donald Trump employee charged in connection to his alleged hoarding of classified documents at his Palm Beach, Florida, club.

Donald Trump's campaign finances strained as legal trouble mounts

The Republican presidential front-runner had $31.8 million in cash after burning through roughly $42.8 million in 2023, much of it used to cover expenses related to legal costs.

Latest on Hunter Biden confession
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President Biden's son, Hunter, has admitted to making hundreds of thousands of dollars from his association with a company backed by the Chinese Communist Party. While the admission directly contradicts previous denials, Hunter says he made the money without his father's awareness.

Hunter Biden's daughter, Navy, publicly acknowledged by president for 1st time

President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a four-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018.

Trump faces additional charges in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case

Former President Donald Trump is facing accusations that he and aides asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the classified documents investigations.

Twitter logo changing from bird to 'X', Elon Musk says

Musk's move to change Twitter's logo to an “X" also comes as Twitter faces new competition from Meta's new app, Threads, which launched earlier this month.

Judge sets trial date for next May in Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida

The May 20, 2024, trial date was set Friday by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. It is a compromise between a request from prosecutors to set the trial for this December.

Judge signals December could be too soon for Trump’s classified documents case but doesn't set trial date

Judge Aileen Cannon didn't say whether she would agree to Donald Trump’s request to delay the trial until after the 2024 election. But Prosecutors have proposed that the trial begins in December.

Donald Trump downplays legal challenges on campaign trail in Iowa after revealing target letter

Headlining a Republican county meeting, the former president attacked the Justice Department while trying to make light of what could be his third criminal indictment since March.

Donald Trump's classified documents case set for first pretrial conference hearing

The former president and his codefendant and aide, Walt Nauta, have pleaded not guilty to a 38-count indictment that accuses them of conspiring to hide classified documents from Justice Department investigators.

GOP might stop FBI from moving headquarters in wake of agency's Trump probes

The shifting attitudes among Republican members of Congress toward the FBI underscore the way Trump’s personal grievances have become legislative policy.