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WASHINGTON — An FBI informant has been charged with lying to his handler about ties between President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company. Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or […]

A New York judge on Thursday set the stage for the first ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss charges accusing him of falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment to a porn star ahead of his successful 2016 White House run. Judge Juan Merchan, over […]

Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election for a U.S. House seat in New York on Tuesday, coming out on top in a politically mixed suburban district in a victory that could lift his party’s hopes heading into a fiercely contested presidential election later this year. Suozzi defeated Republican Mazi Pilip to take the seat […]

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT — A quick-moving winter storm battered cities in the Northeast with snowfall, sending huge waves crashing into the New England coastline and prompting New York City schools to switch to glitch-filled remote learning reminiscent of the early days of the pandemic. Airlines canceled or delayed flights while accidents were reported on slippery roads, and […]

WASHINGTON — Civil society is pushing the United Nations to make changes to a global cybercrime treaty, which they say lacks safeguards for journalists and human rights defenders. The U.N. met in New York earlier in February for what had been scheduled as a concluding session, but member states were unable to find consensus. Originally proposed […]

The Senate voted early Tuesday morning to pass a $95 billion emergency defense spending bill, including $60 billion for Ukraine, after an all-night filibuster by conservative opponents finally ran out of steam shortly after 5 a.m. The 70-29 vote capped nearly a week of floor debate and four months of wrangling over President Biden’s request […]

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign Monday defended its new TikTok account as a vital way to boost its appeal with young voters, even as his administration continued to raise security concerns about whether the popular social media app might be sharing user data with China’s communist government. The campaign’s inaugural post featured the president […]

Six months after the collapse of their 2019 summit in Hanoi, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a letter to then U.S. President Donald Trump conveying a sense of personal betrayal. “I am clearly offended, and I do not want to hide this feeling from you,” Kim told Trump in the last of 25 […]

Usher paid tribute to his late drummer, Aaron Spears, during his Super Bowl VIII Halftime show by leaving an empty golden drumkit onstage. The R’n’B superstar wowed with his star-studded set during the halfway point of the major NFL tournament – which saw the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 – at […]

Two people were injured and one suspect was killed during a shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church on Sunday afternoon, Texas authorities say. During a press conference, police chief Troy Finner said that the shooting began at 1:53 p.m. It happened at around the time that the Spanish language church service was scheduled to start. […]