A federal appeals court in New York gave former President Trump a partial win on Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit in which a woman has accused him of raping her in the 1990s, ruling that presidents have by federal law the broad legal immunity given to government employees.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its most significant pro-Second Amendment decision in nearly two decades a few months ago when justices ruled 6-3 that New York’s concealed carry law was unconstitutionally restrictive.
Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming says she “won’t be a Republican” if former President Donald Trump is the GOP nominee for president in 2024 and would consider stumping for Democrats in some cases.
The British pound has plunged to an all-time low against the U.S. dollar after the UK government announced a massive tax-cutting program, which is the biggest in 50 years.
A top vaccine expert is advising that healthy young people should not get the latest COVID-19 booster shot because "there's not clear evidence of benefit."
More than $12 billion in Ukraine-related aid will be included as part of a stopgap spending bill that would fund the federal government into mid-December, a person familiar with the legislation said Monday.
With four occupied regions of Ukraine currently in the midst of a five-day referendum on whether to join the Russian Federation, a Kremlin lawmaker told state media over the weekend that the territories are likely to be absorbed by Russia on September 30.
