Biden is wrapping a campaign fundraising blitz
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden has cozied up to high-dollar donors at posh Upper East Side penthouses and on West Coast decks gussied up with floral arrangements and flags in recent weeks.
Trump’s GOP support dips slightly after his indictment
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s criminal indictment on charges of mishandling government secrets appears to have dented his popularity among Republicans — but only slightly —- according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Green plans to veto commerical use boating permits bill
HONOLULU — Gov. Josh Green announced he plans on vetoing a bill aimed at reducing the number of commercial use boating permits, something several Kaua‘i tour operators said would shut down their businesses if signed into law.
Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory
The U.S. Supreme Court shot down a controversial legal theory that could have changed the way elections are run across the country, but left the door open to more limited challenges that could increase its role in deciding voting disputes during the 2024 presidential election.
Stigma is falling away from Congress’ punishments
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans have held it over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months. Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing it too. And President Joe Biden seemingly isn’t far behind.
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani interviewed in Jan. 6 investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rudy Giuliani, who as a member of Donald Trump’s legal team sought to overturn 2020 presidential election results in battleground states, was interviewed recently by investigators with the Justice Department special counsel’s office.
Biden says U.S., NATO played no part in Russian mutiny
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden declared Monday that the United States and NATO played no part in the Wagner mercenary group’s short-lived insurrection in Russia, calling the uprising and the longer-term challenges it poses for President Vladimir Putin’s authority “a struggle within the Russian system.”
DeSantis unveils an aggressive immigration, border security policy
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis promised to end birthright citizenship, finish building the southern border wall and send U.S. forces into Mexico to combat drug cartels as part of an aggressive — and familiar — immigration policy proposal he laid out Monday in a Texas border city.
The Supreme Court’s abortion decision scorned, praised
Activists and politicians are marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion with praise from some and protests from others.
Rapozo rebukes state politicians over water management agencies
LIHU‘E — What started as a County Council meeting on how agencies regulate Kaua‘i’s water ended in an admonishment of state politicians by council chair Mel Rapozo, as he accused Gov. Josh Green and the Hawai‘i Legislature of failing to provide sufficient funds for state and county water management groups.
Governor signs 13 health care access bills
KAILUA-KONA, Hawai‘i Island — Gov. Josh Green promoted the signing of 13 bills aimed at improving health care access statewide during a press conference at Kealakehe Clinic in the Hawai‘i Island Community Health Center on Thursday afternoon.
Biden rallies for abortion rights, conservatives pushing a 15-week national ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden warned Friday that Republicans seeking a nationwide ban on abortion won’t stop there as he urged supporters to channel their outrage into mobilizing votes for Democrats in 2024.
Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday he supports the idea of expunging the two impeachments of Donald Trump as hard-right Republican allies of the former president introduce a pair of proposals to declare it as though the historic charges never happened.
AG denies claims of interference in Hunter Biden investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back Friday against claims from IRS whistleblowers that the Justice Department interfered with the investigation into Hunter Biden, saying more broadly that attacks on the department’s independence are corrosive.
Analysis: Trump’s war on truth tests voters
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The cherry tree folklore is too good to be true, but it’s no lie that George Washington had a thing for the truth. “I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy,” he wrote in his farewell address.
Trump, DeSantis interviews show Fox influence still strong
NEW YORK — The two leading GOP presidential contenders had very different interview experiences with Fox News in the past week — each an illustration of the influence that even a damaged Fox has over the Republican nominating process.
Abortion laws a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that ended nearly a half-century of a nationwide right to abortion, states have enacted contrasting policies on the issue.
Hunter Biden will plead guilty in tax and gun case
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses but avoid full prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars.
Trump’s penchant for talking could pose problems
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Criminal defendants are routinely advised to avoid commenting on pending charges against them. But Donald Trump, the former president and current White House hopeful, is no ordinary defendant.
DA, ethics panel back judge in Donald Trump hush-money case
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s tempestuous views aside, Manhattan prosecutors say neither the former president nor his lawyers have shown any evidence to support their claims that the judge in his hush-money criminal case has an anti-Trump bias. They urged him to reject defense demands that he step aside from the case.