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President Joe Biden calls Donald Trump’s claims of a rigged trial ‘reckless’Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and now convcited felon, has said the guilty verdict against him at…

A day after President Biden called on Israel and Hamas to reach a truce, declaring that it was “time for this war to end,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday reiterated that Israel would not agree to a permanent cease-fire in Gaza as long as Hamas still retained governing and military power.In his statement, Mr. Netanyahu did not…

Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama’s mother and an anchor of the Obama family who moved into the White House and provided stability for her two granddaughters as the young family adjusted to Washington, died on Friday in Chicago. She was 86.Her death was announced in a statement by Mrs. Obama, former President Barack Obama and other family members.…

Donald J. Trump’s run of luck in his criminal cases has expired.Before the conviction on Thursday in Manhattan, the former president had drawn what some of his closest advisers regarded as a defense lawyer’s equivalent of an inside straight: something close to perfection. Mr. Trump had lost civil cases with costly damages, but the four criminal…

U.S. officials said on Tuesday that the Israeli strike that killed dozens of Palestinians in southern Gaza was a tragedy but that it did not violate President Biden’s red line for withholding weapons shipments to Israel.The bloodshed came after Mr. Biden warned earlier this month that the United States would block certain arms transfers if…

Let's briefly look at the core arguments of both the defence and prosecution, now that both teams have concluded their closing arguments. As we saw earlier, the judge stressed the words of the lawyers do not count as evidence in the trial, and told the jury only they could make their minds up based on the…

When New York state lawmakers passed a sweeping ethics reform package in 2011, it was hailed as a major advancement toward eliminating corruption in Albany."This historic ethics reform bill is another step in restoring the public's trust in their government," said then-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on the Senate floor during the passage of…

Hamas launched a barrage of rockets at central Israel on Sunday afternoon, setting off air-raid sirens in the Tel Aviv area for the first time since at least late January, and showing that the group retains some long-range missile capabilities more than seven months into Israel’s war against the militant group in Gaza.The Israeli military said…

Matthew Tkachuk #19 of the Florida Panthers scores a goal against Adam Fox #23 of the New York Rangers during the first period in Game One of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on May 22, 2024 in New York City.  Bruce…

NEW YORK — Upon exiting the closest subway station to former President Donald Trump's campaign rally in the Bronx Thursday evening, the only signs of anything unusual were the NYPD officers at the turnstile with bomb-sniffing dogs and a helicopter buzzing overhead. There wasn't a single piece of Trump paraphernalia on the New Yorkers filing out…