Robert Barnett, power lawyer for politicos and TV news stars, dies at 79
A longtime partner at the Washington law firm Williams & Connolly, Barnett was the go-to lawyer for politicians and public officials moving into private life…
Column: Biden was supposed to be a bridge. He became a roadblock
From the outside looking in, Gov. Gavin Newsom unofficially announced he was running for president on Thursday, March 30, 2023, the day he transferred $10…
Maxwell: Never saw Donald Trump in ‘inapprpriate setting’
Ghislaine Maxwell never saw President Donald Trump do anything illegal or inappropriate and said there is no list of powerful individuals made by Jeffrey Epstein,…
House panel to make some redacted Epstein files public
Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Some of the Jeffrey Epstein files will be made public after the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform receives them…
DOJ requests judges unseal more evidence in Epstein and Maxwell cases
Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice asked New York judges to unseal more evidence in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell criminal cases,…
Smithsonian removes mention of presidential impeachments
The Smithsonian Institution has removed mentions of impeachment efforts against President Andrew Johnson, President Richard Nixon, President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump -- Trump…
Ghislaine Maxwell set for second meeting with Deputy AG Todd Blanche
Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is speaking with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for a second day. File photo…
House committee votes to approve subpoenas on Epstein files
July 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed Ghislaine Maxwell as a subcommittee sought subpoenas for President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton…
Dalai Lama celebrates 90th birthday amid China tensions
July 6 (UPI) -- The 14th Dalai Lama, the head of Tibetan Buddhism, marked his 90th birthday Sunday with a celebration attended by thousands in…
Deportation lawsuit involving Boulder suspect’s family dismissed
July 3 (UPI) -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of the man accused of attacking a group of Jewish…
There’s a long history of presidential untruths. Here’s why Donald Trump is ‘in a class by himself’
As president, Ronald Reagan spoke movingly of the shock and horror he felt as part of a military film crew documenting firsthand the atrocities of…
Appeals court stays order against Trump’s use of National Guard
June 13 (UPI) -- The California National Guard will remain on the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Friday after an appeals court put an…
More arrests as LA extends curfews and other cities brace for protest, too
June 11 (UPI) -- The second night of curfew took place in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, as local law enforcement, backed by several thousand…
DOGE results murky amid Elon Musk’s exit
June 10 (UPI) -- Elon Musk's work in the government has ended after five months and former White House staff have serious doubts about the…
Appeals court keeps pauses on Trump’s mass firings at 21 agencies
May 31 (UPI) -- An three-judge federal appeals panel has kept in place a lower court's decision to pause the Trump administration's plans to downsize…
Trump administration appeals order temporarily blocking federal workforce reductions
May 10 (UPI) -- The Trump administration is appealing a district judge's order that temporarily blocked plans to reduce the federal workforce and reorganize 21…
California suing White House, DOGE over AmeriCorps cuts
1 of 3 | California is suing the White House and the federal Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, over cuts being made to AmeriCorps,…
Trump revokes security clearances of former opponents, including Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton
Vice President Kamela Harris (left) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend the inauguration of Donald Trump in the rotunda of the United States…
Appeals court denies Trump request to stay ruling ordering him to rehire fired workers
Concerned citizens hold a rally at the entrance to Arches National Park to voice opposition to the termination of approximately 1,000 probationary National Park Service…
U.S. tariffs, retaliation will raise prices, economists say
1 of 2 | A screen at the Nasdaq Market Site shows lower US stock prices across the board in Times Square on Monday in…