Nation and World Politics
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Police move in to clear NYU encampment, U.S. campus arrests grow to 2,200 in pro-Palestinian protests
May 03, 2024 7:32 am - LOS ANGELES — Police moved in to clear an encampment at New York University on Friday at the request of school officials, the latest development in weeks of pro-Palestini...
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Universities take steps to prevent pro-Palestinian protest disruptions of graduation ceremonies
May 03, 2024 7:30 am - ANN ARBOR, Mich. — With student protests over the Israel-Hamas war disrupting campuses nationwide, several major universities are intent on ensuring that commencement cer...
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Hope Hicks witnessed nearly every Trump scandal. Now she must testify.
May 03, 2024 7:21 am - Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III interviewed former White House official Hope Hicks three times during his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 electi...
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Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts political firestorm in 2016 over ‘Access Hollywood’ tape
May 03, 2024 7:17 am - NEW YORK — Former White House official and Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks took the stand Friday at the former president's hush money trial and recounted how his 2016 cam...
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Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
May 02, 2024 12:38 pm - WASHINGTON — A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday ...
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Biden says 'order must prevail' during campus protests over the war in Gaza
May 02, 2024 10:54 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over ...
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‘What have we done?’ Lawyer describes shock at possible role in Trump's 2016 victory
May 02, 2024 9:13 am - NEW YORK — A lawyer who negotiated a pair of hush money deals at the center of Donald Trump's criminal trial recalled Thursday his “gallows humor” reaction to Trump's 201...
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One thing is already clear at Trump’s N.Y. trial: Nobody liked Michael Cohen
May 02, 2024 8:01 am - NEW YORK — In the first weeks of testimony at Donald Trump’s hush money trial, witnesses have offered extensive evidence against the former president, describing in detai...
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Experts fear ‘catastrophic’ college declines thanks to botched FAFSA rollout
May 02, 2024 6:58 am - WASHINGTON — The last thing standing between Ashnaelle Bijoux and her college dream is the FAFSA form — a financial aid application that's supposed to help students go to...
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At least 2,000 people arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. campuses, AP tally shows
May 02, 2024 6:55 am - LOS ANGELES — At least 200 people were arrested at UCLA Thursday, bringing the nationwide total of arrests to more than 2,000 at dozens of college campuses since police c...