Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was rebuked as an “elite” during a recent Oxford Union debate, where she argued that populism in the United States is a threat to democracy. Pelosi — a self-described “devout” Catholic — said during the April 25 debate that certain Americans, whom she considered to be “poor souls who […]

Scientists say they have uncovered more evidence that hunting may have helped humans become long-distance runners millions of years ago. New research shows the endurance pursuit of prey, chasing an animal at length on foot, was not as rare in hunter-gatherer societies as previously thought. Anthropologists said they found written accounts of pursuits, some from […]

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email A conservative plan for Donald Trump’s potential second term calls for the swift execution of everyone on federal death row, continuing the historic federal execution spree that took place during the […]

House lawmakers will vote within days to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the audio recording of special counsel Robert K. Hur’s interview with President Biden, in which the prosecutor said the 81-year-old president showed a weak memory.  The House Judiciary Committee plans a Thursday vote on […]

NEW YORK — Prosecutors will call their star witness, Michael Cohen, when former President Donald Trump‘s hush-money trial resumes on Monday, bringing the state’s case to a climax and setting the stage for a bruising cross-examination. Mr. Cohen went from being Mr. Trump’s loyal lawyer, or “fixer,” to his top detractor during Mr. Trump’s presidency. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected Bannon‘s challenges to his contempt […]

An FBI special agent notified Congress on Thursday that the top brass at the bureau removed him from his job in retaliation for defending a fellow whistleblower. The agent, an attorney who worked as an adjudicator investigating misconduct within the FBI, said his superiors turned on him when he recommended ending the suspension of FBI […]

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s attorneys on Thursday tore into Stormy Daniels as a creative profit seeker who used Mr. Trump’s 2016 candidacy and legal troubles to extort money from him, sell merchandise and launch a “Make America Horny Again” tour. They said her work in the pornographic industry helped her craft explicit tales, including […]

It was bawdy. It was sordid. But will it matter by November? Adult film actress Stormy Daniels’ testimony about an extramarital sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump is the kind of thing that would sink a normal politician. But there was no indication Wednesday that his Rolodex of congressional supporters or evangelical base was […]

A group of 15 civil rights organizations joined together to call for President Biden to pardon former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who they say was targeted during the Trump administration. In a letter to Mr. Biden, the groups said she was “wrongfully convicted… after enduring the political persecution and malicious prosecution of the […]