The president’s son is threatening to sue Fox News. According to a report Monday in Axios‚ Hunter Biden sent a letter last week to the channel warning threatening of “imminent” lawsuits charging defamation‚ exploitation of his image and publication of hacked photographs. The letter‚ Axios reported‚ demands that Fox News hosts Sean Hannity‚ Jesse Watters and Maria Bartiromo preserve documentation‚ a standard step before libel lawsuits are filed.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused MSNBC’s Katy Tur of being an “apologist” for former President Trump on Monday. During an appearance on the network‚ Pelosi touted President Biden’s record on the economy‚ saying‚ he “created 9 million jobs in his term in office. Donald Trump has the worst record of job loss of any president. So we just have to make sure people know.” Tur briefly interjected‚ telling Pelosi “there was a global pandemic” during Trump’s presidency....

The Biden White House has gone back and forth plenty of times teasing as to if the president will actually do anything when it comes to fixing the crisis at the southern border. Even though what negotiators in the Senate came up with was objectively a bad border bill killed almost three months ago now‚ the White House is still trying to bring back the idea of voting on and passing such a bill‚ rather than having Biden take executive action.  On Monday morning‚ POLITICO...

China has been buying up commodities at a rapid clip‚ prompting analysts to wonder out loud whether Beijing is preparing to choose the economic &;quot;nuclear option.&;quot; &;quot;China is preparing for something major. That seems increasingly obvious judging from the stockpiling of important resources. Could it be that they are preparing a major one-off devaluation of the CNY&;#63;&;quot; Andreas Steno Larsen‚ CEO of Steno Research‚ wrote last week. Going &;quot;nuclear&;quot; and intentionally devaluing the Chinese yuan...

If you’ve looked for a job recently‚ AI may well have a hidden hand in the process. An AI recruiter might have scored your LinkedIn profile or resume. HR professionals might have used a different AI app to scrape your social media profiles and spit out scores for your cheerfulness and ability to work with others. They also might have used AI to analyze your word choice or facial expressions in a video interview‚ and used yet another app to run an AI ...

I want to make something crystal clear: House Speaker Mike Johnson is doing an excellent job. Lately‚ far too many people — with no real knowledge about or experience in leading Congress — have had too many criticisms. As a former speaker‚ I assure you they have no idea how complicated the job really is. Mr. Johnson has the most challenging speakership since the Civil War over 150 years ago. Let’s be honest. Mr. Johnson has a nominal Republican majority for organizational purposes....

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is on the way out. But he’s not going quietly. A GOP free agent of sorts‚ McConnell helped convince Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to back aid to Ukraine despite opposition from House Republicans. The effort led to another win in a long list of big legislative victories for the Kentuckian. McConnell‚ who is nearing the end of his days as the Senate Republican leader‚ is speaking more freely‚ too. He sharply criticized...

As Donald J. Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial enters a third and crucial week‚ new witnesses will shed light on a hush-money deal struck in the final days of his 2016 presidential campaign. The judge will also weigh a request to hold the former president in contempt. Mr. Trump‚ the first former president to face criminal prosecution‚ is accused of falsifying records to cover up the hush-money payment‚ which was made to a porn star‚ Stormy Daniels. The $130‚000 payment — made by Mr. Trump’s...

Democrats are projecting confidence that Florida is in play for President Joe Biden this November‚ particularly now that the issue of abortion access will be on the state’s ballots. But Florida voter registration data underscores the challenge for Biden if he wants to change the Sunshine State from red to blue this election cycle. Florida Republicans now have 900‚000 more registered voters than Democrats‚ with 5‚250‚234 Republicans compared to 4‚349‚737...

Hunter Biden is threatening to sue Fox News for defamation‚ exploitation of his image and publication of hacked photographs‚ according to a letter obtained by Axios that was sent to the news channel last week. Why it matters: It's the latest salvo in the president's son's more aggressive legal and press strategy over the past year amid criminal charges and tabloid coverage‚ and first big move after navigating the impeachment inquiry into his father....