SPLC alleges DOJ is treating witness as a member of prosecution team

Kushner threatens to sue, denying allegations that two slush funds were set up to influence his Middle East role A new book containing incendiary claims about Jared Kushner ’s financial dealings during Donald Trump ’s first term has ignited a political and media firestorm. The book by author Matthew Cole is called Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East and was released in the US this week. An excerpt was published by Vanity Fair last Thursday, and immediately drew a furious response from Kushner,…

Brody Saner, a college student in Kansas says he believes it's his duty to vote."If there's something you're not happy with, go out and vote. Do your part to change it." However, midterm elections tend to draw millions fewer voters than presidential, despite being "arguably more opportune moments for voters to get what they want," according to Professor Donald Green, a Columbia University political scientist who has spent three decades studying voting, "because relatively small shifts in the overall vote can lead to dramatic shifts in policy."

The U.S. central bank left borrowing costs unchanged this month after hiking rates in September for the first time in three years.

Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers, has died at 96, her family said.