The Latest Breaking News from White House

The basketball star has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

Ex-president will visit several states, but appears to be skipping some of the country’s most competitive races

Prosecutors quietly secured testimony from Pence aides — now they're going after Trump's White House lawyers

Former close confidante of ex-president quit administration in days after Capitol was attacked

US president and new British PM reaffirm ‘special relationship’ after Sunak becomes Britain’s third leader in 2022. Plus, TikTok risks being a vector of misinformation in run-up to midterm elections

For Adrian Fontes, the secretary of state election is a battle for the ‘fate of the republic’ against his rightwing election-denying opponent, Mark Finchem

Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states are receiving grants totaling nearly $1 billion to purchase nearly 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program

In a first phone call, the two leaders reaffirmed the ‘special relationship’ between the United States and Britain.

Though apparently dedicated to winning the battle against inflation, Fed Chairman Powell is fighting a lonely battle that will be difficult to win, at least with an election taking place. There are limits to what the Fed can do when Congress and the White House are busy printing more money.…

Ex-president eyeing Chris LaCivita, whose 2004 ‘Swift Boat’ campaign questioned Kerry’s Vietnam war record

At least 70,000 people have left their homes in Ukraine’s southern Kherson province in the space of a week, a Moscow-installed official said Wednesday, pointing to Russia’s evacuation efforts amid escalated fighting in the region. Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, personally oversaw drills of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces as the Kremlin persists…