A defensive Trump tries to limit the fallout of the Arlington clash

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump grappled Friday with the lingering fallout from his visit to Arlington National Cemetery this week, offering an extended defense of his campaign’s actions leading up to an altercation between a Trump 2024 staff member and a cemetery official.

Will Walz’s rural upbringing lure small-town swing voters?

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. — The walls of the Fish Tales bait shop near the banks of Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin are lined with brightly colored bobs and lures. Big coolers hold leeches, butter worms and cans of Red Bull. On a recent morning, two fussy Dobermans were whining to be let out of a back room.

Putin defies war-crimes warrant with plan to visit Mongolia

Bloomberg News — Russian President Vladimir Putin received assurances ahead of a planned visit to Mongolia that he won’t be arrested for alleged war crimes under a warrant from the International Criminal Court, according to two people familiar with the Kremlin’s preparations.

Pelosi’s car passed near pipe bomb on Jan. 6, 2021, according to new video

WASHINGTON — As Speaker Nancy Pelosi was evacuated from the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while the complex was under attack, her motorcade passed by a pipe bomb at the Democratic National Committee headquarters that law enforcement had yet to render safe, according to video and analysis released this week by House Republicans.

Top Biden aide holds rare talks with Chinese military general

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Thursday with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and held rare talks with a top Chinese military official in a sign that the two countries are communicating at senior levels despite tensions over the South China Sea and Taiwan.

7 takeaways from Harris’ first major interview

WASHINGTON — The main reason CNN’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris turned out to be remarkable was that it was the first one she had done since President Joe Biden bowed out and tapped her as his successor.