President Trump heads to Kentucky as he ramps up his feud with Rep. Thomas Massie, backing a primary challenger after the GOP lawmaker defied him on multiple issues.
Most but not all of the latest national polls indicate majority opposition to the U.S. military strikes President Donald Trump ordered against Iran in Operation Epic Fury.
The family of Ashton Minter is demanding Virginia prosecutor be voted out after suspected killer with 30 arrests was released from jail, leading to her fatal stabbing late last month.
One of the Democratic Party’s newest rising stars, James Talarico, is being mocked for a “creepy" comment he made about children who identify as transgender.
If the United States abandons the rules it once championed, rules that have helped maintain world peace since 1945, it may learn the truth of George Santayana’s warning: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
President Trump on Saturday said he wants the proposed arc in Washington, D.C., to be the “biggest” in the world. The president told reporters that he’s considering building “an arc that's like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.” “We're setting up a committee ,and the committee is going to be going over it, but it'll...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is joining several other Republican lawmakers in calling to lower the national temperature amid escalating tensions over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics in Minnesota. Trump’s hardline immigration stance helped deliver him to victory in the 2024 presidential election, but as public support for his administration’s widespread crackdown wanes, more Republicans...
The child care industry is struggling to convince parents that its facilities are safe. Providers are in a tough spot after months of immigration operations that have included parents taken in by authorities while dropping off or picking up their kids — as well as fraud allegations that have led to harassment at facilities around the country. ...
Maryland Democrats are barreling toward a standoff over a redistricting proposal that could hand the party all of the state’s eight congressional seats. Democrats in the state House could pass a map recommended by Gov. Wes Moore's (D) redistricting advisory commission as soon as this week. It's the latest push from a Democratic governor to...
President Trump is warning of a possible Democratic victory in November’s midterm elections, seemingly lowering expectations for Republican wins well ahead of any voters heading to the ballot box. Trump regularly notes that the party in control of the White House historically tends to lose the midterms, attributing it a “psychological factor” in voters. The...
Democrats scored a stunning upset on Saturday in a special election runoff for Texas Senate, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, giving the party a major boost ahead of the November midterms. Fort Worth Democrat Taylor Rehmet, a machinist and Air Force veteran, defeated Southlake Republican Leigh Wambsganss to fill the vacant state Senate...
President Trump said Saturday that he expects his pick for Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, to easily make it through the Senate confirmation process. “He’s very high-quality person. He should have no trouble getting through,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, suggesting Warsh could pick up some Democratic support. “I think he might get Democrat...
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee (D) has won the special election runoff for late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s (D-Texas) seat, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection. Menefee defeated former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards (D) in the Saturday runoff, after they were the top two vote-getters in the November primary. The Lone Star State’s 18th Congressional...
President Trump said Saturday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will not intervene in protests in Democratic-led cities unless local leaders “ask us for help,” while still pledging to guard federal buildings but “only as a back up.” “I have instructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances are we going...
(The Associated Press) -- The German soccer federation has ruled out a boycott of the World Cup despite calls from within to send a message to President Trump. “We believe in the unifying power of sport and the global impact that a FIFA World Cup can have, the federation said in a statement issued late Friday. “Our...
One year into the second term of President Donald Trump, his administration’s focus on undocumented immigrants has intensified, drawing outrage in recent weeks following shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Protests have broken out across the country, including in Texas, where local law enforcement agencies have hurried to sign up as force multipliers to help ICE achieve its stated mission “to make your community safer.”
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) has accused the Trump administration of using an FBI raid at a Georgia election office to instill “terror” and undermine trust in the country’s democratic institutions. The search for records related to the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., this week has raised eyebrows, with local officials questioning...
Two Democrats are vying to fill the House seat left vacant by the late Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee (D) and former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards (D) are running in the special election runoff in the 18th Congressional District after neither secured a majority in November to win outright....
