A group that organized two nationwide "No Kings" protests last year is planning its next large-scale national demonstration, with a focus on Minnesota.
President Donald Trump is backing Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's son-in-law Michael Alfonso, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives.
A top Democratic fundraiser in Michigan is taking heat for a social media post in which she honored her grandfather, who served as an officer in the Nazi military forces during World War II.
President Trump’s administration was hit Friday with a federal lawsuit over its quest to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled international employees. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court Northern District of California, is led by a coalition of religious organizations, health care providers, unions, higher education professionals and...
The Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act would require federally regulated health plans to cover diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging — fully, with no out-of-pocket cost to patients.
Senate Republicans are pushing intensely to nab the five additional Democratic votes they need to unlock their bill to end the government shutdown. Republicans have shown little willingness to negotiate on the top Democratic priority — an extension of enhanced health care subsidies — as part of any funding deal, and instead are attempting to...
The anti-abortion movement's patience with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is wearing thin following the agency’s recent approval of a second generic version of mifepristone, one of two drugs taken for a medication abortion. President Trump repeatedly pledged during the campaign last year that he would leave abortion policy to the states, but...
New Jersey GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli said on Friday that he never saw Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill’s leaked military records, as his opponent has sought to attack him over its circulation. “I never saw those files, nor did I put the request in. And anybody that states otherwise is lying,” Ciattarelli told anchor Dan...
A federal judge on Friday ruled that there is "realistic likelihood" the prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year, was "vindictive." "The Court holds that the totality of events creates a sufficient evidentiary basis to conclude that there is a 'realistic likelihood of vindictiveness' that entitles Abrego...
New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill rated New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D) tenure as a “B” on Friday, crediting him for his efforts funding state pensions and the state’s positive crediting rates while expressing frustration with the culture of Trenton. “I think I'd give him about a ‘B,” Sherrill told anchor Dan Mannarino...
A federal worker union sued the Trump administration on Friday due to automatic email responses from employees at the Education Department that blame Democrats for the government shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) represented by the Democracy Forward and Public Citizen Litigation Group sent a cease and desist letter, and also filed a...
New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill (D) declined to endorse New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani during a forum on Friday, underscoring how some members of his party still see him as politically toxic. “I am not getting engaged in that race because I'm completely focused on New Jersey. I'm going to let the...
There are concerns tax-based marriage incentives could marginalize unmarried people and may not address deeper economic or social challenges facing families.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday fired Navy chief of staff Jon Harrison, delivering a blow to the insider who helped rewire internal protocols to fit the vision of the Trump administration’s defense agenda. Harrison’s removal comes after the confirmation of Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao, whom President Trump appointed to serve as the second-most senior...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Thursday warned a government shutdown could threaten nuclear weapons safety with funding on the verge of a lapse about a week. “We have about eight more days of funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the overseer of our nuclear weapons stockpile, the engines that power our nuclear submarines and...
