Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she won't seek a fourth term, ending her decade-long leadership of nation's capital ahead of 2026 election.
House Republicans sought to quash concerns that there could be more resignations in the wake of Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene's, R-Ga., plans to exit early next year.
Voter approval of Trump's economic handling drops to new lows as Democrats capitalize on affordability concerns in recent elections across multiple states.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) said he will call President Trump, who has gone after him intensely as his political star has risen, in the coming weeks. “Do you plan to call President Trump?” WNBC’s Melissa Russo asked Mamdani in an interview that aired Tuesday. “I will be reaching out to the White...
The White House defended President Trump’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein, accusing Democrats of “selectively” releasing emails from the deceased sex offender that reference the president. The comment comes after House Oversight Democrats released three email exchanges from Epstein as he corresponded with his associate Ghislaine Maxwell as well as columnist and author Michael Wolff. In the emails...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) dug in on her criticism of President Trump in a social media post on Wednesday, appearing to take aim at the president’s recent comments on H-1B visas and foreign policy. “I believe you are good, talented, creative, intelligent, hard working, and want to achieve,” Greene said in a post on...
MSNBC host Jen Psaki on Tuesday questioned "what happened" to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after a handful of Senators who caucus with Democrats bucked the party and voted to reopen the government. Seven Democrats and Independent Sen. Angus King (Maine), who caucuses with Democrats, voted with Republicans in the upper chamber Monday to...
Two men were among the thousands of U.S. soldiers killed during the Korean War, yet their names were left off the war memorial. Their families are fighting to change that.
Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President Kennedy, is running to succeed retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) in the Empire State’s 12th congressional district. In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Schlossberg said the country “is at a turning point” and in the midst of a cost of living, corruption and constitutional crisis under...
The House on Wednesday is returning to Washington after nearly two months out of session for a vote that could reopen the federal government and end the record-long shutdown. Most Democrats are firmly against the funding package, while Republicans are largely supportive. The bill appears poised to cross the finish line. Here are the key...
The broad language in President Trump’s pardons for dozens of allies who helped challenge his 2020 presidential election loss could hand unexpected beneficiaries a blank check. The president granted unconditional pardons to more than 70 lawyers, aides and so-called “fake electors” for efforts to provide an alternate slate of Electoral College votes in his...
What the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attempted to do with a sledgehammer, Congress succeeded in doing with gridlock and an unwillingness to compromise.
We also found that states that legalized recreational marijuana earliest (for example, in the early 2000s) experience larger decreases in opioid deaths.
