Democrats looking to expand their hold on the nation's governorships should be focused on offering solutions for Americans feeling stressed by high costs for housing, health care and other essentials, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who is tasked with electing more Democratic governors, said Monday.
An online fundraiser for the federal immigration agent involved in last week's fatal Minneapolis shooting has brought in more than $450,000 -- about $1 million less than was raised for the woman he fatally shot.
Anti-abortion voices are growing increasingly impatient for the Trump administration to complete a review of the abortion pill mifepristone, potentially altering its approval. But changing abortion access at the federal level could imperil an already vulnerable GOP in the upcoming midterms. While on the campaign trail, President Trump played his cards close to the...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Sunday that former President Clinton “should address” questions surrounding files linked to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Former President Bill Clinton is featured prominently in the first batch, as I was just discussing now. To be very clear, NBC News does not know the full context behind these images,...
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said he would leave it to the American people to decide whether they blame Republicans for the lapse in enhanced ObamaCare subsidies at the end of the year, but he defended GOP efforts to strike a deal on the issue in recent weeks. In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called for an investigation into the heavily redacted files related to Jeffrey Epstein released on Friday, saying it appears the Justice Department has fallen “short of what the law requires.” In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” the Democratic leader noted that the Epstein Files Transparency...
Although most pro-choice Americans remain unaware that telemedicine abortion is an option, patients seeking care have widely embraced it. More than a quarter of all abortions in the U.S. were provided via telemedicine in 2025.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said on Sunday that Democrats are considering various avenues of recourse after the Trump administration released a trove of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that included heavy redactions. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee said members of his party are...
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that all material featuring President Trump in files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will be released. “The White House has said that President Trump is included in the files. Can you guarantee that every mention and every photo of President Trump in the Epstein files will...
Thanks to a number of changes to the tax code under the One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump administration officials are projecting Americans will enjoy the largest tax refund ever in 2026.
The White House threatened to withhold federal funding to the Smithsonian if the prestigious museum system does not submit additional documentation for the Trump administration’s sweeping content review. In a Thursday letter to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch, Domestic Policy Council director Vince Haley and White House budget director Russell Vought outlined the material they said...
Last month, a message on the White House website declared that “the Trump Administration has been the most transparent and accessible administration in modern American history ... ensuring the American people are constantly in touch with what their government is doing.” But if an administration is defined by what it does, this White House has been anything but transparent and accessible. In...
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev told reporters that this weekend’s ongoing peace talks in Florida are constructive, amid the Trump administration’s latest push to strike a deal to end the war with Ukraine. “The discussions are proceeding constructively. They began earlier and will continue today, and will also continue tomorrow,” Dmitriev said Saturday in Miami. Dmitriev...
