California Rep. Eric Swalwell's campaign calls residency challenge a "nonsense claim" as the congressman faces multiple Department of Justice probes while running to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2027.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier each announced opinions Monday declaring affirmative action and DEI policies to be forbidden in their states -- on the holiday set aside to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
House Speaker Mike Johnson does not see the U.S. going to war against Iran, despite President Trump threatening military intervention if Tehran executes protesters.
The Top Democrats in Congress took a swing at President Trump's address from the White House late Wednesday, calling the speech "untethered from reality and truth." “It was an unhinged speech that was, of course, untethered from reality and truth. You know, Donald Trump has made things worse for the American people,” Jeffries told MS NOW’s...
The Texas Water Development Board said it recently approved an accelerated timeline for two bills related to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.
President Trump’s approval rating has dropped eight points since he started his second presidential term at the beginning of the year, according to a new Emerson College Polling survey. Forty-one percent of voters said they approve of the job Trump is doing as president, down from 49 percent who said the same in January. And 50...
Voters prefer moderate candidates over both progressive and MAGA contenders for the next presidential race, according to a new Emerson College Polling survey. In a hypothetical 2028 matchup against a progressive Democrat, voters sided with a moderate Republican by roughly 12 points. A moderate Democrat, on the other hand, won a showdown against a MAGA...
The deadly attack in Syria that left three Americans dead has complicated the nascent relationship between the United States and Damascus and sparked speculation over how the Trump administration might respond. President Trump has vowed that the Saturday attack — carried out by a lone Islamic State group gunman that reportedly infiltrated local security forces,...
Republican senators who defeated a Democratic bill to extend ObamaCare subsidies for three years without reforms to the program are frustrated that the same proposal appears likely to pass the House after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was unable to quell a rebellion within his own party. GOP senators want to preserve their working relationship with...
President Trump delivered an address to the nation on Wednesday night intended to mark the close of his first year back in power. Trump appeared before the cameras in the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room with his poll ratings at a mediocre ebb, and the issue of affordability in particular serving as a drag on...
Most Americans say President Trump’s use of presidential power is going too far, according to a new poll. Quinnipiac University found that 54 percent of voters think Trump is going too far with his presidential authority while 37 percent think he is handling it about right. Seven percent think the president isn't going far enough....