Politics

Rep. Mike Flood is fighting for Americans in a hospital or nursing home to never again be barred from seeing clergy, as happened during COVID-19.

A group of landlords on Wednesday sued to block New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's historic rent freeze as they face the self-declared socialist's barrage of drastic changes to the city's rental sector that will formally recognize tenant unions and could ban credit checks on prospective renters.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said late Tuesday that the city would not be able to execute an arrest warrant issued by the world's top war-crimes court for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged the federal government to do so.

Executives from the online prediction market Kalshi came to Washington on Wednesday to debut a new "Midterms Hub" for placing bets on the November elections.

A federal judge suggested Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new policy requiring troops to meet testosterone levels -- and delivering testosterone replacement therapy -- could undercut the rationale behind the department's restrictions on trans troops.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has climbed into the pole position in the early jockeying for the 2028 New Hampshire Democratic primary sweepstakes.

House Speaker Mike Johnson will try to advance a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal Wednesday, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities over Democratic objections as a GOP priority before the midterm elections.

A special prosecutor on Wednesday dismissed felony criminal charges against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, who was indicted on accusations of threatening the jobs of New Orleans officials who fought a Republican-led overhaul of courts in the heavily Democratic city.

DHS says Gov. Abigail Spanberger's rollback of Virginia's 287(g) agreement created a "hotbed" for illegal immigrant crime after a toddler's killing.

Video game composer Marty O'Donnell is sick of career politicians, and argues his outsider business appeal will draw in independents in competitive Nevada swing district.

Speaker Mike Johnson wants to bypass Democrat opposition on the SAVE America Act by including it in a sweeping party-line budget bill.

The House voted on a legislative package that includes a partial ban on lawmakers trading stocks and a federal voter ID requirement.

A bipartisan coalition fought Section 219's U.S.-Israel defense cooperation provision, but the $1.15 trillion NDAA still cleared the House Wednesday.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez surged to 22% in the New Hampshire poll, edging Pete Buttigieg by one point as the 2028 Democratic primary field takes shape.