Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will decide on a 2028 presidential bid by early January, but Kamala Harris could complicate those plans.
Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said Thursday that he will run for Senate Majority Leader in the next Congress, setting up a challenge to Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer after the party swept to power in the midterm elections.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told investors Monday that President Trump's economic agenda is "more than the sum of its parts," pointing to deregulation and tax cuts as companions to the White House tariff plan that is making Wall Street anxious.
Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species and whether industry had a hand in drafting it.
President Trump said he thinks Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is too afraid of cartels to allow U.S. troops to cross the border to help combat the groups that smuggle drugs and migrants.
Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging cuts to the U.S. Health and Human Services agency, saying the Trump administration's massive restructuring has destroyed life-saving programs and left states to pick up the bill for mounting health crises.
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, an early supporter of President Donald Trump's first successful White House bid and a polarizing figure in state politics, said Monday he is running for Congress in a competitive district.
Voters in U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler's suburban New York swing district heaped criticism on the Republican during a raucous town hall Sunday night, peppering him with questions around President Donald Trump's aggressive agenda before devolving into a chaotic chorus of boos as attendees were removed by law enforcement.
ICE has swooped in to take custody of a migrant accused of trying to kidnap and rape a 4-year-old after Fairfax County prosecutors dropped the case against him.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has slammed President Trump for being afraid of "smart, bold Black women" after he said in an interview that she wasn't intelligent.
Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said his country is "in discussions with the United States" to receive migrants deported by the Trump administration.
