The Senate majority leader race is on. Or is it? Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is answering the calls of his Democratic colleagues who want new leadership when they take back control of Congress next year and is offering himself as an alternative to Charles E. Schumer.
At about 10:04 p.m. on Nov. 3, the Associated Press called the Texas Senate race for James Talarico. Roughly 16 minutes later, Ken Paxton conceded. The Republican attorney general had spent the better part of a year, in one of the most expensive Senate contests in American history, trying to hold a seat in a […]
Voters across the country rebuked President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, producing a powerful blue wave in the first major electoral test since his sweeping victory in 2024. The results were expected in battleground states, but not in Texas, a longtime bastion of conservatism that has maintained a […]
“We have a bunch of gangsters, thugs, punks, thieves, and drug smugglers running the country.” These words were spoken to me 36 years ago by Richard Morse, owner of the Hotel Oloffson, as we looked down from a balcony at Port-au-Prince, the fetid capital of Haiti. The Oloffson, built in the 19th century as a […]
Only in the United States can a company founded just six years ago become central to the efforts to maintain superiority over China or any other country in the broad spectrum of artificial intelligence. Moreover, only in the U.S. do the deep pools of risk capital exist that enable a new company to reach a […]
DOGE leader Elon Musk is no longer working with the agency from the White House and is involved with the work from a remote location, the New York Post reported.
The media were quick to politicize the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan – but let's look at the facts behind it before using it as anti-Trump ammo.
The U.S. government has begun shedding new light on a crackdown on international students, spelling out how it targeted thousands of people and laying out the grounds for terminating their legal status.
In the first rally of his improbable second term, President Trump sounded like he was running for a third, touting major accomplishments, making huge promises, and jabbing at Democrats who are angling to block him.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, saying Tuesday that it is in the public interest to relieve her of her duties as she faces two federal charges.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, met with President Donald Trump, as they spoke to National Guard members before another event commemorating his 100 days in office.
Economists warn that working-class Americans have the most to lose in a high-stakes game of chicken President Donald Trump is playing as he imposes steep tariffs in his first 100 days.
The federal government on Tuesday said it saved billions of dollars after DOGE eliminated hundreds of "wasteful" grants and contracts in several weeks.
The Treasury Department and DOGE discovered $334 million in improper payment requests that were flagged because of budget codes that were missing, invalid or unauthorized.
