Politics

House Republican leaders are sending members home Wednesday until after the November election, condensing their pre-midterm schedule in Washington for the second time.

The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists.

Zyn, a nicotine pouch brand, has shut down a Democratic House lawmaker's attempt to capitalize on its popularity with young men.

Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that his family's dog, Sunny, has died.

Two House Republicans in battleground Iowa districts, including one who recently campaigned alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, changed their position on an Iran war powers resolution, joining with Democrats and a few other dissident members of their party in an attempt to halt President Donald Trump's ability to continue military action without congressional approval.

The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against whites and other minority groups in South Africa.

Thomas Matthew Crooks' father searched for ways to block his son's gun access months before the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt on Trump.

Abdul El-Sayed dodged questions about his Hasan Piker ties while meeting with Democratic brass at the DSCC after his heated Michigan primary.

Eric Flores calls James Talarico's reversal on gender surgery and "God is nonbinary" comments proof that Texas Democrats lack a record to run on.

The State Department accused the International Criminal Court of targeting Americans while ignoring atrocities by Iran, North Korea and Syria.

Will Thibeau, a former Pentagon AI official, warns that "doomer"-driven AI regulation could hand China an edge and entrench an OpenAI-Anthropic duopoly.