Voting rights groups that sued state officials over a Florida redistricting plan championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis have agreed to narrow the scope of the lawsuit to a single congressional seat that was redrawn and diminished Black voting power in north Florida.
Lawmakers are pressuring President Biden to combat Iran's threats against American companies that take Iranian oil from a U.S.-seized tanker off the coast of Texas.
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel Monday to Maui to meet with first responders, survivors and government officials after horrifying wildfires ripped through the Hawaiian island, the White House said Wednesday.
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows wants the conspiracy charges filed against him in Fulton County, Georgia, to be moved to a federal court, saying the allegations against him apply to his tenure in the Trump administration.
America’s political parties are the oldest and third-oldest in the world, and they have competed for votes among a population that has been diverse since colonial times. If you have any doubts about that, consult David Hackett Fischer’s 1989 classic Albion’s Seed on how settlers from different parts of the British Isles brought distinctive “folkways” to the different seaboard colonies and the Appalachian backwoods.
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a law criminalizing low school attendance for parents. Two single mothers from Lebanon, Mo., had challenged the law after they were sentenced over their respective children's absences. Caitlyn Williams was sentenced to a week in jail after her daughter missed 16 days of first grade last school year, and...
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) knocked the White House and top Democrats in Congress over the latest distribution of border funds in a new interview, after New York received more funding than her home state along the southern border. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced in June that...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is slated to hold the daily press briefing Wednesday. Jean-Pierre will be joined by Neera Tanden, domestic policy adviser; John Podesta, senior adviser to the president for clean energy innovation; and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell. The briefing comes as the White House celebrates the first anniversary of...
NATO chief of staff Stian Jenssen on Wednesday walked back his controversial suggestion that Ukraine cede territory and become a member of the Western security alliance to end the war with Russia, calling the statement a "mistake." Jenssen's comment during a Tuesday panel discussion had prompted backlash from Western leaders, including Ukraine, who have long...