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El-Sayed edges Rogers in Michigan Senate poll
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leading opponent former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) by a few points in the battle for a seat in the upper chamber, according to new polling. In th…
Army Secretary Driscoll resigns after months-long turf war with Hegseth
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is set to depart his role at the Pentagon in the coming days, leaving the Trump administration after being embroiled in a months-long turf war with Defense Secretary Pete H…
Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report
After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.…
Scott Brown Was a GOP Star. Will It Matter in the New Hampshire Senate Race?
Scott Brown is chasing the political limelight again with a seemingly improvised Senate campaign.…
IRS Audit Revenue Has Plummeted Under Trump, Watchdog Finds
The I.R.S. lost roughly a quarter of its employees since President Trump took office, hampering the agency’s ability to conduct audits.…
Chief justice dissents on ballroom construction: ‘No victory for separation of powers’
Chief Justice John Roberts broke with his conservative colleagues in a Supreme Court decision Monday that allowed construction on the proposed White House ballroom to continue, saying the ruling upset…
Supreme Court Allows Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction
Lower-court rulings would have blocked construction of the 90,000-square-foot ballroom after finding that the Trump administration should have first sought approval from Congress.…
More cells being built within prisons to help tackle overcrowding
The government says £110m has been fast-tracked from existing budgets to speed up the building of new cells.…
Paxton allies launch $15 million ad campaign
The new ads will highlight Paxton’s record as attorney general and attack James Talarico as weak on China.…
Federal judge delays a mifepristone lawsuit until after midterms
A federal judge on Sunday paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone until after the midterm elections. Judge Reed O’Connor…
El-Sayed: If you’re starting a trade war with Canada, ‘you’re the a‑‑hole’
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, whose own state borders Canada, on Monday slammed the recent trade tensions between the Trump administration and its northern neighbor. “Now, over …
U.S. Strikes May Have Targeted a New Type of Iranian Naval Mine
The U.S. military said its attacks against Iran were in response to a threat to the Strait of Hormuz.…
Trump’s attacks on NBC’s Welker raise pressure on FCC
President Trump’s threat to have the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) punish “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker over her reporting on the president’s primary endorsement record has renew…
110 Trucking Schools Closed for English-Language Lapses
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who has targeted truckers in the country illegally, said the schools certified drivers later found to lack proficiency.…
Trump approval dips to new low as Iran war weighs on support: Poll
President Trump’s approval rating sank to a new low in a University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst poll as the Iran war drags on. Just 32 percent of 1,000 respondents to the national survey, which t…
Bessent Claims Canada Is Too Small to Fight a Trade War With the U.S.
At gathering of G20 finance ministers, the Treasury secretary accused Canada’s prime minister of starting a “political shouting match” over U.S. trade policies.…
Jeffries voices ‘serious concerns’ with Senate-passed Russian sanctions bill
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday voiced strong reservations with a Senate-passed bill that would slap new sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil amid Moscow’s war with Ukr…
Judge allows forced feeding of accused National Guard shooter
An Afghan national accused of ambushing two National Guard members while they were patrolling in the nation’s capital last year can be force-fed while in jail, a federal judge said Saturday. The brief…
Mel Stride and Priti Patel replaced in major Tory reshuffle
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is shaking up her top team ahead of the party's conference in October.…
Badenoch appoints architect of Truss’s mini-Budget to replace Mel Stride as shadow chancellor
Andrew Griffith, who was a senior Treasury minister who worked on the disastrous mini-Budget, is promoted from shadow business secretary to shadow chancellor…
Leader of DOJ’s Civil Rights Unit Spars With Harvard, the Left and Her Colleagues
Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights unit, has extracted flashy agreements and personnel moves from big universities and sought to force states to turn over confidential vo…
Trump on talk of Hegseth 2028 run: ‘It’s very early to talk about that’
President Trump told reporters Monday in the Oval Office that it’s too early to discuss the possibility of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth running for president in 2028. “I think he’s doing a fantastic…
Kalshi bans former congressman George Santos for life after State of the Union trades
Kalshi says Santos did not cooperate with its investigation into bets he placed on his own attendance at the State of the Union. The company also fined the disgraced congressman more than $71,000.…
Live updates: Supreme Court backs Trump in ballroom suit; House returns with shutdown bill on tap
The Supreme Court backed President Trump’s White House ballroom construction, ruling 5-4 Monday afternoon that a preservation group did not have grounds to sue to stop it. Trump in the Oval Office rol…
Kalshi Suspends Republican House Candidate for Betting on Her Own Race
The trading platform Kalshi issued a three-year suspension to the candidate, Laurie Buckhout, and fined her nearly $2,600. Ms. Buckhout said she had made a “dumb mistake.”…
Divided Supreme Court rules White House ballroom construction may proceed
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that construction of the White House ballroom can continue, lifting a block on above-ground work as President Trump asserts the project is necessary for national …
House Dems move to block Trump’s attempted renaming of Lake Ontario
A trio of House Democrats introduced legislation on Monday to block President Trump from renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America” — which he signed an executive order to do so last week amid his trade …
Trump announces Medicaid drug pricing deals with 9 firms
The Trump administration on Monday announced new Medicaid drug pricing agreements with nine midsize biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Every drug “will be at the lowest prices available anyw…
Mexico’s mezcal boom is under threat from organized crime
Mexico’s mezcal success story is at risk of being undermined by threats from violent criminal groups.…
Vance calls El-Sayed ‘very, very evil’
Vice President Vance lashed out at Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign style rally in Detroit on Monday, labeling him as “evil.” “There’s something about Abdul El-Sayed th…
