Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner says he’s taking some time off the campaign trail to consider the “best path forward” amid claims that he sexually assaulted a woman six years ago, despite denying the allegations.
President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated the launch of “Trump accounts,” announcing that more than 6 million Americans have already signed up for the new investment program aimed at helping children build long-term savings.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Congress will make another push to pass the SAVE America Act after lawmakers return from the July 4 recess, signaling what could be the fourth — and possibly final — attempt to advance President Donald Trump’s top election-integrity measure.
The website for the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, was deactivated after the temporary Trump administration office reached its planned July 4, 2026, self-termination deadline.
President Donald Trump delivered a weather-delayed speech Saturday night highlighting American exceptionalism while warning of the growing threat of rising democratic socialism and communism movements as America celebrated 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence,
U.S. President Donald J. Trump was to address a crowd on the National Mall, the tree-lined national park in downtown Washington seen as “America’s front yard,” to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday amid political controversy and a searing heat wave.
The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly dipped to 4.2 percent in June, even as hiring slowed sharply and employers added far fewer jobs than economists had forecast, according to new Labor Department data released Thursday.
Despite the looming 2026 midterm elections and the growing list of congressional responsibilities, a persistent group of Republicans are vowing to obstruct all U.S. House business until leadership effectively forces the Senate to take up a voter ID bill.
President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to confront what officials describe as years of “weaponized” lawfare against American farmers, ranchers, and small businesses, with the Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration set to announce a new agreement Thursday aimed at protecting rural America from regulatory abuse.
President Donald Trump announced that the Republican Party will hold its first-ever national midterm convention this September in Dallas, an unprecedented political gathering designed to energize conservatives, showcase the administration’s record, and build momentum before the 2026 congressional elections.
A California judge has sentenced Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji to one year in Ventura County Jail and two years of felony probation for the death of Paul Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish-American man who died after a confrontation during dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Thousand Oaks in November 2023.
President Donald Trump’s latest federal financial disclosure shows his cryptocurrency ventures generated more than $1 billion last year, intensifying questions from ethics watchdogs over whether the president is profiting from an industry his administration is actively reshaping.
The Democratic Party’s internal civil war is no longer theoretical. From New York last week to Colorado on Tuesday night, socialist and hard-left progressive candidates are increasingly toppling establishment Democrats, forcing party leaders to confront a movement that is no longer content to merely influence the party from the sidelines.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states may bar transgender women and girls from competing on female school sports teams, handing a major victory to advocates who have argued that girls’ and women’s athletics must be protected on the basis of biological sex.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship, preserving a long-standing constitutional interpretation that grants U.S. citizenship to most children born on American soil, including those born to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present in the country.
A U.S. Army captain was recently sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to secretly slipping an abortion medication to a pregnant soldier, resulting in the loss of her unborn child and renewing calls for the federal government to take action.
More than 1 million people enrolled in Obamacare plans do not have Social Security numbers on file, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced alongside Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, warning that the discovery points to major weaknesses in federal program oversight.
he Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a major victory on executive authority, ruling that he may fire senior officials at powerful regulatory agencies over policy differences, while also preserving procedural limits in a separate case involving the Federal Reserve.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, so long as they were sent on or before Election Day, handing a major defeat to the Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump’s administration in a closely watched election-law battle.
Billionaire Democratic donor George Soros and his son Alex Soros have poured $102.8 million into the 2026 midterm election cycle, according to a New York Post review of federal campaign finance filings, placing the family among the most powerful financial forces shaping Democratic politics.