State Democratic officials are preparing for chaos at the polls this November, as President Donald Trump casts doubt on election security and pushes for more federal involvement in local voting.

“We’re no longer talking about hypothetical situations,” said Nick Brown, Washington state’s Democratic attorney general, noting the president�...Read more

So much for the presidential candidate who claimed the desire to end “forever wars.” President Donald Trump’s administration has trapped itself in a Middle East quagmire with Iran. A conflict the president said would last only weeks will soon surpass six months as global energy prices continue to surge.

Results of Trump’s second-term ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Tina Peters was recently released early from prison amid a pressure campaign from President Donald Trump after the former Colorado elections official was convicted of tampering with voting machines.

Now, the top elections official in a conservative California county with a long history of voting controversies is seeking to hire ...Read more

President Donald Trump continues to enrich himself through rampant self-dealing while everyone else pays the cost of his failed policies — including the war in Iran, tariffs, and mass deportations.

Now comes the latest pocket-lining scheme that reeks of insider trading.

Trump’s media company has begun selling investors advanced access to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced plans to inflict what he called “an ECONOMIC D-DAY” against Iran, underscoring his rising frustration with the country’s refusal to capitulate despite weeks of military strikes and a U.S. blockade that’s crimped its oil exports.

Trump didn’t specify what measures he would take but his ...Read more

Pennsylvania Democrats, including Gov. Josh Shapiro, are pointing to a stunning upset in a special election for a deep-red statehouse district as proof that the party has momentum while campaigning this fall for a trifecta in Harrisburg.

Butler County Democrat Brandon Dukes said his apparent victory over Republican Scott Timko, by fewer than ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will begin what President Donald Trump said would be an unprecedented economic warfare operation against Iran, after faulting the country for failing to take its chance to make a deal with him.

“Therefore, today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY! This will be Economic...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the national campaign arm of the Democratic Party, announced it will target 16 competitive Missouri House and Senate races in an effort to break the Republican supermajority.

That includes four House seats and two Senate seats in the Kansas City area. The DLCC calls the 2026 ...Read more

The sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., stumbled badly in a debate in the GOP primary to replace him when she was unable to answer a straightforward question about Taiwan.

Darline Graham, who is favored in the Aug. 25 primary runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman, was flummoxed by the softball question about the strategic importance of ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Early returns in the Congressional District 14 race to fill former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term showed state Sen. Aisha Wahab with a slight lead over BART Board President Melissa Hernandez.

As of Tuesday night, Wahab was in the lead with 51.04% of the vote, with Hernandez at 48.96%. The final results could give the winner a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has returned to floating a bid for a legally forbidden third term, offering supporters and critics hints that he might try to remain in the White House in January 2029 — but he always stops short of explaining how he might do it or declaring what would be a Constitution-disregarding candidacy.

The pattern...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Starting exactly a week before polls close in South Carolina, Republican U.S. Senate candidates began their debate Tuesday by both being cut off in their opening statements and ended in an attack.

The debate highlighted both candidates similar conservative positions on issues like the national debt and data centers, but one ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Wildfire smoke drifting into Washington, D.C., from the Western U.S. and Canada this summer made it hard to ignore the national threat stronger wildfires pose to lawmakers’ constituents across the country.

As a result, a bipartisan coalition led by Western lawmakers has a better shot this year at enacting legislation targeting ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Democrat Xavier Becerra pledged on Tuesday to participate in more than one debate against Steve Hilton, his GOP rival in the California governor's race.

"We will have debates, and between now and Nov. 3, we will continue to go out there and meet with folks to make sure they have an opportunity to see the candidates," Becerra ...Read more

After Luigi Mangione was arrested in December 2024 in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the internet did what it often does: It turned something serious into a joke.

Nearly two years later, on Aug. 14, 2026, Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges and admitted to shooting Thompson. He’s ...Read more

Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has issued over 270 executive orders.

That includes two orders issued in August 2026 addressing birthright citizenship, a subject seemingly settled by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision. In June, the high court struck down Trump’s effort to deny citizenship to ...Read more

I know what it’s like to walk out of prison believing your debt has finally been paid.

I served time, as I should have. And in a twist of remarkable fate nearly a decade ago, I went back to prison after earning my release. At the time, my unique situation didn’t fall through the cracks of our legal system, like many do. It became a national...Read more

Democrat U.S Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Republican Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, won their parties’ nominations for Florida’s 25th Congressional District — which analysts across both aisles consider a toss-up.

As the winner in the five-way GOP race, Singer will be the Republican Party’s candidate in the November general ...Read more

MIAMI — A federal judge on Tuesday compared the criminal roles of former Congressman David Rivera and political consultant Esther Nuhfer, both convicted in May of failing to register as foreign agents for the Venezuelan government under former socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

“I think this really was the David Rivera show,” U.S. ...Read more