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Since Pakistan declared “open war” on the Taliban regime in Kabul last week, it has sent waves of jets over its disputed border with Afghanistan. It continued to do so even as Iran, which neighbors both countries, was...Read more

President Donald Trump and his administration insist their war of choice in Iran bears zero similarity to the bitter Iraq War the U.S. plunged into 23 years ago. I disagree.

Both wars were based on lies about imminent ...Read more

A very bad guy is gone. We did it. Yes, we can. But was he a threat to us? Was his country? An imminent threat? Of what? Do they have nuclear weapons? How much of their capacity did we already destroy? Eliminating the ...Read more

President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme to run as the Republican contender for a Montana Senate seat, now that the incumbent, Steve Daines, is not running for reelection.

“Steve’s Term is up, and ...Read more

Three Texas Republicans fought a bruising primary race to claim a US Senate seat, only to see Tuesday’s election force two of them — Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton — into a costly runoff.

Now ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Ways and Means Democrats pressed Frank Bisignano, who leads both the IRS and Social Security Administration, on data access concerns at both agencies in his first testimony on Capitol Hill since he ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Republicans unsuccessfully sought to block a redistricting referendum from going before Virginia voters next month by challenging the process used to get the issue on the ballot. Now, a conservative legal...Read more

WASHINGTON — A North Carolina Republican and Democrat seemingly joined forces this week against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying she failed to provide Helene relief funds to Western North Carolina ...Read more

NEW YORK — Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander is calling for the Supreme Court to be expanded and term limits for justices, saying the conservative judges “are putting partisan politics ahead of impartial ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Members of the House Judiciary Committee used an oversight hearing Wednesday to challenge Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over delays in dispersing Federal Emergency Management Agency funds, as well ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, announced on Wednesday he would not seek reelection amid redistricting woes in the Beehive State.

“After careful reflection, I have concluded that to continue this work, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Wednesday sidestepped an effort by Rep. Nancy Mace aimed at publicly releasing documents related to sexual harassment allegations investigated by the House Ethics Committee.

The South Carolina ...Read more

Testifying before a U.S. House oversight panel Wednesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison clashed with Republican members of Congress over their handling of significant fraud in state government ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis said Tuesday he would put a hold on floor action to confirm groups of presidential nominees and might soon expand that to legislation and nominees at four committees, part of his demand for ...Read more

The entry this week of an Aspen-area Democrat in the primary to represent vast swaths of Colorado in the U.S. House of Representatives sets up a race between two businessmen from the Roaring Fork Valley.

Dwayne Romero on ...Read more

TROY, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday she would need more information before deciding whether Michigan would join at least 23 other states in opting in to a federal scholarship program giving taxpayers up to...Read more

Tejano singer Bobby Pulido’s political dreams live to see another round after securing the Democratic nomination for Texas’ 15th congressional district on Tuesday night.

The “Desvelado” artist garnered over two-...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday it would investigate Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, who is facing sexual misconduct allegations and intense public scrutiny over how he treated a former ...Read more