WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump “remains in excellent health,” according to the White House doctor, after undergoing a physical earlier this week that included a cognitive test.

A memorandum by the physician, Capt. Sean Barbabella, concluded that Trump, who turns 80 next month, “is fully fit to carry out all duties of the commander ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said it will appeal a judge’s authority to order across-the-board refunds of all tariffs ruled illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court, potentially injecting legal chaos into a claims process that’s already underway.

The Justice Department filed notice on Friday that it will appeal a court order compelling ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a $1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a “fraud” on the court.

In an order on Friday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams gave the ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a Friday evening post, President Donald Trump backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s campaign, the highly sought after endorsement in the race for the Republican nomination for South Carolina governor.

The endorsement was shared on Truth Social.

“Pam Evette is a good friend, fighter and winner and will be a terrific governor...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Tarrant County Democratic election judge says she was assaulted by a Republican election judge while working at her polling place for the primary runoff election Tuesday morning.

When the Democratic election judge, who has run her polling location for 15 years, arrived at the polls Tuesday morning, she found that a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a $1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a “fraud” on the court.

In an order on Friday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams gave the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The highest court in Nevada has ordered a lower court to grant a preliminary injunction against a decades-old abortion law that requires parents to be notified if their child seeks an abortion.

The Nevada Supreme Court issued the ruling Thursday in a 22-page opinion. The law has been on the books since 1985 but was not enforced ...Read more

DENVER — Tina Peters will walk out of a Colorado prison Monday, ending roughly 20 months of incarceration as her legal team renews its effort to overturn the seven criminal convictions that sent her there.

Her exit from the La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo comes roughly 30 months earlier than originally scheduled, after Gov. Jared ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Frederica S. Wilson will not seek reelection this year, bringing to a close a decadeslong career in Florida politics and decreasing the number of colorful cowboy hats worn on Capitol Hill.

With her decision not to run for a ninth term, which she announced Friday at a ceremony in Miami Gardens to rename a street in her honor,...Read more

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson will not seek a ninth term in Congress, she confirmed to the Miami Herald Thursday in a wide-ranging interview explaining why she obfuscated her plan to give up her seat, why she’s not “retiring” and why the political luminary isn’t ready just yet to get behind a successor.

Dressed in a pink two-piece suit...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House is expected next week to consider a measure intended to help speed up permitting of geothermal projects on public lands.

The legislation includes portions of six bills from Republicans and Democrats that the House Natural Resources Committee approved in March. The bills had bipartisan backing in committee, and their ...Read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The southern Central Valley is home to one of California's few remaining congressional battlegrounds, where Democrats are itching to oust longtime Republican incumbent Rep. David Valadao.

Last year's voter-approved Proposition 50 redrew the lines of this Latino-majority district slightly in Democrats' favor. Two top ...Read more

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. — As tensions escalate over the conditions facing undocumented immigrants in federal detention centers, a pair of Pittsburgh-area Democrats on Thursday became the first members of Congress to gain access to the largest such facility in the Northeast — the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in rural Clearfield County.

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The U.S. attorney in Chicago has been tasked by the Justice Department with leading a criminal investigation into a Chicago-based nonprofit that helped fund some legal costs for E. Jean Carroll, the advice columnist who successfully sued President Donald Trump for sexual assault and defamation, a source with knowledge of the probe confirmed to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the idea of putting President Donald Trump’s face on a specially issued $250 bill, a move that is currently barred by U.S. law.

Bessent was pressed on Thursday about a Washington Post report that said Trump administration officials are pushing to have the president’s portrait on ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani is reportedly considering endorsing Darializa Avila Chevalier in her insurgent Democratic primary race to unseat incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Upper Manhattan’s NY-13 district.

The popular mayor is weighing jumping into the race ahead of the June 23 primary because polls show a tighter-than-expected ...Read more

When President Donald Trump threw his weight behind Ty Masterson’s bid for Kansas governor over the weekend, the longtime state lawmaker quickly capitalized on the endorsement.

The Andover Republican updated his social media bio to reflect the endorsement. He went on the radio Tuesday morning to champion the Republican president’s support. ...Read more