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WASHINGTON — The clock was ticking in the House chamber. Or was it?

A key vote on the floor began with famous last words: “This is a 5-minute vote.” More than two hours later, it was still going.

Later that day, it...Read more

WASHINGTON — During the final vote to close out the House’s “hell week,” a handful of Republicans had a message for the Senate: You’re responsible for the “suffering” agenda.

Standing on the steps outside ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is arguing to lawmakers that President Donald Trump does not need to disengage troops from the conflict with Iran in order to comply with the War Powers Act because an extended ceasefire has ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision limiting the Voting Rights Act appears to hamper Congress from passing legislation to restore the law’s protections for minority voters when states draw new congressional ...Read more

MIAMI — A Miami federal jury on Friday convicted former Florida Congressman David Rivera and consultant Esther Nuhfer on charges of failing to register as foreign agents when they lobbied major U.S. politicians in a ...Read more

Caribbean politician Gaston Browne has won a historic fourth term as prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, leading his Labor Party to a historic landslide victory and unprecedented fourth term late Thursday night.

The ...Read more

Trouble in Palm Beach paradise?

We heard Bettina Anderson’s garden-themed bridal shower at Mar-a-Lago went swimmingly. But as far as her wedding to Donald Trump Jr., all bets are off.

According to widespread media ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan judge has dismissed felony charges against a former township clerk and a prominent Republican lawyer accused of allowing a breach of sensitive voter data.

In May 2024, Attorney General Dana ...Read more

May 1, 2026, marks the 60th day of Operation Epic Fury in Iran – a symbolically significant date designating when a president who has mounted unilateral military operations must receive Congressional approval or wind ...Read more

The Supreme Court has again dealt a devastating blow to voting equality in the United States.

On Wednesday, in Louisiana v. Callais, six justices effectively nullified a 1982 federal statute that prohibits states from ...Read more

The phrase “concentration camp” is freighted with dark historical meaning. Most people hear it and instinctively think of concentration camps used by the Nazis to exterminate Jews and other minority populations ...Read more

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is pleasing President Donald Trump by supporting a ridiculous indictment of former FBI Director James Comey over a benign photo.

Maybe Blanche thinks this foolishness will prevent him...Read more

Iran is again playing the four-corners stall game with its latest peace proposal — a sign that American leverage is paying off. President Donald Trump and the United States should continue to put maximum pressure on the ...Read more

The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, has struck down Louisiana’s newly created majority-Black congressional district, narrowing the scope of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The ruling is consequential not ...Read more

Less than 48 hours after an attempt on President Donald Trump’s life, some Republicans in Congress asked that the president’s proposed ballroom, now with a price tag of $400 million, be paid for with tax dollars ...Read more

The kid behind the counter, a kid with strong black dreads fountaining out of the top of his visor, says "That'll be $6.42."

I give him my debit card.

I went to bed last night with $0.65 in my checking account, but ...Read more

The British monarch came before Congress to jointly celebrate the 250th anniversary of the former American colonies throwing off his "five-times-great-grandfather" to become the independent United States. But the speech by...Read more

A colleague recently emailed me a picture of a seemingly political gesture that was roiling her office and asked me what I thought. The picture was of a 10-by-3-inch sticker, openly affixed to an employee’s desk, stating...Read more

Most Americans think of the Bill of Rights as a bespoke 1789 creation for a nation that was, in the signature “Hamilton” lyric of Lin-Manuel Miranda, “young, scrappy and hungry.”

Not so fast, said the great-great-...Read more

Almost 250 years after the American Revolution, it took a visiting British monarch to remind Congress what the rebellion stood for.

On his first state visit as king, Charles III didn’t pull any punches, although his ...Read more