The war on Christmas came early this year — and from an unexpected source: Donald Trump. It’s only May, but he’s already laying the groundwork for empty shelves, wallets and stockings, all thanks to a tariff policy that could hit American consumers hard.

“Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” Trump shrugged ...Read more

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — In a ballroom packed with more than 1,000 people raising money for LGBTQ+ youths, veteran California legislative leader Toni Atkins didn't mince words: To be a gay or transgender teenager right now, she said, must feel like "a rug has been pulled from beneath your feet."

In her fiery speech at the annual Harvey Milk ...Read more

The Trump administration is clearing a path for two key Persian Gulf allies to pursue their artificial intelligence ambitions — and some of the biggest US tech companies are seizing on that opening with plans to spend billions of dollars in the region.

Under agreements with the US expected to be unveiled in coming days, Saudi Arabia and the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A stalemate at the Library of Congress continued Tuesday with no easy resolution in sight, as lawmakers considered how far to wade in.

Citing “executive overreach,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said as far as he was concerned, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was not currently in charge of the nation’s largest ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans could land on a compromise on the state and local tax deduction on Wednesday, a deal that would represent a breakthrough in one of the thorniest policy debates in President Donald Trump’s economic package.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday evening that a deal on SALT will “likely be tomorrow....Read more

President Donald Trump has spent the first major overseas trip of his second administration — next stop Wednesday in Qatar — beating back allegations that he was personally profiting from foreign leaders by accepting a $400-million luxury airliner from the Gulf state’s royal family.

Trump has bristled at the notion that he should turn ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Qatar’s offer of a luxury Boeing 747 to President Donald Trump has set off alarm bells within the U.S. intelligence and diplomatic community, where gifts from foreign powers have long been viewed with suspicion.

Aside from any legal and ethical qualms about Trump accepting the plane — an 89-seater with a sumptuous French-...Read more

U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, a Maryland Democrat, is urging President Donald Trump to reinstate former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden — five days after Trump abruptly fired the longtime Baltimore resident.

In a letter addressed to the president, obtained by The Baltimore Sun, Alsobrooks requests that Hayden be returned to her position ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan Court of Claims judge on Tuesday ruled that state laws that mandate a 24-hour waiting period and informed consent before a pregnancy can be terminated violate the state's constitutional right to abortion.

Court of Claims Judge Sima Patel also found unconstitutional the state's prohibition on advanced practice ...Read more

Harvard University expanded its lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration for freezing billions of dollars in federal funds, ratcheting up the high-stakes legal battle between the wealthiest U.S. university and the White House.

University lawyers revised their lawsuit on the same day the federal Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism ...Read more

Looking to cut costs on Amtrak’s project to replace an aging West Baltimore tunnel, rail officials under the Trump administration have been talking with Elon Musk’s tunneling company, The Boring Co.

The talks surround a potential engineering contract for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel project near Penn Station, a major undertaking by Amtrak ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Former Lexington state representative Cherlynn Stevenson is running to flip the 6th Congressional District from red to blue in 2026, she announced Tuesday.

Stevenson said that she believes the seat is within reach for Democrats despite GOP Rep. Andy Barr’s recent landslide victories.

“I know how to win in a red seat,” ...Read more

Weeks before George Clooney called on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, the seemingly “catatonic” commander-in-chief failed to recognize the actor, who he’s known for years.

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new book, “Original Sin,” pulls back the curtain on the demise of Biden’s reelection efforts and how ...Read more

It’s now been over 100 days since President Donald Trump returned to the White House following his reelection. In that short time, he enacted a whirlwind of wide-ranging policies, including on immigration, trade and federal spending.

In response, his favorability rating among Americans has declined — particularly among one demographic, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday named his appointees to a nonpartisan, independent congressional ethics and oversight board, ending an unprecedented delay in getting the office up and running.

The Office of Congressional Conduct had gone the first four months of the 119th Congress without an appointed board, rendering it unable ...Read more

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order promising to dramatically and quickly cut the cost of drugs in the U.S.

But experts say Americans shouldn’t hold their breath, as they are skeptical about the order’s legality and ultimate impact.

“We are going to pay the lowest price there is in the world,” Trump said at a White...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar on Tuesday moved to try to force a House vote on the articles of impeachment that he filed two weeks ago targeting President Donald Trump.

Thanedar, a Democrat from Detroit in his second term, stood on the House floor on Tuesday afternoon in a largely empty House chamber and indicated that he was offering ...Read more

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump agreed to a set of commercial agreements with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in what amounts to the largest economic pact ever signed by the two countries, the White House said, hailing a new era in a partnership that had been fraught in recent years.

On the first day of the president’s visit to the ...Read more

American expat Rosie O’Donnell claims President Donald Trump rigged the 2024 election.

While there’s no evidence that happened — just as there’s no reason to believe Trump’s ongoing claim that he was cheated in the 2020 election — O’Donnell alleges her old nemesis is the best witness to his own crime.

“If he admits one more ...Read more

President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman touted a pledge for $1 trillion in commercial deals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, a staggering figure that doesn’t quite stand up to scrutiny.

“With the help of the people of the Middle East, the people in this room, partners throughout the region, the golden age of ...Read more