SAN JOSE, Calif. — Touching on their increasingly incendiary public feud, comedian Rosie O’Donnell explained over the weekend why Donald Trump, the president of the United States, is giving any thought to her, a past-her-prime entertainer who no longer lives in the United States.

“I am proud to be opposed to every single thing he says and...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Janelle Stelson is at it again.

The Democrat and former broadcast journalist lost her congressional race challenging U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) by just a little more than 1 percentage point last year, and she’s officially launching her rematch campaign on Monday for the 2026 election.

Perry, a Republican who has ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Janelle Stelson is at it again.

The Democrat and former broadcast journalist lost her congressional race challenging U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) by just a little more than 1 percentage point last year, and she’s officially launching her rematch campaign on Monday for the 2026 election.

Perry, a Republican who has ...Read more

DETROIT — Michigan Democratic state Sen. Sean McCann launched a bid for the U.S. House on Monday, aiming to challenge long-time GOP Rep. Bill Huizenga of Holland.

McCann of Kalamazoo, who is seeking the Democratic nomination, said he's running because Washington politicians are too focused on special interests and giving tax breaks to ...Read more

Economists have long been warning of a tariff-driven boost to U.S. inflation. The next report on consumer prices will put their conviction to the test.

After four months of overestimating readings on the consumer price index, forecasters are predicting an acceleration in June data due from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday. Advances in ...Read more

Iran and the U.S. haven’t agreed on a time, date or place to resume stalled negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.

Iran won’t return to talks “unless we’re certain the negotiations will be effective,” Esmaeil Baghaei said in a televised press conference.

His remarks follow a ...Read more

WASHINGTON – House members return to town this week to consider the fiscal 2026 Pentagon spending bill and crypto measures, while senators are staring at yet another vote-a-rama — this time on rescissions.

While defense appropriations headlines the House’s week, the floor agenda is full even beyond that, with several significant financial...Read more

The House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing recently about diversity, equity and inclusion. Fewer than five of the 90 minutes were spent talking about health care or anything related to money. Instead, conservative lawmakers wasted time and taxpayers’ dollars advancing an anti-DEI agenda with which ...Read more

King Charles III will host U.S. President Donald Trump for a state visit in September, the second time Trump will have received the highest honor offered to a visiting dignitary by the U.K.

The King will host Trump and first lady Melania Trump at Windsor Castle from Sept. 17-19, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Monday. It follows Trump�...Read more

Financial markets, which have shown increasing insensitivity to tariff threats from the U.S., will face a test at the Monday open after President Donald Trump declared a 30% rate for the European Union and Mexico effective Aug. 1.

Trump has ratcheted up trade measures, promising that more tariffs are coming to everyone from Canada to Brazil to ...Read more

A “cascade of preventable failures” within the U.S. Secret Service nearly cost President Donald Trump his life during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last year, according to a Senate committee report released Sunday.

The Republican-led Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the Secret Service, found ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly says lawmakers and federal agencies still don't have a complete picture of what allowed a gunman to nearly assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in the congressman's hometown of Butler last year.

"Like many in the Butler community, I still have questions about everything that led up to, and unfolded on, July 13...Read more

Financial markets, which have shown increasing insensitivity to tariff threats from the U.S., will face a test at the Monday open after President Donald Trump declared a 30% rate for the European Union and Mexico effective Aug. 1.

Trump has ratcheted up trade measures, promising that more tariffs are coming to everyone from Canada to Brazil to ...Read more

The White House has hailed H.R. 1, aka the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as a “once-in-a-generation piece of legislation” that puts “America First.” Most of the public debate focused on its extension of lower taxes for the rich, the ballooning federal debt, and massive cuts in Medicaid spending. Yet equally important is what the act will ...Read more

Mexico is projecting confidence that it will fend off a new set of 30% tariffs that President Donald Trump threatened Saturday to impose next month, with talks already underway to avert the worst.

After Trump went public with his plan by posting on social media, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum noted in speeches near the northern border ...Read more

Columbia University may be nearing a deal with the Trump administration to reinstate federal funding to the university over civil rights issues, according to reports by multiple news outlets.

The deal would require Columbia to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to those affected by the alleged violations, increase transparency in its hiring ...Read more

The Trump Organization plans to expand to Romania, as President Donald Trump’s family deepens its ties in the Balkans and pursues a lineup of new foreign deals.

The company will partner with local real estate developer SDC Imobiliare on Trump Tower Bucharest, according to a statement dated Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies have seized upon a new way to criticize the head of the U.S. central bank: his handling of an expensive renovation of the Fed’s headquarters.

The construction project offers the clearest example yet of how Trump and those in his orbit are looking for every opportunity to scrutinize Jerome ...Read more