With President Donald Trump threatening several U.S. trading partners with substantial tariffs the first of August, Gov. Jared Polis and other Democratic governors said Monday that they are taking steps to oppose policies they consider harmful to their states’ businesses.

Polis issued an executive order directing the Colorado Office of ...Read more

The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Trump the authority to dismantle the Education Department and to fire about half of its staff.

In a 6-3 decision, the court's conservatives set aside a Boston judge's order and cleared the way for Education Secretary Linda McMahon to carry out her plans to shut down much of her department.

The court ...Read more

Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda includes the redrawing of congressional districts mid-decade. This comes after the U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to the governor and attorney general saying three Houston districts and one Fort Worth district are “unconstitutional ‘coalition districts’” and are racially drawn.

A ...Read more

Gov. Josh Shapiro and Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said this week they think State Sen. Sharif Street should consider stepping down as Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party chair as he runs for U.S. Congress.

The comments from the two top Democratic heavyweights come as Street this month announced his campaign for the Third ...Read more

After mulling a run for governor of Iowa, Republican Rep. Zach Nunn has decided to seek reelection to his Des Moines-centered swing seat, a development first announced by President Donald Trump.

“Just spoke to Great Combat Veteran Zach Nunn, and he is committed to the mission of, HOLDING THE MAJORITY,’’ Trump said on his Truth Social ...Read more

Pennsylvania Democrat Janelle Stelson, who narrowly lost a battleground race in the Harrisburg-based 10th District last year, announced Monday her long-awaited second challenge to Republican Rep. Scott Perry.

Perry won a seventh term last year by defeating Stelson, a former broadcast journalist, by just over a percentage point, his narrowest ...Read more

The U.S. Commerce Department launched investigations into imports of drones, parts for unmanned aerial vehicles and for polysilicon, a key material for solar power, setting the stage for possible tariffs on those goods.

The probes were launched on July 1 under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, the latest use of that authority by President...Read more

A Senate committee says the U.S. Secret Service remains unaccountable for failures a year after the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee used its final report to take the Secret Service to task for refusing to answer for the failures at the ...Read more

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to start mass layoffs at the Department of Education Monday, lifting a lower court order that paused the layoffs while a challenge played out.

The unsigned, unexplained order from the justices Monday lifted a May order from Judge Myong J. Joun of the U.S. District Court for the District of ...Read more

Lawmakers are talking about an estimated $30.5 billion “wish list” circulating on Capitol Hill to overhaul the nation’s aging air traffic control system as the ink still dries on the reconciliation law’s $12.5 billion down payment, sources familiar with discussions said.

That $30.5 billion figure is higher than Transportation Secretary ...Read more

The Trump administration’s probe into Minnesota’s affirmative action laws is the latest salvo in an escalating feud between the White House and the state’s Democratic leaders — a relationship that’s become noticeably more hostile than it was during the president’s first term.

The Department of Justice’s newest challenge in ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams recently opened his new campaign headquarters in a building owned by SL Green, the city’s largest commercial landlord and one of his biggest political backers — the latest example of Adams shoring up his ties with the powerful firm as he kicks off a difficult bid for reelection.

Marc Holliday, SL Green’s CEO,...Read more

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