Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said he’s open to easing the ban on wearing sneakers in the Capitol’s ornate House Speaker’s Lobby if Democrats win control of the chamber in the midterm congressional elections.

Asked if he would give the green light to more casual footwear, the House Democratic leader suggested he is firmly in the pro-kicks camp.

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For much of the past 25 years, each anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has arrived with signs and stickers reminding people to “never forget.”

I have always felt unsure about what those words mean. For those of us who were alive in 2001, forgetting the day itself is almost impossible.

I remember the shock and fear, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. House candidate Michael Bouchard this week released his first video ad since winning the GOP primary in a suburban Detroit swing district a month earlier.

The ad, titled "Jump," features the former Army paratrooper leaping from a plane and making a direct-to-camera appeal that he will "lead the fight" against ...Read more

WASHINGTON — For Rep. Thomas Massie, time is running out in his latest effort to extract more files from the Justice Department related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

He’s leading a push to sidestep House leaders and bring another bill to the floor, dubbing it the Epstein Files Transparency Act II. It would allow state attorneys ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Authorities arrested a podcaster at his Los Angeles home Thursday morning for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump and threatening the president's personal attorney.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli for the Central District of California said in a post on X that Benjamin Azariah Southworth, a 40-year-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Authorities arrested a podcaster at his Los Angeles-area home Thursday morning for allegedly threatening to kill the president of the United States.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli for the Central District of California said in a post on X, that Benjamin Azariah Southworth, 40, was indicted by a grand jury on federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Less than 24 hours before a key deadline for mail-in voting in the U.S. midterm elections, states are bracing for late-breaking developments in a legal battle over federal control of the process, including possible intervention from the Supreme Court.

A judge in Boston is weighing Thursday whether to extend a short-term order ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — House Republicans are scrapping the last two weeks the chamber was scheduled to be in session before the midterm elections.

Under the revised schedule announced Thursday, the House will return for votes the evening of Monday, Sept. 14, a week after Labor Day, for what is now expected to be only a one-week session before ...Read more

BOSTON — The Democratic primary between Sen. Ed Markey and Congressman Seth Moulton gained national attention as the two progressives battled over the summer months, so much so that President Donald Trump is chiming in on Markey’s landslide victory.

Trump praised Markey’s dominant performance on Tuesday, where he pulled in 64.8% of the ...Read more

Many Americans will pause on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to remember the nearly 3,000 people who were killed that day. The attacks became a shared national tragedy, the impact of which reached far beyond those who experienced them firsthand.

The aftermath of such a disaster can place enormous strain on a community. If ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For years, Hollywood has talked about a federal film and television tax credit that could help the industry combat the growing number of productions fleeing overseas.

This week, the entertainment business got a glimmer of hope.

After more than a year of quiet work from California lawmakers, industry lobbyists and Hollywood ...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, of Washougal, and her Blue Dog coalition colleague, Rep. Jared Golden, of Maine, may face disciplinary action from House Democratic leadership after they unexpectedly helped Republicans pass a key procedural vote on Tuesday.

“The decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House...Read more

The Democratic Party’s coalition headed into the 2026 midterms is as broad as it’s been in years. That seems likely to help them pick up dozens of seats in Congress and win majorities back from Republicans in either or both chambers.

One notable and attention-getting portion of that coalition is a group of progressive political ...Read more

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The last competitive Democratic House primary of the year hasn’t been shaped much by the centrist vs. progressive narrative that has dotted intraparty contests around the country this year.

What’s more noticeable is how the crowded contest for New Hampshire’s 1st District seat being vacated by Democratic Rep. Chris ...Read more

Age was no factor for three Massachusetts congressmen in the September primary as they fought off challenges from younger and increasingly more progressive opponents, copying a trend developing across the country.

U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch, 71; Richard Neal, 77; and Bill Keating, 73, all defeated their primary challengers in their respective ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from carrying out for now the president’s latest effort to impose new limits on automatic birthright citizenship after losing an earlier legal fight before the U.S. Supreme Court.

In an order on Wednesday, a U.S. judge in Maryland ruled that President Donald Trump’s August ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former California state Sen. Aisha Wahab was sworn in Wednesday morning, becoming the first Afghan American to serve in Congress. She replaces former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned earlier this year.

“For generations, the American Dream has made this country a beacon to the world because of one powerful promise: your past ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Some congressional Democrats and voting-rights advocates are taking President Donald Trump’s not ruling out a national emergency declaration around November’s midterm elections seriously and literally.

Trump raised eyebrows last month during an interview with conservative commentator Wayne Allyn Root, who had suggested to the...Read more

WASHINGTON — By the time Brittany Pettersen’s son was 6 months old, he’d taken 24 flights.

The Colorado Democrat’s son is no world traveler — his time on planes as an infant was spent with Pettersen flying back and forth to Washington for votes.

As the House considers potential rules changes for next Congress, Pettersen and other ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Gold-hued $1 coins featuring the face of President Donald Trump are now available for purchase online and at the U.S. Mint gift shop on Independence Mall in Old City.

But it’ll cost you more than a buck.

Neither Philly’s Mint nor the website has single coins for sale, so early buyers can get no fewer than 25 coins in a ...Read more