Embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller is defying calls to step aside ahead of a Wednesday deadline to drop his congressional reelection bid amid his ex-wife’s father Sen. Bernie Moreno's demands for his resignation over domestic violence allegations.

Miller, a former aide to President Donald Trump, says he won’t drop his bid for a third term...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration envisions Venezuela’s return to democracy as a gradual, three-stage process culminating in elections only after the country achieves political stability, economic recovery and national reconciliation, offering the clearest public description yet of Washington’s long-term strategy ...Read more

Embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller is defying calls to step aside ahead of a Wednesday deadline to drop his congressional reelection bid amid his ex-wife’s father Sen. Bernie Moreno demands for his resignation over domestic violence allegations.

Miller, a former aide to President Donald Trump, says he won’t drop his bid for a third term ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has made his position clear: He wants Senate Republicans to nuke the legislative filibuster and push through a sprawling voter ID bill.

It’s enough to make some Republicans think twice before leaping to the filibuster’s defense, as the arcane details of Senate procedure spark strong emotions and bitter ...Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s advantage over right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro narrowed ahead of Brazil’s October election, a new poll found.

Lula would earn 46% to Bolsonaro’s 45% in a runoff scenario, according to the BTG Pactual/Nexus survey published Monday.

The leftist leader held a 4-point lead, 47% to 43% in the ...Read more

Already contending with a House ethics probe and numerous allegations of misconduct, embattled Congressman Cory Mills is facing yet another hurdle: a primary challenge from three fellow Republicans.

One of those challengers, former TV anchor Ryan Elijah, has the backing of key Central Florida leaders, including the sheriffs in Seminole and ...Read more

U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, called on his ex-son-in-law, Representative Max Miller, R-Ohio, to resign his U.S. House seat amid swirling allegations of physical violence against Miller’s former wife and daughter.

Miller issued a live video statement on X on Sunday, denying a litany of claims his ex-wife made in their divorce that he ...Read more

Virginia’s primary elections for the November midterms are Tuesday.

Hampton Roads voters will decide who among four candidates will be the Democratic party’s nominee to face off against Republican incumbent Jen Kiggans in the general election. Elaine Luria, who previously held the seat before narrowly losing to Kiggans in 2022, has raised ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration may be creating a difficult choice for low-income immigrants who could be denied green cards by seeking public assistance to feed and access healthcare for their U.S.-born children.

Under the “public charge” rule — which the administration plans to put in place on Sept. 18 — a person could be ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — For years, the big political donors in Florida politics were a familiar group: the sugar industry, Disney, Publix and the like.

But in the 2026 election cycle, a new crop of would-be kingmakers has emerged connected to artificial intelligence as the industry works to turn Florida into a foothold.

Tens of millions of dollars ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Millions of dollars have poured into Michigan's four competitive Democratic U.S. House primaries over the home stretch as outside groups try to propel their preferred candidates over the finish line on Aug. 4.

The money is mostly backing candidates who have pitched themselves as more moderate options against progressive ...Read more

Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an internal review by the bank’s anti-money laundering team.

The lender made the revelation in a filing asking a judge to toss out a Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The nation is set to have its least competitive congressional election cycle in years by some measures, with California partly driving the shift.

The redistricting carried out in California and nine other states since 2024 has left the nation with an unusually low number of truly competitive districts, narrowing the battle for U...Read more

When U.S. Rep. Ami Bera decided to join a bipartisan congressional delegation to Haiti this week — the first such visit by U.S. lawmakers in seven years — the California Democrat and physician was prepared to see dire conditions based on the reports coming out of the Caribbean country and briefings he has received as a member of the House ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is appealing a court order barring him from attempting to use a sweeping audit-immunity settlement that resolved his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.

Trump filed a notice of appeal in federal court in Miami on Friday, the latest twist in a lawsuit he filed in January that made him ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The timeline is slipping for senators to strike a bipartisan deal on a short-term funding patch before their August recess as leadership struggles to work out the finer details.

Senior appropriators had been hopeful of unveiling text before the weekend for a stopgap measure expected to keep the government funded into early ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is pressuring his Democratic rival, Xavier Becerra, to participate in a series of debates in the weeks leading up the Nov. 3 election to determine California's next governor.

In a video shared by his campaign Friday, Hilton listed six debate invitations he has received from ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump blamed the state of Minnesota and Gov. Tim Walz for the coordinated cyberattack on over 30 water systems across the state even as officials say the attacks may have been carried out by Iran.

“They blame it on Iran, I don’t think so ... I blame it on Minnesota because they’re grossly incompetent,” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As his nominee for attorney general hangs in the balance, President Donald Trump dug in on Friday, defending a controversial settlement that has angered some Republicans in the Senate.

It further upended Todd Blanche’s bid to permanently lead the Justice Department, as senators look for a path forward after canceling a planned ...Read more