President Trump Tuesday announced he’ll appear at a campaign rally in Syracuse alongside Republican governor candidate Bruce Blakeman on Friday as he continues to raise eyebrows with an unconventional itinerary in the home stretch leading up to the midterm congressional elections.

Trump is jetting into upstate city to boost Blakeman, the ...Read more

President Donald Trump has reversed course and ordered the government to stop paying for his campaign-style ads that Uncle Sam had been bankrolling with millions in taxpayer dollars.

In a rare retreat, Trump said he would instruct the MAGA Inc. super PAC going forward to pay to air the provocative ads, which are virtually identical to ones his ...Read more

President Donald Trump announced Monday night that taxpayers will no longer pick up the tab for political TV advertisements promoting himself and administration policies.

Facing a public backlash from lawmakers of both parties, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social site that he would in part use money raised by a super PAC, MAGA Inc., to ...Read more

President Donald Trump, speaking at a campaign rally Monday, suggested Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego — a comment that was possibly in jest but brought a quick reaction from leaders in California.

Trump said he wanted to “see a tremendous victory” in the November election, “’cause it verifies all the things we did...Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett and progressive Democrat Will Lawrence will face off in a Lansing-area debate as the candidates seek the 7th Congressional District seat.

The debate, moderated by WKAR-TV and WILX-TV, will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 at WKAR's East Lansing studio on the campus of Michigan ...Read more

Washington might see its legislative maps get redrawn once again, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a petition related to a long-running dispute over the state's 2020 redistricting process.

It won't happen before the 2026 midterm elections. But Monday's development is the latest twist in the saga of Washington's redistricting ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With members largely in their districts to campaign in the final stretch before midterms, the House and Senate have transitioned to “pro forma” mode. But the rhythm of chambers gaveling in briefly every few days can mask the political undercurrents in the constant push and pull of power between Congress and the executive ...Read more

President Donald Trump has never met a dictator he didn’t envy — and he is not shy about behaving like one, either.

American journalists were still fighting his White House ban as he gushed over the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who rules the world’s largest police state.

No other president in our history has ever banished ...Read more

It sounds like an admonition from a senior detective to a junior colleague: Assume nothing.

Right now, across America, a lot of political assuming is going on, mostly among Democrats. The first assumption is that the Democrats will win the midterms. It is dangerous to assume the winner of any race until the winning post has clearly been passed....Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Newly elected U.S. Rep. James Gallagher will try to fend off state Sen. Mike McGuire to retain Northern California’s 1st Congressional District seat.

Gallagher was sworn into the seat in June to finish the term of former U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who died earlier this year. His death triggered a special election that ...Read more

President Donald Trump pledged to pay for video ads with his personal funds — and money from his super political action committee — following ethical concerns about the messages that are running at taxpayer expense.

“The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from eight firefighters who sued Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue after they were placed on leave for refusing Washington's 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandate, citing religious reasons.

With the Supreme Court not reviewing the decision, an appeals court ruling remains in place that said the Snohomish...Read more

The Supreme Court justices sounded wary Monday of state-by-state lawsuits that could impose huge damage verdicts on energy producers for the impact of global climate change.

Instead, several of them suggested these local and state claims may be blocked by the federal Clean Air Act.

"Interstate air and water pollution are matters for federal ...Read more

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared skeptical Monday of an effort by Boulder, Colo., to hold major oil producers accountable in state courts for the harms caused by climate change.

Across almost two hours of oral arguments, the justices raised concerns about upsetting the balance between states and the federal government and Congress’ ...Read more

President Donald Trump, in a shift, has begun voicing some doubts about Republicans’ chances in the midterm elections as he heads to Nebraska Monday to rally for Sen. Pete Ricketts in yet another red state stop.

Confidence is a hallmark of the 80-year-old chief executive’s presidential persona, so his willingness to acknowledge he and other...Read more

Family members of Virginia Giuffre, a prominent victim of Jeffrey Epstein, accuse U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in a new ad of covering up the sex trafficker’s crimes and ties to society’s elites in the latest salvo of an increasingly competitive congressional race.

Sky and Amanda Roberts, the brother and sister-in-law of Giuffre, say in the ad — ...Read more

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said Monday, Oct. 5, that he plans to return to campaign in battleground Michigan in the next week and a half, as the state prepares to elect a new governor and U.S. senator in the November election.

"I'm going to Michigan in about a week and a half," Trump told reporters as he left the White House.

"We're...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court will open its latest term Monday morning by hearing arguments over whether Boulder can sue two oil and gas companies for their roles in climate change in a case that is garnering national attention because the decision could affect the outcome of other climate cases pending in the United States.

Suncor Energy and ...Read more