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Trump's attacks on mail-in voting may hurt his own supporters in Washington
WASHINGTON — Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to restrict mail-in voting.
He has issued executive orders, pushed legislation and battled lawsuits throughout his second term that would upend vote-by-mail systems in Washington state and across the nation.
Much of that attention has been paid to the SAVE ...Read more
Trump erupts at CBS News' Norah O'Donnell for reading shooter's writings
President Donald Trump angrily erupted at CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell after she read portions of the White House Correspondents Dinner gunman’s writings on ’60 Minutes.’
Even as he expressed hope for a better relationship with critical media after the shooting, Trump blew his top when O’Donnell asked him about his reaction to the ...Read more
This week: King Charles to address Congress amid a packed legislative agenda
WASHINGTON — In a more normal week, a reauthorization of surveillance powers, a budget resolution or the farm bill might take center stage on the House floor.
This week, the House is scheduled to do all that as well as host a joint meeting of Congress to hear from King Charles III.
The British monarch, who will be feted by President Donald ...Read more
Culture of silence around abortions for active-duty military intensifies, researchers say
Researcher Caitlin Gerdts planned to release a new study about abortion access for active-duty military service members, much like the one in 2019 that was published with input from 323 participants.
But over a six-month period in 2024, in a new legal environment for abortion access, the research team was only able to find three service members...Read more
Editorial: Another bird-brained idea from Trump
President Donald Trump’s latest fantastic notion is to repurpose Alcatraz Island, one of the National Park Service’s most popular historical sites, as the remote, isolated California prison it used to be.
Nothing about it makes sense.
It was costing nearly three times as much to operate as other federal prisons, which is why Attorney ...Read more
Commentary: Carlson's cautious apology does little to repair Trumpism's damage
When you break a promise as clear as “No new wars,” you shouldn’t be surprised when even your most loyal supporters revolt. And that’s exactly what is happening to President Donald Trump.
One such disillusioned supporter is Tucker Carlson — who on a recent podcast with his brother Buckley admitted, in essence, “My bad.”
“You ...Read more
Commentary: The math isn't working -- More for war, less for America's future
On paper, the economy’s numbers look robust. But for many Americans, the math isn’t working.
A family like Mike and Lisa Hernandez, a middle-class couple in suburban St. Louis, is doing everything right. He manages a warehouse. She works part-time as a dental assistant. They have employer-sponsored insurance, a new house, and two kids. They...Read more
Sexual misconduct scandals in Washington spark scramble for reforms, expedited investigations
WASHINGTON — In the span of 10 days, the nation's capital saw a cascade of ethical scandals that cut across party lines and branches of government, raising fresh doubts about whether Washington is capable of holding itself accountable.
Three members of Congress — two Democrats and a Republican — resigned within days of one another as they...Read more
Conway blasts Mfume over campaign donations from interest groups: 'Enough is enough'
Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives, criticized incumbent Rep. Kweisi Mfume’s campaign for its ties to pro-Israeli political groups and defense contractors following the release of this year’s first federal campaign finance reports in April.
Conway, who is challenging Mfume in June’s...Read more
Trump was set to 'let it rip' with the press. Then came shots, chaos and a call for unity
President Trump was preparing to take the stage at the White House Correspondents' Assn. dinner Saturday night, eager — by his own account — to "let it rip" before a room of Washington's elite and reporters he has spent years calling the enemy of the people.
Then shots were heard. Secret Service agents rushed him off the stage. And within ...Read more
Latest attack threatening President Trump reflects rising political violence in US
For the third time in three years, Donald Trump has come under threat by an attacker. Many facts remain unclear after a gunman stormed the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026, during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
As the investigation into the shooting continues, Alfonso Serrano, The Conversation’s politics ...Read more
U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach wins tightly contested GOP endorsement in western Minnesota
Three-term U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach won the Republican endorsement on April 25 following a drawn-out convention in Minnesota’s Seventh Congressional District.
It took multiple rounds of voting for the incumbent to secure the nomination at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall on Saturday, April 25, according to observers.
...Read more
Trump says gala attack shows security need for his new ballroom
President Donald Trump jumped on Saturday night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to add a security rationale to his case for building a massive White House ballroom that he has wanted for years.
“The one good thing is now everybody knows how badly needed it is,” Trump said Sunday on Fox News.
Trump, who has been ...Read more
California lawmakers react to shooting at White House Correspondents' Dinner
Political leaders in California expressed relief that no one was hurt Saturday at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Donald Trump as a gunman fired shots while trying to enter the ballroom.
Both Democrats and Republicans said they were grateful no one was seriously injured.
A man identified as Cole Tomas Allen of ...Read more
Bayer banks on US Supreme Court's help to rein In Roundup lawsuits
Bayer AG is counting on the U.S. Supreme Court to pare down lawsuits over its top-selling Roundup weedkiller and help corral the decade-long litigation that has cost the company more than $10 billion and cast a pall over its stock price.
Bayer’s attorneys during arguments Monday will urge the high court to overturn a $1.25 million Missouri ...Read more
Suspect in DC gala attack spent several years acquiring guns
The man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Dinner spent years quietly acquiring his arsenal, purchasing a shotgun from a Torrance, California, firearms dealer eight months before the attack and a semi-automatic pistol two years earlier, according to a law enforcement intelligence profile reviewed by Bloomberg.
Cole Tomas ...Read more
Ex-Israeli prime ministers unite parties to take on Netanyahu
Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, two former prime ministers of Israel, announced the merging of their parties, creating a new political entity that could outpoll that of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud in the upcoming election.
The party, named Together, will be led by Bennett, a hawk and one-time settler advocate who has edged closer to the ...Read more
Gunman at DC gala believed to be targeting US officials
The armed suspect who tried to enter a Washington ballroom where President Donald Trump was speaking was likely targeting administration officials, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
Blanche said Sunday on NBC’s "Meet the Press" that the man is believed to have acted alone after traveling by train from California and had been staying ...Read more
Medicaid rule targeting abortion providers set to expire
A controversial rule enacted last year that denies federal Medicaid funding to abortion providers is likely to expire this summer, despite anti-abortion pressure on Republicans to renew it.
Leaders in Congress in recent days have insisted that a new federal spending bill needs to be as stripped down as possible and focused on funding related to...Read more
1 in 4 women crossing state lines for abortions traveled to Illinois in 2025, data show
CHICAGO — Eight years ago, before the U.S. Supreme Court reversed course on federal protections granted in Roe v. Wade and returned questions of abortion legality to individual states, the Chicago Abortion Fund supported less than 1% of the patients it served in 2025.
Now the largest fund of its kind in the country, the organization works to ...Read more
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