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

President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested renaming Strait of Hormuz after himself, a move he predicted would make the strategic waterway at the heart of his conflict with Iran “hotter than ever before!”

Just a week after Trump moved to rename Lake Ontario amid his trade war with Canada, the president floated an even more audacious ...Read more

DETROIT — Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers have agreed to a second debate in their race to be Michigan's next U.S. Senator.

Both contenders in the key election plan to participate in an Oct. 21 debate, hosted by Detroit's WXYZ-TV and broadcast statewide. They previously agreed to an Oct. 8 debate hosted by Grand Rapids' WOOD...Read more

MIAMI — A voting rights group locked in a legal battle with Florida authorities announced Wednesday that it’s suing in federal court to block parts of a state elections bill mirrored after the federal SAVE Act.

The measure, a priority of Gov. Ron DeSantis, adds new citizenship documentation requirements and bans student IDs from being used ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity, both candidates running to be Pennsylvania’s next governor, have agreed to face off next month in the first and only scheduled televised debate between them.

The debate — scheduled for 8 p.m. on Oct. 7 and hosted by ABC 27 — will be held in Harrisburg ...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, of Washington, 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

WASHINGTON — Despite adverse political conditions, Republicans still have an opportunity to hold both the House and the Senate this fall. But it’s also possible that the bottom will fall out from under them, leading to heavy GOP losses reminiscent of an election 20 years ago.

Back in 2006, there was an unpopular Republican president in the ...Read more

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez admits she “probably” wouldn’t date a right-wing Republican, although she left the door open a crack to crossing the partisan aisle in search of love.

Asked if she would ever go out with a conservative, the progressive lawmaker, who is mentioned as a possible 2028 presidential candidate, declared to a TMZ ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Republican Party dropped its attempt to get a Libertarian candidate removed from the ballot in South Florida’s most closely contested 2026 congressional race.

As a result, Peter Jassenoff’s name and party (Libertarian) will appear on the November election ballot in the Broward/Miami-Dade/Palm Beach County 25th ...Read more

President Donald Trump has ordered the Navy to develop a plan to replace the electromagnetic catapults used to launch aircraft from future Ford-class aircraft carriers with legacy steam catapults. That might make sense if the newer technology had failed. It has not.

The USS Gerald R. Ford was the first U.S. carrier built to launch aircraft ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. House candidate Bill Hill trails freshman incumbent Rep. Nick Begich by 12 points in this month's open primary, and longtime Alaska political consultants say they believe that Hill has little chance of winning.

But Hill, who's running as an independent, says that he expects to land on top in November after the race's ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pressed U.S. oil refiners to boost domestic production of gasoline and diesel during a closed-door meeting Tuesday, as he contends with high prices and mounting cost-of-living concerns before November’s midterm elections.

Trump made clear he wants lower gas prices at the pump for Americans and asked ...Read more

Minnesota’s hemp industry can breathe a little easier after Congress approved a one-month delay of a hemp ban many producers say would be devastating.

In a bipartisan, 370-to-40 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a short-term government funding bill, the same one approved by the Senate last month. Tucked into the bill ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s not exactly a full-throated endorsement of the candidate who defeated him in a contentious South Florida congressional primary, but Oliver Larkin says he’s going to “stand by our Democratic ticket,” which includes U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz.

In Larkin’s view, it’s essential to keep the district in ...Read more