On Wednesday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote to the U.S. CEOs of seven major oil companies accusing them of “profiteering” from the war in Iran and imploring them to return their bounty to Illinois consumers.

“Under the guise of supply disruptions from war in the Middle East,” Pritzker wrote, “your companies are collecting windfall ...Read more

Since 2016, when Donald Trump shattered the Democrats’ blue wall by winning working-class voters across the Midwest, a cottage industry has sprung up on the left dedicated to answering a single question: How can Democrats win back the working class?

The answers come in different forms.

Sometimes it is veteran Vermont Sen. ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s latest move to shun foreign solar power equipment is part of his effort to rebuild U.S. manufacturing clout. It may simultaneously exacerbate the fast-widening green technology split between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Trump announced a plan to impose tariffs and minimum prices on imported polysilicon used in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld a ruling that the Trump administration must receive congressional approval before it continues construction on a ballroom on the former site of the White House’s East Wing.

The 2-1 ruling affirmed the preliminary injunction granted in March by Judge...Read more

The U.S. Postal Service plans to seek money from Congress to help fund its operations, an unusual request by an agency that’s working to stem an ongoing financial crisis.

The mail carrier plans to request a “relatively modest” appropriation in an upcoming legislative plan that it will submit to lawmakers, Postmaster General David Steiner...Read more

WASHINGTON — Chris Rabb is on a winning streak.

Since his victory in Philadelphia’s highly contested Democratic congressional primary in May, the state lawmaker and presumptive successor to retiring U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans has campaigned across the country — going nine for 10 in races where he’s supported progressives against more ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A new internal poll obtained by the Lexington Herald-Leader shows a dead heat in Central Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District race with three months remaining until Election Day on Nov. 3.

According to the poll, conducted for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 47% of likely voters support Republican Ralph ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Florida-based political consultant who once worked as the campaign treasurer for Philadelphia congressional candidate Chris Rabb was charged Friday with wire fraud after she defrauded more than 20 clients out of about $1 million, according to federal prosecutors.

Yolanda Brown was charged in federal court in Philadelphia with...Read more

DETROIT — A U.S. House candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump likely lost a Tuesday congressional primary to someone who wasn't campaigning because of his Arabic name, multiple Republicans said, after their party aggressively sought votes from Arab Americans in Michigan in the 2024 election.

In July, the National Republican ...Read more

President Donald Trump Friday called House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries “a nice guy” and said he would “probably get along with him very well” in a new interview in which he also suggested Republicans could lose the House of Representatives in the midterms because voters are angry at the GOP.

Downplaying the past insults the ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — All four Michigan Democrats running statewide in November have expressed support for a pending petition initiative that would bar state-contracted or state-regulated corporations from contributing to politicians.

The state's current Democratic leader, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, said she is still reviewing the proposal.

The ...Read more

For nearly 70 years, Cuba has “waged a sustained campaign of subversion against the United States,” according to a newly released State Department report.

“Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism” sounds an alarm without offering any new insights into Cuban intelligence operations or explaining how the Caribbean island ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rabbi Efrem Goldberg offered an unusual political recommendation: His Orthodox congregants and the “decent people of Boca Raton” should change their voter registrations to Democratic so they could vote for U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz in the upcoming party primary.

Goldberg, the senior rabbi at Boca Raton Synagogue �...Read more

Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles lost his primary Thursday, becoming the third House Republican to lose a renomination bid this year.

Ogles was trailing former state Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher, 53% to 47%, when The Associated Press called the race for the 5th District at 10:10 p.m. Thursday.

The result represents a rare defeat for ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell defeated Cori Bush in Tuesday's Democratic primary to continue representing Missouri's 1st Congressional District — the second time in two years he has bested the former two-term congresswoman.

This time he won by a much wider margin. The final, unofficial totals show Bell winning with 59% of the vote, compared to Bush's...Read more

President Trump targeted birthright citizenship again Thursday by signing a pair of executive orders purporting to narrow it — including by cracking down on "birth tourism" and limiting which children born to immigrants in the U.S. qualify.

The new orders follow a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that rejected an attempt by Trump to end ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate Agriculture Committee rejected a five-year farm bill Thursday at a contentious markup plagued by Republican absences and a Democratic rebellion over plans for imposing food stamp costs on state governments.

The 10-11 vote defeating the 983-page bill marked a rare break from the bipartisan support that typically ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill aimed at combating hepatitis C is stalled in the Senate due to a high score from the Congressional Budget Office, the bill’s lead sponsor Bill Cassidy, R-La., said on Thursday.

The bill, co-sponsored by Sen Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., proposes a national strategy to reduce hepatitis C infections by providing free...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is actively considering issuing an executive order on vaccines and autism as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter.

The effort is prompted by President Donald Trump’s interest in seeing additional action, according to the people, who asked not to be named to discuss internal ...Read more