The story of this political moment keeps getting written like President Donald Trump is the main character — his impulses, his conflicts, his latest post on Truth Social.

But the more important story is happening one branch over, where a Republican-controlled Congress has spent the last several weeks demonstrating, in real time, what it looks...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Incumbent U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and progressive challenger Mai Vang are in a fierce intraparty and generational battle for the Sacramento region’s 7th Congressional District.

Matsui, 81, faces her toughest reelection campaign since she took over the seat 21 years ago. Vang, 41, is part of a broader wave of ...Read more

More than a year and a half into President Donald Trump’s second term, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., has voted against the White House and the GOP more than any other House Republican.

Yet he has still voted with the president and his party nearly 70% and 77% of the time, respectively, during this congressional term, according to a new ...Read more

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's wife used to spend her evenings cooking a big meal for her husband and waiting for him to return home from his job as a homebuilder. Now, his son told members of Congress, Salgado Araujo's wife spends those evenings visiting her husband's grave at the cemetery.

In a packed Senate hearing room, a rapt audience of dozens ...Read more

WASHINGTON — At least one Senate Republican is calling for an investigation of wedding after-party celebrations for President Donald Trump’s eldest son, which were financed by a Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin.

The topic created waves on Capitol Hill on Tuesday thanks to a letter sent by Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, to Senate ...Read more

UNITED NATIONS — President Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran if it fails to negotiate a deal over its nuclear program, delivering a defensive speech justifying the mission at the United Nations on Tuesday.

His remarks come more than six months into a war that has grown increasingly unpopular at home, with fewer than a third of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The January killings of two Minneapolis residents while protesting the federal immigration surge were thrust back into the national spotlight Tuesday when an eyewitness and a victim’s mother spoke to Democratic members of Congress on Capitol Hill.

Twin Cities resident Stella Carlson, known as the “pink jacket lady,” said ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A diesel export ban is gaining steam as a possible lever the White House can pull, without the need for congressional action, to help contain skyrocketing prices that are causing economic shock waves and becoming a midterm campaign headache for Republicans.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he personally supports the idea ...Read more

President Donald Trump said U.S. officials had a “very good” meeting with Iranian envoys in New York, reviving fragile hopes for a new diplomatic off-ramp hours after he again threatened to annihilate the country.

Trump said the three-hour meeting — held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting — was “very ...Read more

UNITED NATIONS — President Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran if it fails to negotiate a deal over its nuclear program, delivering a defensive speech justifying the mission at the United Nations on Tuesday.

His remarks come more than six months into a war that has grown increasingly unpopular at home, with fewer than a third of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s unapologetic and chest-thumping address Tuesday before the U.N. General Assembly signaled an aggressive lame-duck foreign policy that will continue to reframe the world order.

He stepped to the lectern in the massive hall in New York City for the fifth time — his 2020 General Assembly address was ...Read more

MIAMI — Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds launched an updated campaign website this week stripping away numerous prominent references to his endorsement from Donald Trump as the president’s approval ratings hit new lows.

Donalds’ campaign website was previously dominated by references his Trump endorsement. A button...Read more

President Donald Trump said his administration is seeking “a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba,” which he described as “an absolutely failed state” that “will fall” during a speech Tuesday at a United Nations gathering of world leaders in New York.

Trump said Cuba is “under great pressure, the biggest pressure they’ve ...Read more

UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump threatened to escalate the war with Iran by “annihilating” the Islamic Republic if it fails to negotiate a deal over its nuclear program, delivering a defensive speech justifying the mission at the United Nations on Tuesday.

His remarks come more than six months into a war that has grown ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s candidates for governor and U.S. Senate haven’t shared a debate stage in nearly two months, and with six weeks until the general election, it’s unclear how many more times they will face off.

The lack of a settled debate schedule is raising questions about whether voters will get to see many more showdowns ...Read more

Pollsters approach this year’s midterm elections dogged by high-profile misfires in recent elections while facing challenges from brash rivals intent on reshaping the landscape of political forecasts.

There are no guarantees that polling’s troubles – and persistent popular skepticism about the dependability of election polls –...Read more

President Donald Trump loves a good pardon. His generosity is so well known, in fact, that an industry of lobbyists, lawyers and other insiders has reportedly sprung up to facilitate clemency for wealthy criminals. Clemency, meaning mercy or leniency, lets the president reduce the punishment for, or even forgive, federal crimes.

For ...Read more

Here is one for the annals of editorials we never thought we would need to write: The president of the United States should not ban established and respected news outlets from reporting on his daily doings.

But, in fact, we do.

If Donald Trump won’t listen to this reason, those with thicker skin around said president should gang up on the ...Read more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his critics agree on one thing: The Pentagon is in urgent need of transformation. The change he’s pursuing, however, is endangering that vital mission.

Hegseth has led an unprecedented purge of the military’s top ranks, firing or driving out at least 20 generals, admirals and civilian defense leaders, ...Read more