President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at an aerospace and technology summit on Friday evening at Kennedy Space Center.

The remarks are slated for 5:30 p.m. as part of the Up.Summit, which will have a technology demonstration event that is part of NASA’s larger Max Power air show weekend.

But on Thursday and Friday, about 400 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of House Democrats, promises to “stop the stupid Trump tariffs jacking up prices on Americans.” Ron Wyden, incoming Senate Finance Committee chairman, says he’ll reassert congressional authority over trade policy. Even Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, lamented that “tariffs have made ...Read more

DENVER — Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd narrowly defeated his Democratic challenger in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, defying a blue wave that has taken over much of Colorado and the rest of the country.

The Associated Press called the race for Hurd at 9:24 a.m. Friday, when Hurd held 49.3% of the vote with an estimated 97% of the ...Read more

As the clock ticks down for the Senate to pass the so-called Sunshine Protection Act to mandate year-round daylight saving time in most of the United States, President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he planned to "keep fighting" for the change.

In July, the House, in a lopsided bipartisan vote, approved a measure to make year-round daylight ...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than 100 statewide ballot measures went before voters this week, including a handful that could shape future elections in their states.

Here’s a look at how those measures fared, including one in Alaska that hasn’t been called as yet:

Maryland

Voters in Maryland on Tuesday approved an amendment to the state’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee introduced legislation Thursday aimed at helping regulators use technology to better spot financial stress turbocharged by artificial intelligence and around-the-clock payment systems.

The draft bill, from Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., would require the Federal Reserve to ...Read more

Waking up the morning after a big election is frequently an unsettling experience. There’s the vague sensation that something has changed, but it takes a while to get your head around what that “something” actually was.

And no matter where you fall on the political spectrum, a lot changed Tuesday night. It will take time — and patience ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Mining companies backed by billions of dollars in support from the Trump administration are facing a new risk: heightened scrutiny after the Democrats’ midterm sweep.

Even before a blue wave overtook Congress, Democratic lawmakers were questioning the methods used for President Donald Trump’s push to rebuild the nation’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Democrats continue their victory lap after their big wins on election night, outside groups and incoming freshmen are already turning up the pressure — and laying out competing visions of what the next two years should look like.

For Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer, it bears repeating that “the Democrats aren�...Read more

Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., the presumed next chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, plans to bring resolutions to the floor to “immediately” end the war with Iran when Democrats take control of the House in January, he wrote in a letter Thursday seeking his colleagues’ support to become chairman.

The letter, which officially...Read more

Data center opposition had been building across the country, one moratorium or blocked project at a time. Then, virtually overnight, the midterm election tilted a broad swath of the regulatory map against the AI buildout.

Newly elected governors in Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico and Texas campaigned on a promise to stop — or at least ...Read more

BOSTON — An 18-year-old Tewksbury man who law enforcement says has described mass shooters as his “heroes” and advocated a race war faces federal charges alleging that he threatened to kill President Donald Trump.

Prosecutors say that on June 21, Trenton Touch sent a direct message on Instagram to another user with him holding what ...Read more

At the direction of Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, three competitive statewide races are being audited in accordance with a state law that requires reviews of results in races that are within one percentage point.

No winner has been declared in the contests for Kansas governor, attorney general and secretary state.

Democrats Cindy ...Read more

NEW YORK — Judges hearing an appeal of Donald Trump’s criminal conviction for concealing a hush-money payment to a porn star focused on whether prosecutors properly applied campaign-finance law to his conduct.

Trump attorney Robert Giuffra Jr. argued to a five-judge panel Thursday that prosecutors improperly elevated a false-business ...Read more

DENVER — Before Tuesday’s blue wave election, the one bright spot beleaguered Colorado Republicans could point to was that they had as many representatives in Congress from the Centennial State as Democrats did.

But that four-to-four split was upended this week, with two Republican congressmen losing their seats — and the specter of ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Beyond the major upsets to the Republican Party in North Carolina, Tuesday’s results brought a milestone in racial representation in the state’s congressional delegation.

North Carolina’s delegation is poised to flip from 10 Republicans and four Democrats to 10 Democrats and four Republicans, pending the outcome of some ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is weighing whether to leave the Trump administration, people familiar with the matter said, as he considers his next moves following Republicans’ midterm elections wipeout this week.

Rubio and his advisers are going over options for his future, according to the people, who asked not to be ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers are looking to impeach embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as soon as next week, an effort that’s gained momentum after the Iran war he championed partly led to Republicans losing control of Congress in the midterms.

Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican and frequent critic of President Donald...Read more