PHILADELPHIA — Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick said he would be willing to put Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, under federal oath to investigate potential violations of law related to national security in Ukraine.

“We got to call the witnesses, to to bring them in, put them under oath, and get to the bottom of it because ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down an appeal from President Donald Trump and rejected his order to end hormone treatments and other gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in federal prisons.

The justices denied Trump’s appeal without comment, over dissents by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito.

The ...Read more

An appointment to a local library commission, reluctantly accepted, may not sound like an auspicious event. For Nancy Pelosi, however, that 1973 appointment launched what would become one of the most influential careers in modern American politics.

Pelosi’s work on the commission led to opportunities for higher office until she ...Read more

MIAMI — With less than two weeks until Election Day and polls pointing to a tight race for the Florida governor’s mansion in Tallahassee, Democrats are rolling out heavy-hitting support. On Tuesday night at the Koinonia Worship Center in Pembroke Park, former President Bill Clinton campaigned alongside David Jolly, Florida’s Democratic ...Read more

For the first time in more than a decade, no incumbent is running in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District. And before current U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly was elected in 2013, the district had a string of representatives whose careers ended in less-than-virtuous circumstances.

Gus Savage lost in 1992 following accusations that he made improper ...Read more

In 15 years abroad, Lital Lee Doron has returned to Israel to vote only once. This week, she’s flying home in the hope of ousting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The October 2023 Hamas attack and the attempts by Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judiciary have both served as a wake-up call, according to the 35-year-old tech sales ...Read more

“Seven times.”

In an annoyingly repetitive TV ad, that’s how often congressional candidate Scott Singer claims he cut taxes as Boca Raton mayor.

A frame from a Scott Singer for Congress TV ad (YouTube.com) It seems as if the ad runs seven times an hour during Miami’s early-morning news.

South Florida viewers endure an endless barrage ...Read more

NEW BERN, N.C. – In the race for control of Congress, Democrats have history and momentum on their side.

But there was no sense of panic among Republican loyalists at a recent campaign rally here in North Carolina’s Inner Banks, where a newly redrawn House seat represents one of the GOP’s best pickup opportunities this year.

Like others ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The two Illinois Democrats who may challenge Rep. Maxine Waters for their party’s top slot on the House Financial Services Committee in the new Congress would focus on issues that haven’t been traditionally front and center for that panel — namely climate change and artificial intelligence.

Younger voices within the ...Read more

One of the greatest frustrations I had during my 18 years representing the great state of Montana in the U.S. Senate was watching, in real time, the ever-increasing flood of corporate money poison our political discourse.

Washington couldn’t — or wouldn’t — fix the problem unleashed by the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens ...Read more

Lee Hamilton of Indiana served in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly 35 years and came to believe the most frustrating aspect of congressional service was that members “never have time to put their feet up on their desks, look out the window, and think about the long-term challenges coming down the road.”

It may seem highly ...Read more

What started as a disjointed speech in Greenville from President Donald Trump ended as a rallying cry from the president to elect struggling Republican candidates on North Carolina’s ballot.

Trump went as far as to promise $5,000 to every adult citizen if Republicans take back the House and Senate — a promise he’s made in the past — ...Read more

Relatively few transgender athletes participate in high school and collegiate sports. Still, since 2020, 27 states have passed laws banning them from participating in sports based on their gender identity.

Just weeks after his second inauguration in 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order prohibiting transgender women ...Read more

With the midterms fast approaching, communicating just the right message has been top of mind on all sides of the political aisle.

Whether that message drives home a lack of affordability as gas, food and home prices surge or stokes fears about the rise of communism in the American heartland, Democrats and Republicans are spending a ...Read more

“Young Kim, thank you,” President Donald Trump says on a recent mailer sent to voters in California’s 40th Congressional District.

“Young Kim 100% pro-Trump,” boasts another mailer.

Images on the mailers appear to be taken from an April TV ad and a May Instagram post from Rep. Young Kim‘s campaign. But no, the glossy flyers aren’...Read more

With Election Day less than two weeks away, Democrat David Jolly’s campaign for Florida governor got a major boost, both financially and intrinsically, Tuesday in the form of former President Bill Clinton.

Jolly and Clinton joined for an interfaith event at the Koinonia Worship Center in Hollywood, Florida, on Tuesday night, marking Clinton�...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced $8 billion in aid to farmers struggling with high diesel prices while also tying his support for increased ethanol content in gasoline — a boon to Midwest corn growers — to the reelection of a Kansas senator.

Trump made the proclamation Monday while stumping for the embattled Sen. Roger ...Read more

A Michigan congresswoman is among the Democratic lawmakers nationwide who have received threatening letters containing an unidentified white powder, her office announced Oct. 16.

U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., received the concerning mail at her Grand Rapids office, she said in a press release.

Scholten said the letter purported to be ...Read more

President Donald Trump announced that he’d host a “Kansas style rally” to support Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in the midst of a bitter campaign against the pastor of the nation’s largest Methodist church Adam Hamilton.

But on the stump on Monday, Trump also lent his support to other candidates that are up for election this ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho ballot measure that would rewrite the state’s strict abortion laws and enshrine protections for other reproductive healthcare is one of the hottest topics of pre-Election Day debate in the Gem State, with millions of dollars flooding in from supporters and opponents.

Its proposed changes to Idaho abortion ...Read more