Speaking to Cubans directly in a recorded video message in Spanish to mark the anniversary of Cuba’s Independence Day on Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a “new relationship” between the United States and the Cuban people that could open up the way to a future in which Cubans could freely elect their leaders and be ...Read more

With the 2026 midterms less than six months away, the Election Security Group would normally be busy helping prepare the nation’s election infrastructure. The federal task force typically briefs Congress on upcoming threats and engages with state and local leaders to game out scenarios ranging from ransomware to critical infrastructure ...Read more

Virtually from the moment U.S. bombs started falling on Iran on Feb. 28, the White House has been twisting itself into verbal knots to avoid calling the conflict a “war.” On May 1, the president declared that hostilities had officially “terminated,” as a fragile ceasefire had been in effect since April 7. When shooting subsequently ...Read more

In September 1941, the death of a family member prompted President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to say how he should be remembered.

One of America’s greatest presidents wanted only a plain block of stone, about the size of his desk, to be placed on the front lawn of the National Archives Building, with the words “In memory of … ”

Friends ...Read more

In February, three months after his administration facilitated a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that helped break two years of full-scale war in Gaza, President Donald Trump strode onto the stage in Washington with pep in his step. Optimistic about the future and confident in his own negotiating abilities, he addressed the so-called Board of...Read more

Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate for a congressional seat in Northern Kentucky, Ed Gallrein, defeated the president’s nemesis and longtime GOP House member Thomas Massie in one of the most expensive primaries on record.

With 72% of the vote counted, Gallrein had about 54% to Massie’s 46%, Decision Desk HQ reported.

Gallrein’s ...Read more

The federal government is suing Minnesota to block a new state law that prohibits Minnesotans from making bets on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.

Minnesota is the first state in the country to outlaw the popular platforms that allow users to bet on the outcomes of a wide range of real-world events, from who will win the NBA ...Read more

Democrats need to address voters’ growing populist resentment towards billionaires and the threat of artificial intelligence to automate jobs out of existence, which will dominate the 2026 and 2028 election cycles, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday.

Newsom spoke at a conference in Washington, D.C., at the Center for American Progress,...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Northern Kentucky Republicans embraced President Donald Trump’s choice for Congress on Tuesday, advancing GOP primary challenger Ed Gallrein to the Nov. 3 general election and rejecting seven-term U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, whom Trump targeted for defeat.

The Associated Press called the race shortly before 8 p.m. Eastern time...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis could face a possible censure and loss of privileges from the Colorado Democratic Party on Wednesday night after a formal complaint about his reduction of Tina Peters’ prison sentence caught fire early this week.

Hundreds of Democratic elected officials, volunteers and voters have asked the state party to formally ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department would get a new influx of funding to investigate child exploitation cases, including to identify victims of sexual abuse material online, under the GOP budget reconciliation bill.

The $108.5 million added in a substitute amendment Tuesday would support hiring additional investigators and forensic ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans used a hearing Tuesday to push the Trump administration to file lawsuits challenging congressional maps in California, Illinois and other Democrat-controlled states in the wake of a Supreme Court decision rolling back the Voting Rights Act.

The hearing comes weeks after the Supreme Court’s six-justice ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump scored a major legal victory over the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday as the agency he has long reviled was barred by the Justice Department from continuing any “known and unknown” probes into his tax returns.

The one-page agreement signed Tuesday by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche adds to a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Attorney General Dave Sunday appealed a Commonwealth Court ruling that struck down Pennsylvania’s ban on public funding for abortion and recognized “a fundamental right to reproductive autonomy” in the state constitution.

The case now heads back to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, where three justices previously signaled ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As he campaigns for Congress, Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho has touted himself as the region’s defender against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

“When Donald Trump and ICE wanted my office to help their lawless raids, I said ‘Hell no, not on my watch,’” Ho said at a candidate ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday spurned four-term Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas and endorsed his primary challenger, Ken Paxton, the firebrand state attorney general who has been indicted and impeached and has positioned himself as a Trump-inspired disruptor.

“Ken Paxton has gone through a lot, in many cases, very ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The fundraising arm for congressional Democrats said this week it plans to steer additional resources to Rep. Darren Soto, whose Central Florida seat is imperiled after Florida leaders redrew the heavily blue district into one that strongly favors Republicans.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said it has ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif — There was a second where Democrat Howard Hersh believed the handwritten, friendly postcard urging him to vote for two Democrats in the June 2 primary for governor when it arrived in his Nevada City mailbox last month.

“Momentarily, anyway, until I realized it was a scam that would invalidate my vote,” Hersh wrote in an...Read more

WASHINGTON — Shortly after attorneys for President Trump moved Monday to dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over claims it had leaked his personal tax returns, the Justice Department announced that a settlement in the case would be used to create a $1.776-billion fund for other victims of “weaponization and...Read more