WASHINGTON — The U.S. is increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran by proposing that Tehran be referred to the United Nations Security Council over its stonewalling of nuclear inspectors, who have been unable to verify the location of the country’s stockpile of near-weapons-grade uranium.

The maneuver is expected to unfold at the ...Read more

ILWACO, Pacific County — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez stood inside a brewery in this sleepy town where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean, explaining to a crowd of supporters about how Washington, D.C., is often confused about her focus on sea lions.

“They thought we were talking about sea manatees,” she said, holding a beer on a ...Read more

Democratic Representative Haley Stevens blasted the “erratic” tariff war that President Donald Trump started with Canada, saying her home state of Michigan is bearing much of the economic fallout from the trade dispute.

“They are really exhausted,” Stevens said on Bloomberg Television’s Bloomberg This Weekend, referring to ...Read more

Democratic Representative Haley Stevens blasted the “erratic” tariff war that President Donald Trump started with Canada, saying her home state of Michigan is bearing much of the economic fallout from the trade dispute.

“They are really exhausted,” Stevens said on Bloomberg Television’s Bloomberg "This Weekend," referring to ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth is facing a formidable opponent in her race for governor against U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar. But she’s also confronting the challenges raised by the leader of her own party.

President Donald Trump is a political riddle for Demuth. She is a Republican, has largely supported a president she views...Read more

Rep. Jim Clyburn has delivered a timely warning to Democrats who believe winning control of the House in November should immediately trigger a third impeachment of President Donald Trump: The American people need relief, not another partisan spectacle.

Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the South Carolina Democrat did not categorically ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore has only ever participated in two televised gubernatorial debates.

But Democratic and Republican strategists say that his third — a showdown with GOP nominee Dan Cox on Oct. 6 hosted by Maryland Public Television — could be more about preparing for a potential presidential run rather than outlining his vision ...Read more

In a village on the edge of Germany’s Harz mountains, families gathering at a beer-and-bratwurst summer picnic lined up for autographs and selfies from the man they want to lead the country’s first far-right state government since World War II.

Ulrich Siegmund, leader of the Alternative for Germany party in the eastern state of Saxony-...Read more

President Donald Trump’s super political action committee is spending $10 million to back Republican Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate bid in Texas, its biggest expenditure yet in this election cycle, according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission.

MAGA Inc. is stepping in with a television and digital ad campaign as Paxton, the state ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s fervent support for artificial intelligence data centers has put him at odds with voters who increasingly oppose them and comes despite direct warnings that his stance threatens to deepen Republicans’ peril in the November midterm elections.

Over the past few months, political strategists have warned administration...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new limits on mail-in voting through the Nov. 3 midterm elections, extending a short-term pause as North Carolina began sending ballots on Friday and the U.S. Justice Department was urging the Supreme Court to intervene.

The decision on Friday from U.S. District Judge ...Read more

MIAMI — Despite being from a famous political family, Kai Trump is a lot like other kids who have mixed feelings going off to college.

The University of Miami freshman documented her bumpy start to school last week, and having to leave home for the first time.

In her YouTube confessional, posted Sunday, the D1 golfer broke down in tears in ...Read more

A federal judge again Friday blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enacting President Donald Trump's sweeping new mail ballot rules for the November election, finding that the Postal Service lacks such authority over elections and that neither it nor states such as California are capable of implementing the changes without causing chaos and ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court has ordered state officials to rewrite “unclear” language concerning a reproductive healthcare ballot initiative that will appear in front of voters in November. The rewrite is scheduled just a day after the justices issued their expedited decision, as election deadlines approach.

The justices filed ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A U.S. judge has blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new limits on mail-in voting through the Nov. 3 midterm elections, extending a short-term pause as North Carolina began sending ballots on Friday and the Justice Department was urging the Supreme Court to intervene.

The decision on Friday from U.S. District Judge Indira ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called the war in Iran “small potatoes,” the latest comment from a top U.S. leader downplaying the scope of a conflict that has lasted more than six months.

The comments come a day after Vice President JD Vance said he would not describe the armed hostilities as a “war” given that major combat ...Read more

A high-stakes court case challenging the constitutionality of Kansas abortion restrictions should be retried, the attorney general’s office argued in a filing this week.

The question is whether the filing was made in time for a Johnson County judge to weigh it on its merits or if Kris Kobach’s office missed the deadline for requesting a new...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit Thursday against Mayday Health for advertising pills for medical abortions within Kentucky.

The lawsuit, which was filed in Logan Circuit Court, alleges Mayday Health is in violation of the Kentucky’s Consumer Protection Act and asks the organization to stop ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Democrat Marni Von Wilpert is narrowly leading Republican Jim Desmond in the hotly contested race for an open congressional seat in San Diego's North County area, a new poll conducted for The San Diego Union-Tribune finds.

But her lead amounts to a statistical tie, and the candidates’ close race appears to buck a trend of broad ...Read more