News flash: U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is still an embarrassment.

The Pennsylvania Democrat enjoys one of the cushiest jobs in America, but he can’t perform basic duties like voting, attending committee hearings, or meeting with constituents.

Fetterman’s disdain for the job — which comes with a $174,000 annual salary, free healthcare, and ...Read more

President Donald Trump returned to office after campaigning on inflation, immigration, crime, trade, energy independence and foreign wars. Yet several prominent features of his second-term agenda — prediction markets, cryptocurrency derivatives and massive artificial-intelligence data centers — were scarcely discussed during the campaign and...Read more

In his keynote address to the Republican midterm convention on Sept. 9, 2026, President Donald Trump promised that if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, he would authorize a US$5,000 payment to every American adult.

Trump’s offer seems to run afoul of federal laws, which make it a crime to pay for votes.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is brushing aside growing concern among leading scientists and bipartisan lawmakers that artificial intelligence could soon pose an existential threat to humanity, fueling anxiety in Washington and Silicon Valley that the president may not fully grasp the urgency of the threat.

Alarm mounted throughout the...Read more

U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman pushed back on some of President Donald Trump’s proposed military policies, including the possibility of building ships overseas and renaming the Doris Miller, a future Ford-class aircraft carrier. The congressman, who is seeking his 11th term in office, touted increased defense spending he said could benefit Virginia.

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WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., stood on the House steps of the Capitol under silver clouds on Friday morning, remembering how she had gathered outside with colleagues 25 years ago, unsure of what to expect after planes hijacked by terrorists attacked the Pentagon and World Trade Center.

Harman also paid tribute to United ...Read more

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump on Friday hailed 9/11 victims, survivors and first responders in a poignant Pentagon ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks, but also invoked the tragedy to defend his controversial war with Iran.

Trump, who skipped the main memorial at ground zero, eloquently paid tribute to a long and varied ...Read more

DALLAS — President Donald Trump’s presence here at the Republican Party’s midterm convention was inescapable.

From his image adorning the laminated badges required to enter American Airlines Center to the rhinestones tracing his name on the T-shirts of more than a few attendees, reminders of the president were constant over the two-day ...Read more

One of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, Natalie Harp, worked in the White House for more than a year without completing the normal security clearance process, according to a recent MS Now report.

Harp may have been among the personnel granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information access at the beginning of ...Read more

LANSING — Democratic congressional hopeful Will Lawrence punched back at President Donald Trump after the Republican accused him of hating families and the American way of life during an address at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas.

Trump never mentioned Lawrence by name from the stage Sept. 9, but the accusations appeared to hit on ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has denied the Trump administration’s request to let the U.S. Postal Service enforce new restrictions for mail-in ballots, handing the Justice Department another setback as it urges the Supreme Court to intervene ahead of the November midterm elections.

The order on Thursday from the 1st U.S. Circuit ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Taxpayers footed the bill for more than half a million dollars in sexual harassment settlements involving members of the House, according to estimates released Thursday by the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.

While the document, which totals seven pages, does not contain any bombshell revelations, it offers a snapshot of...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia Beach sailor was pardoned by President Donald Trump last week after spending four years in federal prison for possessing and selling unregistered weapons.

Patrick Tate Adamiak, a former Navy master at arms, was convicted in federal court and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

According to federal prosecutors, a ...Read more

In August 2026, government investigators subjected roughly 50 military officers and civilian employees on the Joint Staff to polygraph tests as part of an inquiry into press leaks about the Iran war and depleted U.S. munitions, according to The New York Times. The newspaper described the scope of the investigation as unprecedented in the ...Read more

DALLAS — President Donald Trump put himself on the midterm ballot Wednesday but acknowledged it would take more time to end the Iran war and lower gas prices.

If some vulnerable Republican candidates were eager to distance themselves from an unpopular president, Trump used the opening night of the first-ever GOP midterm convention to tether ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s promise to give $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans win the midterms fell flat as critics and even some allies trashed the plan as unworkable, irresponsible and potentially illegal.

Trump made the $1.2 trillion gambit at his midterm Republican convention as he seeks to do anything he can to rescue ...Read more

Haiti’s first general elections in a decade are less than 100 days away, and already questions about preparations are fueling doubts about whether the country will be ready to vote as scheduled on Dec. 13.

Among the biggest warning signs is a sluggish voter-registration process. With just 34 days left before registration closes and barely a ...Read more

Despite being divided on most issues, an overwhelming majority of Americans agree that their democracy is in a state of crisis or facing serious challenges.

A few of the symptoms of the problem: Close allies see the U.S. as a threat to peace. Immigration raids by poorly trained federal agents have terrorized cities. President Donald ...Read more

The U.S. Justice Department demanded that Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar preserve records related to the 2024 election while the federal government appeals a court ruling in a lawsuit that seeks the state’s unredacted voter registration database.

In a litigation-hold letter, DOJ official Eric Neff also informed the state’s ...Read more