The parades, reenactments and fireworks are over. And in the aftermath of Americans’ celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, it is important to recognize that the declaration was only the first step in making a unified country.

Many of the founders argued that the country needed a remodeled ...Read more

President Donald Trump, along with some of his aides and supporters, have proposed a number of absurd ideas to aggrandize him. By far the most absurd is their repeated appeals to add his likeness to Mount Rushmore.

Carved into South Dakota’s Black Hills between 1927 and 1941, Rushmore features four of America’s most celebrated presidents: ...Read more

When the history of the first quarter of the 21st century is written, there will be one towering political figure above all the rest — President Donald J. Trump.

That’s why I believe he belongs on Mount Rushmore.

Not because the Washington establishment approves; it never will. Not because CNN or The New York Times says so; they never ...Read more

The House Wednesday shot down an amendment to a State Department spending bill that would have blocked billions in U.S. military aid to Israel, but a substantial number of Democrats voted to cut off Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war machine.

The chamber defeated Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie’s amendment, 104-314, ...Read more

Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Rocklin, plans to introduce federal legislation to stop a new commemorative golden coin featuring President Donald Trump’s likeness.

The coin was unveiled Wednesday morning on X by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who said the U.S. would begin striking the $1 piece to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary.

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The death of longtime U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham triggered a special primary election to replace his name on the November general election ballot.

State law clearly dictates when an election should be held following the death of a party nominee. Under the law, candidate filing opens the second Tuesday after the nominee’s death, and the election...Read more

Military planners at the Pentagon have been developing options for strikes against Cuba, including plans for an air assault spearheaded by the 101st Airborne Division involving several thousand U.S. troops.

According to a CBS report on Thursday, in late June the U.S. military held “a concept-of-operations briefing to discuss early-stage ...Read more

CARLISLE — President Donald Trump — as fighting resumes in Iran and his administration’s request for $1.5 trillion in defense funding stalls in Washington — used a Wednesday appearance at a defense industry summit in Central Pennsylvania to mostly boast about his perceived foreign and domestic achievements, from the oil business in ...Read more

Some Senate Republicans and Democrats actually agree on one thing: It could take years for another lawmaker to become as big of a voice in any president’s ear on foreign policy as Lindsey Graham was in Donald Trump’s.

In fact, as Trump on Wednesday delivered his first major national security remarks since his informal adviser’s sudden ...Read more

A penny for your thoughts? Those could soon cost a nickel — if you’re paying cash.

The U.S. House on Tuesday, July 14, by a unanimous voice vote, passed a bill from Reps. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, and Lisa McClain, R-Michigan, that legally ends the production of the penny and sets a federal standard allowing businesses to round prices to...Read more

The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday, ordering him to turn over documents related to his office’s handling of immigration matters and criticizing what it called the prosecutor’s “pro-illegal-alien policies.”

The Republican-led committee said in a letter that it sent the ...Read more

Six months after the U.S. removed Nicolás Maduro from power, human rights organizations told Congress on Wednesday that Venezuela’s repressive regime remains largely intact, with many officials implicated in alleged crimes against humanity still occupying senior government posts and hundreds of political prisoners remaining behind bars.

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WASHINGTON ― Michigan U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday endorsed former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam in the hotly contested Democratic primary battle for her former U.S. House seat in mid-Michigan, saying he's best positioned to flip control of the seat from Republicans this fall.

Maasdam of Genoa Township is vying for the party's nomination ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — A bipartisan pair of House members are introducing legislation aimed at treating millions of Americans of a deadly-but-curable liver disease, the culmination of a yearslong push from public health advocates.

The bill, sponsored by Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa and Diana DeGette, D-Colo., would create a national ...Read more

A bipartisan bill to make daylight saving time year-round and permanent has passed the House of Representatives but faces a still-murky future in the Senate.

The so-called Daylight Protection Act, which would end the twice-a-year ritual of moving clocks forward and back, won overwhelming 308-117 approval with majorities from both parties ...Read more

It’s been 11 years since Donald Trump burst onto the national political scene and began his takeover of the Republican Party. But his influence in Minnesota has rarely been tested.

Trump has never weighed in on a competitive primary for statewide office in Minnesota, choosing instead to make an endorsement when the dust had settled.

No ...Read more

At 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, federal judges in the Western District of Washington swore in former King County Superior Court judge and federal prosecutor Roger Rogoff as their pick for U.S. attorney.

Fifty-four minutes later, President Donald Trump fired him.

Rogoff, who recently resigned as director of the state office of independent ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled a fiscal 2027 budget resolution Wednesday that would lay the groundwork for a reconciliation package of up to $95 billion, mostly to finance the Iran war.

The resolution text would instruct four House committees to draft legislation by Sept. 11 designed to provide up to $73 billion in defense funding, ...Read more