WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators on Sunday published the text of their compromise fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill, setting it up for House floor action this week.

The compromise bill’s $900.6 billion topline funding authorization number is more than $8 billion above both President Donald Trump’s request and the House-...Read more

The Supreme Court heard arguments last week in one of the few First Amendment cases it will decide this term, and the justices appeared poised to side with defenders of free speech.

The case involves a group of faith-based woman’s reproductive clinics that were targeted by the Democratic New Jersey attorney general, who alleged that they may ...Read more

The six Democratic members of Congress, all former military or intelligence officers, were exactly right in their video saying that U.S. troops should not act dishonorably or unlawfully and the questions about a second strike on a supposed drug boat in the Caribbean which killed two survivors floating in the water clinging to the vessel’s ...Read more

Maddy Olcott plans to start a career once she graduates from college. But the junior at the State University of New York-Purchase College is so far not planning to start a family — even with the Trump administration dangling inducements like thousand-dollar “baby bonuses” or cheaper infertility drugs.

“Our country wants us to be ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s White House claims that “Democrats allowed a $1+ billion heist to take place” in Minnesota, a figure the administration is using to justify his recent targeting of Somali migrants in Minnesota. During a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump asserted that “Somalians ripped off that state for billions of dollars,” ...Read more

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke out Sunday against the massive merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern that could be headed for approval from President Trump’s administration.

The New York Democrat has railed against the freight railroad merger since it was first announced in late July, warning it could hurt competition and drive up ...Read more

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., raised concerns over President Donald Trump’s suspected influence over CBS News after he said Trump “coerced” the network’s editorial decisions in his Nov. 2 “60 Minutes” interview.

In a five-page complaint to the station’s news ombudsman, Kenneth Weinstein, Raskin, a Democrat, cited a full transcript ...Read more

A U.S. Supreme Court argument Monday is likely to provide clues about the fate of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, whom President Donald Trump has tried to fire in his push for more control over the central bank.

The clash over Trump’s attempted ouster of Democrat Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission will be a prelude ...Read more

By his account, Donald Trump has been repeatedly denied the Nobel Peace Prize he was due. Like the 1980s standup comedian Rodney Dangerfield, he complains: “I don’t get no respect.”

This time, Trump is determined by hook or crook or shady diplomacy to get a Nobel. He’s proposed a peace plan to end Russia’s bloody war in Ukraine.

In ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Like lots of dads, Ro proudly displays a picture of his smiling daughter, JuJu, on the lock screen of his cellphone. But the photo is also a difficult reminder that he doesn’t know when he’ll see his 5-year-old again in person.

Ro’s daughter and his wife, Meenge, are among the thousands of refugee families caught up in ...Read more

WASHINGTON ― Michigan U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin has formed a legal defense fund as she braces for a possible federal probe following her video last month reminding members of the military and intelligence communities they may refuse illegal military orders.

The move by the Michigan Democrat follows news that the FBI's counterterrorism division...Read more

Hong Kong is holding a general election Sunday for its legislature, days after the city’s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades stoked a level of public anger not seen since major street protests about six years ago.

The city’s 4 million eligible voters will choose 90 Legislative Council members from 161 government-vetted candidates, who ...Read more

Maryland Rep. Andy Harris was released after being hospitalized Friday evening for “an episode of dizziness,” a spokesperson said.

“I want to thank all the healthcare providers who took care of me today. I am glad I can return to normal activity after being given a clean bill of health,” Harris said in a statement upon his release.

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Hong Kong’s election chief has urged the public to vote in Sunday’s legislative election after some called for it to be postponed in the wake of the city’s deadliest fire in decades, RTHK reported.

Appearing on the broadcaster on Saturday, David Lok, head of the Electoral Affairs Commission, said the date of Hong Kong’s election couldn�...Read more

Eric Stern drove out to Erie, Pennsylvania, last January and got a slice of pizza with Christina Vogel at Donato's, the downtown shop she has owned for nine years.

The small-business owner and political novice was interested in running for county executive against a vulnerable Republican incumbent. Stern, a longtime Democratic political ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that she and President Donald Trump had a “cordial” hour-long meeting in Washington that ended with both leaders extending invitations to visit each other’s country.

“We’ll arrange a date later,” Sheinbaum told reporters outside of the Mexican Cultural Institute.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has ordered more than 260 federal workers it has been trying to fire since March to return to work on Dec. 15 while a court case over their final status drags on.

The staffers at the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, which investigates claims of discrimination in schools, were sent an ...Read more

The Trump administration said that European civilization is at risk of “erasure” as a result of decades of economic decline, political censorship and immigration.

In a 29-page National Security Strategy published Friday and signed by President Donald Trump, the administration said that Europe’s cultural and political failures pose a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship for newborns whose parents are here illegally or temporarily will get a full hearing before the Supreme Court.

The justices agreed Friday to hear arguments on Trump's proposal after judges across the nation had declared it unconstitutional and blocked it from taking ...Read more

SEATTLE — From her home in Tacoma, S has watched the flurry of immigration policy changes issued by the Trump administration in recent days with horror.

The Afghan woman was granted asylum in 2022 and applied for a green card in 2023, but has not received an update on her application since last December, when she fulfilled a request for ...Read more