SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Assembly member Jasmeet Bains and her political allies have escalated attacks against opponent Randy Villegas with aggressive messaging that accuses him of concealing decades-old sexual abuse claims and invokes comparisons to Jeffrey Epstein.

The attacks come as Bains and Villegas are locked in a bitter primary...Read more

U.S. lawmakers voted Thursday to advance a proposal to stay on daylight saving time for states nationwide.

The Sunshine Protection Act passed out of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, and would make daylight saving time permanent for every state, although states would be able to opt out and stay on standard time. President Donald ...Read more

RIO DE JANEIRO — President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is leading Brazil’s presidential election as Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro suffers from his ties to the man at the center of a massive banking scandal, a new poll showed.

Lula leads Bolsonaro by 4 percentage points, 47% to 43%, in a hypothetical runoff election, according to a Datafolha survey ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump put his midterm coattails to the test Friday by trekking into a New York House district won by Kamala Harris in the last presidential election.

“It’s this radical turnaround, and we better do it fast, because we’re not going to have a New York left, and we got to have New York left,” Trump said to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — For much of President Donald Trump’s second term, Republican senators have largely stayed in line, wary of the consequences of defying a president with a history of targeting those who cross him. This week, that dynamic noticeably shifted.

Senate Republicans blocked two of Trump’s legislative priorities, angered by the push ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Former President Joe Biden will keynote the Maryland Democratic Party’s 2026 Fight Back & Win Gala, the party announced Friday.

“It’s going to be a special night, and I’m honored to spend it with the folks who are fighting to move Maryland — and this country — forward,” Biden said in a statement.

The June 27 event ...Read more

MIAMI — Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Friday she’ll be running in Florida’s 20th Congressional District, a safe blue seat that was historically drawn to ensure Black voters could elect a candidate of their choice.

“We cannot let Trump destroy Broward County’s power,” she said in a campaign announcement video peppered with ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday moved to the Aug. 4 ballot a pair of proposals that seek to replace the income tax with expanded sales taxes and overhaul the state’s form of direct democracy, a major decision that could determine the measures’ chances of passage.

The Republican governor made the announcement in a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Prediction markets are under new scrutiny from Congress as lawmakers mull a ban on members betting on the platforms.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee officially launched an investigation Friday into insider trading on the platforms, spurred by suspicious bets on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., may have lost his congressional seat, but his supporters don’t want that defeat to end his political career.

At his watch party on Tuesday, around 500 of his supporters gathered at the Marriott Cincinnati Airport International Ballroom, consistently chanting “2028” throughout his 30-minute concession speech...Read more

COVINGTON, Ky. — Local supporters and even campaign staffers of Ed Gallrein didn’t have a lot to say about what Gallrein will do in Congress if he wins his November election — aside from supporting President Donald Trump.

But the fanatics of the new Republican nominee, who beat longtime Rep. Thomas Massie in the primary for Kentucky’s ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe will soon have the power to shape the state’s election season, a major decision that could determine the fate of abortion rights, direct democracy and the state’s tax structure.

Kehoe, a Republican, is expected to announce which statewide ballot measures will appear in the August or November ...Read more

MIAMI — Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Friday she’ll be running in Florida’s Democratic 20th Congressional District, a safe blue seat that was historically drawn to ensure Black voters could elect a candidate of their choice.

“We cannot let Trump destroy Broward County’s power,” she said in a campaign announcement video ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A trio of Senate Democrats is trying again to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to order military action against Cuba.

Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., have introduced a war powers resolution that would direct Trump to “remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities ...Read more

The dollar amount in Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund memorializes this nation’s revolutionary break from a king; if this agreement fully goes through, we might as well be returning to an unaccountable monarchy. The origin of this corrupt pot of cash for the president to pay himself, his family and his political allies, including Jan...Read more

Since 2010, Donald Trump has fought with the Internal Revenue Service over his company’s tax returns in which the tax enforcers were reported to have asserted the Trump Organization improperly claimed massive losses, including from Trump’s Chicago skyscraper.

On Tuesday, the Justice Department agreed to end any and all audits of Trump, his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A once-bipartisan effort broke down Thursday as the House rejected a bill to pave the way for construction of a Smithsonian museum honoring women.

Previously championed by both sides of the aisle, the legislation saw last-minute changes at a House Administration Committee markup in March that led Democrats to withdraw their ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's grip on his party slipped on Thursday as anger boiled over among Senate Republicans about a growing list of issues.

In a striking display of defiance, GOP senators abruptly derailed plans to vote on legislation to fund Trump's immigration crackdown amid deep disagreements over security funding for a White...Read more