WASHINGTON — House GOP leadership faces a balancing act next month as they work to avert a partial government shutdown while navigating internal tensions over the Senate-proposed delay of a ban on sales of certain intoxicating hemp-derived products.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris has been sounding the alarm since the Senate on Aug....Read more

A sliver of good news out of the Iran conflict: The United States has had increasing success getting oil tankers out of the Strait of Hormuz.

The New York Times reported this week that, since May, the U.S. military “has played a crucial role in getting millions of barrels of oil through the strait, helping to keep oil prices from rising ...Read more

President Donald Trump has authored a whole anthology of aphorisms demonstrating his deep disdain for the military he commands.

He derided those killed in action as “suckers and losers,” said in reference to former prisoner of war John McCain that he prefers troops who weren’t captured, and said his “own personal Vietnam” was ...Read more

Moms for Liberty, the notorious conservative group formed to fight COVID-19 mask mandates and then “pornographic” books and other culture-war topics, looks to be losing influence in Florida, the birthplace of the parents-rights organization.

Across Florida, many candidates who shared the group’s views lost their elections on Tuesday. Some...Read more

Switzerland will soon go to the polls on the issue of food, in yet another test of voters’ appetites to answer big questions at the ballot box.

The popular initiative up for consideration on Sept. 27, alongside another one on neutrality, will be the 28th of its kind since 2020. It will ask citizens if more of their food supply should be ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz faced an existential threat to her political career this spring and summer — first from Republicans who’ve long sought her ouster, and then from some of her fellow Democrats.

She went on to defy the naysayers and vanquish her opponents.

Wasserman Schultz’s victory in Tuesday’...Read more

President Donald Trump made more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp., according to a financial disclosure published Saturday.

The transactions totaled between $78.1 million and $263.1 million in the filing published by the U.S. Office of ...Read more

Days before South Carolinians choose who will replace Lindsey Graham for the GOP on the November ballot, President Donald Trump stopped in Myrtle Beach to rally support for his chosen U.S. Senate candidate and other Republicans in the state ahead of the midterms.

U.S. Sen. Darline Graham and U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman are competing in the U.S. ...Read more

President Donald Trump made more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp., according to a financial disclosure published Saturday.

The transactions totaled between $78.1 million and $263.1 million in the filing published by the U.S. Office of ...Read more

The U.S. Postal Service finalized a rule that would add extra hurdles to mail-in voting, pressing ahead with one of President Donald Trump’s priorities even as court orders keep the push on hold.

The new rules deviate slightly from Trump’s original plan. The Supreme Court is still weighing a lawsuit challenging the order from a California-...Read more

PEABODY, Mass. — The 2026 midterm primary cycle has been a year of tests — ideological and generational — for Democrats across the nation.

A race for a House seat north of Boston poses another question: Are voters looking for a candidate with powerful connections and a raft of experience or are they seeking a Washington outsider who ...Read more

President Donald Trump tried out a new campaign message on Friday, telling voters in South Carolina to “pretend” he was on the ballot and turn out to back his hand-picked candidate, Sen. Darline Graham, in a contentious Republican primary.

“They say that Trump does great when he’s on the ballot, but when he’s not on the ballot, his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she will return to MAGA Inc., the president’s super political action committee, when she leaves her post later this month.

Leavitt told reporters about her plans on Friday as she traveled with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One to a rally in South Carolina.

Leavitt ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is weighing President Donald Trump’s claim that his new White House ballroom is urgently needed to protect him, his staff and guests from attacks by drones, terrorists and snipers.

On Friday, with a lower-court order about to go into effect halting construction on the controversial project, Chief Justice John...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s new plan to temporarily allow more tariff-free foreign beef into the U.S. in an effort to bring down prices has only ramped up tensions with domestic cattle ranchers, who warn the policy could hurt both U.S. producers and consumers.

The backlash comes as Republicans face mounting pressure over the cost ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to a Trump administration request to temporarily set aside an appellate court ruling that would have stalled above-ground construction on the planned White House ballroom.

The one-sentence order, signed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., did not provide any explanation for his decision, which...Read more

The Trump administration is pushing to end the American Bar Association’s role in accrediting law schools, claiming the group is too liberal and is controlled by supporters of “woke” diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

The Department of Education suggests in a 500-page report it may not renew the group’s authorization to oversee ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A piglet that captured Los Angelenos' hearts and minds after its attempts to elude multiple pursuers in West Hollywood last weekend went viral has been adopted by a foundation headed by Grammy-award-winning songwriter Diane Warren.

Named Wilbur by the hive mind of social media, the animal blew up online after resident Jamaal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — By continuing to tease a bid for a legally prohibited third term, President Donald Trump could delay what every second-term president resists: becoming a lame duck.

Any president approaching the final two years of their second term eventually becomes that weakest of political birds. Lawmakers, foreign governments, political ...Read more

Natalie Harp gushes over President Donald Trump as her “Guardian and Protector” in newly unearthed letters that underline the unusually close personal relationship the 35-year-old White House aide has with the commander-in-chief.

“You are all that matters to me,” Harp writes to Trump in one missive, the Daily Beast reported. “I don’...Read more