The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past. Likewise, you might think the 27 grievances against King George III, his government and the British people listed in the body of the document would have little relevance to our lives today.

After all, ...Read more

Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori moved significantly closer to becoming Peru’s next president after an electoral tribunal on Tuesday rejected a challenge seeking to annul overseas votes, while new vote counts showed her lead over leftist rival Roberto Sánchez had grown beyond the number of ballots remaining to be counted.

With 99.79% of ...Read more

Spurred by the tornado that killed five people and caused about $1.6 billion of damage across St. Louis last year, U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell has a trio of disaster-related bills pending in the House.

Bell, a St. Louis Democrat, introduced legislation earlier this month that would require the federal government to make timely updates in its ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — Comprehensive housing legislation won overwhelming bipartisan support in the House on Tuesday, as lawmakers sent President Donald Trump a package both parties hope will help lower costs for what the Bureau of Labor Statistics says is the single largest expense U.S. households face.

The House voted 358-32 to clear the bill ...Read more

CEO Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire thanks to the initial public offering for his company SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer. Pundits have been debating whether anyone should own so much wealth. His defenders point to his successful companies and his many employees, many thousands of whom are now likely millionaires by virtue of ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume defeated his primary opponent, Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway, clearing the way for the long-standing incumbent to potentially retain his seat that Democrats have held for over 70 years.

The incumbent beat Conway by nearly 60 percentage points, according to The Associated Press.

Mfume, who has represented Maryland...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House passed Congress' most significant housing legislation in decades on Tuesday, sending the bill to President Trump's desk — a bid by both parties to show midterm voters that they're paying attention to affordability concerns ahead of November's election.

The legislation, which the Senate passed Monday, aims to boost the...Read more

Prince George’s County Del. Adrian Boafo secured the Democratic nomination for Maryland’s 5th Congressional District on Tuesday, emerging from a crowded field of 23 candidates in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer.

Boafo, who won his bid by roughly 13 percentage points, advances to the Nov. 3 general election to replace ...Read more

Despite lingering inflation and economic uncertainty brought on by the Iran war, supporters of President Donald Trump who showed up for his appearance at Mack Trucks’ Lower Macungie Township production facility Tuesday said they feel he is putting the country on the right track.

Edward Xavier Young from Brick Township, New Jersey, travelled ...Read more

NEW YORK — Brad Lander beat incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman in the Democratic primary for the NY-10th Congressional District spanning lower Manhattan and a big chunk of brownstone Brooklyn, one of several congressional races in left-leaning districts where Mayor Zohran Mamdani sought to flex his muscle, according to unofficial results from The...Read more

President Donald Trump’s call for Iran to buy U.S. crops as part of a peace deal is being met with a mix of doubt and cautious optimism by the American farm sector.

“I remain skeptical of Iranian purchases of U.S. ag commodities, but the possibility must be respected,” said StoneX chief commodities economist Arlan Suderman. “That may ...Read more

BALTIMORE — U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume defeated his primary opponent, Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway, clearing the way for the long-standing incumbent to potentially retain his seat that Democrats have held for over 70 years.

The incumbent beat Conway by nearly 60 percentage points, according to The Associated Press.

Mfume, who has ...Read more

NEW YORK — Assemblywoman Claire Valdez stunned Democratic Party stalwart Antonio Reynoso in the primary for New York’s 7th Congressional District, the candidates vying to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez on the ticket in November.

Reynoso, the Brooklyn Borough President, and Valdez battled in the Democratic primary for the ultra-...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to spend a Wednesday excursion to the U.S. Capitol demanding divisive voter ID legislation. Frustrated Republican senators have other ideas.

Over lunch in a wood-paneled room on the Capitol’s second floor, several GOP senators plan to try to impress on Trump that his targeting of fellow Republicans,...Read more

MACUNGIE, Pa. — President Donald Trump’s speech on manufacturing in a key Pennsylvania swing district repeatedly veered into other topics and musings about elections in other states, like Maine and California.

It took the president nearly an hour to even reference by name GOP U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, the vulnerable incumbent whose district...Read more

WASHINGTON — In a rare show of bipartisanship, Congress is working toward a measure to boost law enforcement efforts against cargo theft, gift card fraud and other retail crimes — issues of particular importance to states like Michigan that serve as supply chain hubs with busy international crossings.

"For Meijer, just like most retailers, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House appeared poised to pass Congress’ most significant housing legislation in decades on Tuesday — a bid by both parties to show midterm voters that they’re paying attention to affordability concerns ahead of November’s election.

The legislation, which the Senate passed Monday, aims to boost the housing supply ...Read more

NEW YORK — Brad Lander on Tuesday called on his supporters to ease up on rival Rep. Dan Goldman after a Brooklyn cafe told the congressman he wasn’t welcome because of his support for Israel.

Lander, who is running to unseat Goldman in the Democratic primary for the NY-10 district, asked his backers to tone down the “toxic” attacks on ...Read more

NEW YORK — MTA Chairman Janno Lieber blasted President Donald Trump’s Penn Station Czar Andy Byford over the plans for a rebuilt and renewed Penn Station over what he called a “simply bizarre” process to rebuild the facility that is tainted with “the appearance of impropriety.”

Lieber, whose Long Island Rail Road is the primary ...Read more