SACRAMENTO, Calif — There was a second where Democrat Howard Hersh believed the handwritten, friendly postcard urging him to vote for two Democrats in the June 2 primary for governor when it arrived in his Nevada City mailbox last month.

“Momentarily, anyway, until I realized it was a scam that would invalidate my vote,” Hersh wrote in an...Read more

WASHINGTON — Shortly after attorneys for President Trump moved Monday to dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over claims it had leaked his personal tax returns, the Justice Department announced that a settlement in the case would be used to create a $1.776-billion fund for other victims of “weaponization and...Read more

The day before Kentucky’s May 19 primary election, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made a final pitch to voters on why President Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidate Ed Gallrein is the “no-brainer” choice for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District.

Speaking to a crowd of around 150 people at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel at the...Read more

President Donald Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680,000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity drugs, as the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda that largely benefited the company.

On May 14, the federal government released ethics disclosures revealing a list of stock and bond trades made on Trump’s behalf ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — National Democrats are jumping in to protect incumbent U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor as she faces an uphill battle for reelection in a redrawn congressional district that is now red-leaning.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that Castor is a new member of its “frontline” program for vulnerable Democratic ...Read more

Days after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28, 2026, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez denied American forces the use of the Naval Station Rota and the Morón Air Base – installations that had hosted U.S. troops for more than 70 years.

“We are a sovereign country that does not wish to take part in illegal wars,�...Read more

The first half of 2026 has been a chaotic time for U.S. foreign policy: new tariffs, threats to annex Greenland, the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the struggle for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

As a researcher focused on the values and rhetoric of American presidents, I study how presidents and their ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump returned from China with few concrete wins, and his refusal to owe Xi Jinping a favor in return for the Chinese president’s help reopening the Strait of Hormuz highlights his lack of a plan to ease Republicans’ gas prices concerns as Democrats hammer his 79-day-old conflict.

After a quick two days of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Shortly after attorneys for President Donald Trump moved Monday to dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over claims it had leaked his personal tax returns, the Justice Department announced that a settlement in the case would be used to create a $1.776 billion fund for other victims of “...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Monday announced a new $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate anyone for perceived targeting by past administrations as part of settling President Donald Trump’s $10 billion suit against the IRS.

Monday’s DOJ announcement came shortly after Trump attempted to drop his lawsuit ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump filed a notice Monday that he is seeking to dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, which he had brought over the leak of the president’s tax returns.

ABC News reported that the president and the IRS have discussed creating a $1.7 billion fund to compensate Trump’s allies ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans officially were back to the drawing board after the Senate parliamentarian concluded that security spending related to the proposed White House ballroom did not past muster under budget reconciliation rules.

Still, they aim to get a bill through to passage this week, with a vote-a-rama expected before the ...Read more

Peruvian electoral authorities officially confirmed conservative Keiko Fujimori and left-wing lawmaker Roberto Sánchez as candidates for a presidential runoff election on June 7, more than a month after the first round was held.

With all ballots counted, Fujimori took 17.2% of the vote in the first round on April 12, the National Jury of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Hearings filled with heart-wrenching stories of children who died by suicide after their interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots have made it easy for those on both sides of the aisle to agree that something needs to be done to regulate the new technology.

But as one bill has been voted out of committee and another ...Read more

DETROIT — Funk legend George Clinton is suing UMG Recordings, claiming the giant music corporation owes him more than $1.1 million in royalties.

In a complaint filed Friday in Detroit's federal court, Clinton says UMG has been withholding 100% of his royalties for more than three years based on the company's involvement in a separate case ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jack Schlossberg may be busy running for Congress in New York — but he hasn’t stopped thinking about his late sister, Tatiana.

“I don’t think I’ll ever process it,” he told Vanity Fair in an interview published Friday. “The world will never be the same for me, not only since she passed away, but since she was ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — Most of the 200-plus political activists, elected officials and candidates stood, applauding and cheering, when U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was introduced before speaking to a coalition of Broward Democratic clubs.

People at a few of the 25 tables, most of whom were Black, stayed in their seats.

The divided reaction is...Read more

Americans who might agree on little else share a common interest in preserving Social Security and Medicare.

Nearly all of us are either enrolled in those universal programs or expect to be as we get older. Social Security is far and away the nation’s most important safety net.

So it should alarm Republicans, Democrats and independents that ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have discussed creating a $1.7 billion federal fund to pay victims of so-called government weaponization to resolve President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. Million-dollar payouts the administration has already made to some of his supporters provide a roadmap for where the money might...Read more