WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s effort to remove Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook on Monday, even as the justices expanded presidential power to remove members of the Federal Trade Commission and other independent agencies.

The two decisions written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr — a 5-4 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld state laws that allow for counting mail ballots that are postmarked by election day but arrive later.

The 5-4 decision rejects a Republican challenge to laws in California and 13 other mostly Democratic states which permit the counting of these late-arriving ballots.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down without comment President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million jury verdict for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman store in Manhattan nearly 30 years ago.

None of the justices registered a dissent.

When Carroll reported the incident in a book, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Bills that would strengthen online safety for young users have attracted bipartisan coalitions, but lawmakers are still separated over the level of regulation they would impose on social media companies, adding uncertainty to the effort’s prospects.

That divide has come to the fore as the House is expected to consider on Monday...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down without comment President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5-million jury verdict for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman store in Manhattan nearly 30 years ago.

None of the justices registered a dissent.

When Carroll reported the incident in a book, ...Read more

Debates over what visitors will see and experience in the nation’s capital city have taken center stage as Americans prepare to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

For President Donald J. Trump, the event inspired a massive redevelopment project. Since the beginning of his second term, Trump has argued ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Some progressives are floating various plans to spread the wealth of the AI boom in the run-up to the midterm elections this fall, with proposals ranging from taxes on AI tokens to an excise tax on the energy used by data centers. But other stakeholders are urging a more cautious approach, and artificial intelligence companies ...Read more

After long-time U.S. Representative Daniel Webster announced his retirement in April, potential successors quickly filed to run for the open Central Florida seat.

But of the eight major-party candidates who qualified for August’s primary, three lack a particular attribute: They don’t live in Webster’s 11th Congressional District, which is...Read more

President Donald Trump toured many of his renovation projects in Washington, DC, on Sunday, saying he would begin reconstruction of a city golf course along the Potomac River on Sept. 1.

In a social-media post, Trump complained about the state of the East Potomac Golf Links, one of three public golf courses in the nation’s capital. He said he...Read more

A Connecticut Congress member was admitted to the hospital for two days with a blood clot scare before being discharged and said Sunday that she’s “feeling fine.”

U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, according to a video update the congresswoman posted Sunday afternoon to her social media, of her walking out of St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, had ...Read more

The Trump administration’s effort to unwind decades of sanctions as part of a deal to end the war with Iran has created a head-spinning situation for governments, banks and other companies as they contemplate a shifting patchwork of new permissions and old restrictions.

Following the revolution in 1979, Iran became one of the most sanctioned ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will nominate Lance Schroyer as director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his first pick to hold the job permanently in his second term.

Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that Schroyer is a former Oklahoma state trooper and U.S. Marine.

“He is a PATRIOT with real operational experience, ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Four Republican candidates fought to position themselves Saturday as the most viable contender to unseat Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz in a newly crafted congressional district that has become a hotly contested swing seat.

Throughout the primary debate, held as part of the Republican Party’s “Sunshine State ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will nominate Lance Schroyer as director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his first pick to hold the job permanently in his second term.

Trump said in a social-media post on Saturday that Schroyer is a former Oklahoma state trooper and U.S. Marine.

“He is a PATRIOT with real operational experience, ...Read more

As U.S. officials hammered out an agreement weeks ago to end the war in Iran, President Donald Trump faced a dilemma: How to sell a provision that unlocked billions of dollars in frozen funds for Tehran to the American public.

Trump had lambasted President Barack Obama for a 2015 deal that gave cash to Iran and sought to avoid criticism that he...Read more

DENVER — A late infusion of another $1.3 million into the Democratic primary between U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette and challenger Melat Kiros — most of it by DeGette’s allies — is the latest evidence the race may be closer than many political watchers once thought.

That is the total of reported outside spending just since Monday, with Pro-...Read more

A nonpartisan government watchdog is calling for a federal investigation into Massachusetts Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Seth Moulton after he was caught on camera allegedly hitting the phone out of a person’s hand who had asked him if he would endorse controversial Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner.

The Center to Advance ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration has initiated a new review of the California Coastal Commission and other powerful coastal watchdogs — a move that several state leaders and environmental activists worry could undermine the state's authority to protect its treasured coastline.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently ordered ...Read more

Two Supreme Court rulings in June 2026 reinforced the trend toward broad gun rights under the Second Amendment, overriding attempts to limit concealed carry and to punish the ownership of guns by drug users.

The ruling in the concealed carry case, Wolford v. Lopez, was no surprise. It followed the expected 6-3 division of the ...Read more

Rep. Tom Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House, once again disparaged Somalis this week in one of his most forceful ways yet, declaring they are a culture that does not assimilate and that they should “go the hell back to where they came from” if they do not do so.

The Minnesota Republican's remarks echo those of President Donald ...Read more