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.

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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

WASHINGTON — A measure that would put into law a key federal office focused on artificial intelligence advanced Thursday out of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, as part of a slate of AI-focused and data center bills.

The committee advanced the bills on a bipartisan basis, but put off potential changes regarding funding ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Since its creation before the 2022 election, Colorado’s 8th District has been won once by a Democrat and once by a Republican, each time by a narrow margin.

Now Democrats are pressing to flip America’s swingiest seat once again. The effort will kick into high gear next week, when voters select the Democratic nominee to take ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump had a surprise for the farmers he invited to dinner at the White House on Thursday: a request to Congress for $11.1 billion in assistance that would amount to the second bailout of the year for the beleaguered agriculture sector.

The appeal to Congress is part of a supplemental funding package that includes...Read more

The Supreme Court’s decision to end temporary legal protections for Haitians and Syrians hit the state hard, with an outcry of “you cannot turn your back on us,” but was hailed by some for capping asylum seekers.

The blow was especially difficult for the 45,000 Haitians who live and work in Massachusetts.

The 6-3 ruling is a big win for ...Read more

Haitians across New York City are bracing for the possibility of mass deportations in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to remove thousands of longtime New Yorkers from the country.

The ruling, which permits the federal government to strip more than 300,000 Haitians and roughly 3,000 Syrians of their ...Read more

The largest verdict issued by a Philadelphia jury in recent years came out of a trial in which a man accused against agricultural giant Monsanto’s weedkiller, Roundup, of causing his blood cancer.

The jury awarded John McKivison $2.25 billion in 2024.

The Lycoming County man wasn’t the only one who has sued the German company. Thousands of...Read more

More than half of the population struggles every day to find food. Nearly 1.5 million have been displaced by terrorizing gangs and hundreds have taken to the sea, just in the first six months of this year, only to be intercepted and forcibly returned to Haiti.

Conditions inside Haiti have deteriorated to such an extent that observers say the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — California's two Democratic senators on Thursday criticized the Trump administration after it requested $87.6 billion from Congress to address some of the nation's most "urgent needs" but omitted funding for victims of last year's Los Angeles wildfires.

"Donald Trump's desire to punish Los Angeles and the state of California for ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Budd took a stand against the Trump administration Thursday evening in order to get Western North Carolina additional relief from Hurricane Helene.

In a news release, Budd, a Republican, announced he would vote against any supplemental funding bill put forward until Helene relief was added. A supplemental funding ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court backed the Trump administration’s efforts to end temporary protected status, or TPS, for Haitian and Syrian immigrants on Thursday over objections that the countries remain unstable and too dangerous for immigrants to return to.

The ramifications could impact thousands of immigrants living in Minnesota under TPS.

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WASHINGTON — Licensed gun owners have a right to carry a concealed firearm into stores and other private places unless the owner objects, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The 6-3 decision extends gun rights and strikes down laws in Hawaii, California, New York, New Jersey and Maryland.

Those measures would prohibit carrying guns onto ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Republicans are spending big to topple Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, who faces the fight of her political career after redistricting flipped her seat from blue to red-leaning.

But Castor is betting that her history of service in the region still holds sway with voters, including some whom President Donald Trump wooed in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Asylum-seekers may be turned away without a hearing at the southern border, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a historic retreat from the promise of relief for those who say they are fleeing persecution.

The justices split over whether this was a simple dispute over legal wording or a moral question involving desperate ...Read more

The nation’s highest court paved the way for President Donald Trump to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria fleeing instability and violence in their home countries in a case about their deportation protections under temporary protected status.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices said the federal law is clear in that it...Read more