SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters offered an early glimpse of the state’s political future during Tuesday night’s primary election, advancing familiar incumbents, elevating new contenders and setting up high-stakes battles in competitive House districts.

While some races have become clearer in the days since, several key contests ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he would headline a rally in Washington on June 24 to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, a week after several artists pulled out of planned shows on the National Mall.

“We don’t want singers with no talent, but big fees to put you to sleep, we’ve told them all to stay home,” Trump said in a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A GOP reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement appeared to be skating on thin ice Thursday night as the House suddenly left town for the week and lawmakers continued to wrangle over a Justice Department “anti-weaponization” fund.

Senate opponents of the nearly $1.8 billion fund — derided by critics as a “slush fund...Read more

WASHINGTON— A House panel with jurisdiction over tax policy is readying legislation to address the taxation of cryptocurrencies for release as early as Friday, before a hearing early next week.

House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith has made establishing a framework for the taxation of digital assets a top priority for the committee, even ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Some call them the “YOLO caucus,” the slang term for the phrase “You only live once.”

Others say this is how some members of this growing group of Senate Republicans have always legislated.

Either way, Thursday’s high drama vote-a-rama highlighted the complicated equation of the Senate Republicans’ slim majority and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Some call them the “YOLO caucus,” the slang term for the phrase “You only live once.”

Others say this is how some members of this growing group of Senate Republicans have always legislated.

Either way, Thursday’s high drama vote-a-rama highlighted the complicated equation of the Senate Republicans’ slim majority and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge granted President Donald Trump’s request to again pause a collection of lawsuits seeking to hold him responsible for violence at the U.S. Capitol five years ago while he pursues an immunity defense.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Thursday that Trump is entitled to a complete pause on activity in most of...Read more

LOS ANGELES — To the surprise of few, President Donald Trump has once again claimed without evidence that Democrats are somehow cheating to win California’s primary elections — writing on social media late Wednesday that federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are investigating the matter.

“The Dumocrats are at it again! They are trying to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Another artificial intelligence regulation framework has joined the growing ranks on Capitol Hill, this time focused primarily on model safety and workforce impacts.

Reps. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Lori Trahan, D-Mass., unveiled their long-expected framework as a discussion draft bill on Thursday. Notably, it includes a three-...Read more

As Democrats in Congress pelt Republicans with repeated war power votes — a strategy to test the party’s support for President Donald Trump’s military action abroad — a foreign policy fissure in the shape of Lebanon took form among their own ranks.

More than half of House Democrats voted with Republicans Thursday to tank a measure that ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Early primary election returns left open the possibility that no Democrat would make the general election in what was supposed to be a friendly Sacramento-area congressional district, after a stacked field of the party’s candidates split Democratic votes and Rep. Kevin Kiley entered the race as an independent.

Pre-...Read more

WASHINGTON — A GOP reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement survived its first key test Thursday as the Senate kicked off its amendment “vote-a-rama” amid bipartisan anger over a Justice Department “anti-weaponization” fund.

On a 49-50 vote, the Senate rejected a procedural motion by Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — To the surprise of few, President Donald Trump has once again claimed without evidence that Democrats are somehow cheating to win California’s primary elections — writing on social media late Wednesday that federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are investigating the matter.

“The Dumocrats are at it again! They are trying to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld on Thursday the Federal Communications Commission’s power to issue findings that companies broke the law, turning aside challenges from telecommunications giants that the agency had to go to the courts first.

The 8-1 decision found that the FCC’s forfeiture process does not run afoul of the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — When Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles posted Tuesday that “homosexuality has no place in America,” it wasn’t the first time he declared a certain group of people didn’t belong in the U.S.

The difference this time: His fellow Republicans called him out, publicly.

“Saying that homosexuals have no place in America is idiotic, ...Read more

MIAMI — Former Democratic state senator Shevrin Jones is officially running to succeed longtime Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, who announced last week she wouldn’t be seeking reelection.

He filed his candidate paperwork to run in Florida’s 24th District to the Federal Election Commission on Thursday morning.

Jones has served in the ...Read more

When researchers founded Anthropic in 2021, they said the race to build powerful AI was moving too recklessly. They inserted detailed safety measures into their products and marketed their commitment to safety as the corporate quality that distinguished them from competitors – notably OpenAI, the rival company they had left. In March 2026 ...Read more

Tennessee set out to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21, 2026, but he lived to tell about it.

Carruthers, who was sentenced to death for a 1994 triple murder, survived his date with death when the execution team members could find only one suitable vein in which to secure an IV, but not, as USA Today reports, the “backup line, which ...Read more

In April 2026, Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax was shot and killed by her husband while their divorce was pending.

She had done what she was supposed to do. She had initiated the legal process to leave Justin Fairfax, the former lieutenant governor of Virginia. It didn’t save her.

What happened to Wanzer Fairfax has a name: ...Read more

In the case of United States v. James Brien Comey Jr., the U.S. president’s security is pitted against the bedrock right to free speech enjoyed by Americans.

Two federal charges have been lodged against former FBI Director James Comey and are based on his Instagram post that depicted seashells spelling out “86 47.”

Comey...Read more