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Frederica Wilson is leaving Congress. She explains why in an exclusive interview
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson will not seek a ninth term in Congress, she confirmed to the Miami Herald Thursday in a wide-ranging interview explaining why she obfuscated her plan to give up her seat, why she’s not “retiring” and why the political luminary isn’t ready just yet to get behind a successor.
Dressed in a pink two-piece suit...Read more
Geothermal energy package coming to House floor
WASHINGTON — The House is expected next week to consider a measure intended to help speed up permitting of geothermal projects on public lands.
The legislation includes portions of six bills from Republicans and Democrats that the House Natural Resources Committee approved in March. The bills had bipartisan backing in committee, and their ...Read more
A bitter slugfest in California's Central Valley exposes divisions in the Democratic Party
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The southern Central Valley is home to one of California's few remaining congressional battlegrounds, where Democrats are itching to oust longtime Republican incumbent Rep. David Valadao.
Last year's voter-approved Proposition 50 redrew the lines of this Latino-majority district slightly in Democrats' favor. Two top ...Read more
Two Pa. Democrats become first members of Congress to access Pennsylvania's largest ICE detention facility
CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. — As tensions escalate over the conditions facing undocumented immigrants in federal detention centers, a pair of Pittsburgh-area Democrats on Thursday became the first members of Congress to gain access to the largest such facility in the Northeast — the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in rural Clearfield County.
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Michigan US Senate race: El-Sayed goes on attack in debate with Stevens, McMorrow
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — The three Democratic candidates for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat ― Haley Stevens, Abdul El-Sayed and Mallory McMorrow ― clashed Thursday in the closing hours of the Mackinac Policy Conference, debating issues including eliminating the filibuster, taxing billionaires and weighing U.S. military action abroad.
El...Read more
Chicago US Attorney handling investigation into nonprofit spending, funding of sex assault lawsuit against Trump by E. Jean Carroll
The U.S. attorney in Chicago has been tasked by the Justice Department with leading a criminal investigation into a Chicago-based nonprofit that helped fund some legal costs for E. Jean Carroll, the advice columnist who successfully sued President Donald Trump for sexual assault and defamation, a source with knowledge of the probe confirmed to ...Read more
Treasury Secretary Bessent defends proposal for Trump's face on special $250 bill
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the idea of putting President Donald Trump’s face on a specially issued $250 bill, a move that is currently barred by U.S. law.
Bessent was pressed on Thursday about a Washington Post report that said Trump administration officials are pushing to have the president’s portrait on ...Read more
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani may back progressive challenger to Rep. Adriano Espaillat, report says
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani is reportedly considering endorsing Darializa Avila Chevalier in her insurgent Democratic primary race to unseat incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Upper Manhattan’s NY-13 district.
The popular mayor is weighing jumping into the race ahead of the June 23 primary because polls show a tighter-than-expected ...Read more
Trump made his pick for Kansas governor. Did he give GOP a 'powerful weapon'?
When President Donald Trump threw his weight behind Ty Masterson’s bid for Kansas governor over the weekend, the longtime state lawmaker quickly capitalized on the endorsement.
The Andover Republican updated his social media bio to reflect the endorsement. He went on the radio Tuesday morning to champion the Republican president’s support. ...Read more
Judge declines to block parts of Trump mail voting order, for now
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday denied an effort to pause President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict mail voting in federal elections, finding that it was too early to say whether anyone has been harmed by the effort.
The opinion and order, from Judge Carl Nichols for the U.S. District Court for the District of ...Read more
DOJ investigating Trump sex abuse accuser E. Jean Carroll, reports say
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, a magazine advice columnist who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s in a widely-publicized civil lawsuit, according to multiple reports.
According to CNN, The New York Times and other outlets, federal investigators are probing...Read more
US Rep. Jared Moskowitz announces where he'll seek reelection in redrawn Florida
MIAMI — Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz announced Thursday that he will run for Florida’s newly redrawn 25th Congressional District, setting the stage for one of the few competitive congressional races in Florida this November.
The district stretches from Miami Beach north to Delray Beach after changes approved under Gov. Ron DeSantis�...Read more
To ‘86’ occasionally means to kill but usually doesn’t: A linguistic investigation into the Instagram threat charge against James Comey
A federal grand jury in April 2026 charged James Comey with making a threat against President Donald Trump and transmitting a crime across state lines.
The charges came after Comey, the former FBI director, posted an image of seashells on a North Carolina beach, arranged in the form of the numerals “86” and “47.” Forty-seven ...Read more
Barron Trump skips Don Jr.'s wedding as Melania Trump keeps her distance, reports say
Barron Trump was noticeably absent from family photos shared online from his brother Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding in the Bahamas over the weekend.
That’s because Barron Trump skipped the wedding of his eldest half-brother to Palm Beach socialite, Bettina Anderson — like his father and mother, Donald and Melania Trump, the Daily Mail ...Read more
Democrat Evan Munsing ends campaign in Colorado's 8th Congressional District
DENVER — Evan Munsing, a Democratic candidate for one of the nation’s most hotly contested congressional races — Colorado’s 8th District — has suspended his campaign, he announced Wednesday.
The decision comes just over a month before the June 30 primary election, in which Munsing was to take on former state Rep. Shannon Bird and ...Read more
NC abortion bill inspired a backlash. Why it's unlikely to move forward now
RALEIGH, N.C. — While a proposed state bill could give voters a chance in November to enshrine stricter abortion laws into the North Carolina Constitution, previous attempts to pass similar legislation have hit dead ends.
Rep. Keith Kidwell, a Beaufort County Republican, filed House Bill 1232 earlier this month. If it passes, voters would be ...Read more
Missouri abortion rights groups launch campaign to halt proposed ban after 2024 vote
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A coalition of Missouri abortion rights groups on Wednesday formally launched a campaign to oppose a new attempt to ban nearly all abortions in the state.
The campaign, called NO on 3, Stop the Ban Missouri, made the announcement in a video that highlights how voters just legalized abortion rights in 2024. The launch sets ...Read more
'You're a fraud, too': Gloves come off in South Carolina GOP governor's debate. 5 takeaways
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The gloves finally came off in person between the Republican hopefuls for South Carolina governor as they sparred in their third televised debate as early voting is underway.
Here are five takeaways from Tuesday’s debate that featured U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, Isle of Palms businessman Rom Reddy and ...Read more
Potential successors are lining up as Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson weighs exit
MIAMI — After missing dozens of congressional votes this spring and while waving off resignation rumors, Miami Rep. Frederica Wilson is staring down one of the most pivotal decisions of her career: step down and pass the baton to a Democratic hopeful or hold on and weather another Congress under Donald Trump.
The possibility of Wilson’s ...Read more
Congressional committee demands records, information on Boston's sanctuary city policies
The House Judiciary Committee, under the leadership of Chair and Republican Congressman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has sent letters to Boston’s law enforcement leaders demanding documents and information on the city’s sanctuary policies as the Trump administration continues its nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration.
The letters by Jordan and...Read more
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