WASHINGTON — The House passed Congress' most significant housing legislation in decades on Tuesday, sending the bill to President Trump's desk — a bid by both parties to show midterm voters that they're paying attention to affordability concerns ahead of November's election.

The legislation, which the Senate passed Monday, aims to boost the...Read more

Prince George’s County Del. Adrian Boafo secured the Democratic nomination for Maryland’s 5th Congressional District on Tuesday, emerging from a crowded field of 23 candidates in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer.

Boafo, who won his bid by roughly 13 percentage points, advances to the Nov. 3 general election to replace ...Read more

Despite lingering inflation and economic uncertainty brought on by the Iran war, supporters of President Donald Trump who showed up for his appearance at Mack Trucks’ Lower Macungie Township production facility Tuesday said they feel he is putting the country on the right track.

Edward Xavier Young from Brick Township, New Jersey, travelled ...Read more

NEW YORK — Brad Lander beat incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman in the Democratic primary for the NY-10th Congressional District spanning lower Manhattan and a big chunk of brownstone Brooklyn, one of several congressional races in left-leaning districts where Mayor Zohran Mamdani sought to flex his muscle, according to unofficial results from The...Read more

President Donald Trump’s call for Iran to buy U.S. crops as part of a peace deal is being met with a mix of doubt and cautious optimism by the American farm sector.

“I remain skeptical of Iranian purchases of U.S. ag commodities, but the possibility must be respected,” said StoneX chief commodities economist Arlan Suderman. “That may ...Read more

BALTIMORE — U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume defeated his primary opponent, Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway, clearing the way for the long-standing incumbent to potentially retain his seat that Democrats have held for over 70 years.

The incumbent beat Conway by nearly 60 percentage points, according to The Associated Press.

Mfume, who has ...Read more

NEW YORK — Assemblywoman Claire Valdez stunned Democratic Party stalwart Antonio Reynoso in the primary for New York’s 7th Congressional District, the candidates vying to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez on the ticket in November.

Reynoso, the Brooklyn Borough President, and Valdez battled in the Democratic primary for the ultra-...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to spend a Wednesday excursion to the U.S. Capitol demanding divisive voter ID legislation. Frustrated Republican senators have other ideas.

Over lunch in a wood-paneled room on the Capitol’s second floor, several GOP senators plan to try to impress on Trump that his targeting of fellow Republicans,...Read more

MACUNGIE, Pa. — President Donald Trump’s speech on manufacturing in a key Pennsylvania swing district repeatedly veered into other topics and musings about elections in other states, like Maine and California.

It took the president nearly an hour to even reference by name GOP U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, the vulnerable incumbent whose district...Read more

WASHINGTON — In a rare show of bipartisanship, Congress is working toward a measure to boost law enforcement efforts against cargo theft, gift card fraud and other retail crimes — issues of particular importance to states like Michigan that serve as supply chain hubs with busy international crossings.

"For Meijer, just like most retailers, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House appeared poised to pass Congress’ most significant housing legislation in decades on Tuesday — a bid by both parties to show midterm voters that they’re paying attention to affordability concerns ahead of November’s election.

The legislation, which the Senate passed Monday, aims to boost the housing supply ...Read more

NEW YORK — Brad Lander on Tuesday called on his supporters to ease up on rival Rep. Dan Goldman after a Brooklyn cafe told the congressman he wasn’t welcome because of his support for Israel.

Lander, who is running to unseat Goldman in the Democratic primary for the NY-10 district, asked his backers to tone down the “toxic” attacks on ...Read more

NEW YORK — MTA Chairman Janno Lieber blasted President Donald Trump’s Penn Station Czar Andy Byford over the plans for a rebuilt and renewed Penn Station over what he called a “simply bizarre” process to rebuild the facility that is tainted with “the appearance of impropriety.”

Lieber, whose Long Island Rail Road is the primary ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that federal border officials can use an indictment or other accusation to temporarily strip green cards from immigrants as they reenter the country.

The 6-3 opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, says the officials do not need to have “clear and convincing” evidence of offenses at the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren learned Tuesday morning that implying Sen. Thom Tillis is a chicken, gets her his full attention.

Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, had already grabbed his energy drink — a Celsius — and his name plate from the dais in front of him preparing to leave a Senate hearing, when Warren, a Democrat from...Read more

More than 10,000 lawyers, many of them from the U.S. Department of Justice, have left the federal government during the second Trump administration. “Their departures show how rapidly the president has eroded the image of the federal government as the gold standard for lawyers seeking public service roles,” writes The New York Times.

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a Michigan family in finding they're only owed the surplus proceeds of the tax sale of their former home in Isabella County ― that is, the difference between the tax debt and the sale price, not the property's fair market value.

The justices concluded "neither history nor precedent" ...Read more

MIAMI — Congresswoman Frederica Wilson granted her coveted endorsement Monday to Miami-Dade County Commissioner and former Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert in the crowded race to succeed her in the U.S. House after her retirement.

“It’s not a job for a neophyte, it's a job for experience, you have to hit the ground running,” Wilson ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley fired back at former state Sen. Richard Pan on Monday afternoon, criticizing the Democrat’s record and challenging him to five debates in the months leading up to the November election.

Kiley’s response came days after Pan hosted a news conference portraying his 6th District opponent as a staunch...Read more