The swamp may not be drained, but it’s shrinking.

In September, the federal government employed 2.68 million people. That number includes Postal Service employees, but not members of the military. It’s a noticeable decline from the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. In January 2025, the federal government employed more than 3 ...Read more

Once again, a Trump administration blow to the H-1B program is rattling the Seattle-area tech workforce.

Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the Trump administration would suspend Microsoft from sponsoring workers on H-1B status for green cards.

The unprecedented move has potentially significant implications for one of the Seattle ...Read more

WASHINGTON — This week’s release of a U.S. Army investigation into the deadly 2025 air crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is fueling calls for congressional negotiators to default to the Senate’s position on aviation safety legislation that’s been stuck in a bicameral standoff.

The investigation, completed in May but ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A key supporter for an age minimum on social media is not giving up hope that such a provision could be included in a potential compromise online safety package after the midterm elections.

Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., whose original age-minimum bill was amended in committee to replace the age minimum with a related parental ...Read more

In a social media post Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump accused Somali immigrants of bringing violence to Minnesota and urged residents to “fight back.”

Hours earlier, Republican candidate for governor Lisa Demuth had offered a very different message. At a brewery a few miles from Eden Prairie High School, she was asked what she ...Read more

The once-enthusiastic MAGA donor who told the Wall Street Journal about Kimberly Guilfoyle’s alleged efforts to hit him up for $100,000 to pay off her American Express bill has shared the reasons he decided to cooperate with the Journal’s bombshell report about her, which could threaten her job as U.S. ambassador to Greece and her standing ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to release diesel supplies into the global market, as the administration looks to tame price hikes for the critical fuel.

Trump said Friday in a social media post that “it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and ...Read more

The Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions against the International Criminal Court, signaling its determination to cripple the organization on the same day that a former ICC judge won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Treasury Department added the entire court to its Specially Designated Nationals list, a move that would impose severe financial...Read more

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — U.S. Senate candidates Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed clashed repeatedly in an insult-laden, messy Oct. 8 debate rife with constant interruptions, sharp accusations, and even some trash-talking, with both men trying to ensure no jab went unanswered.

The barbs began within minutes, with each accusing one another of ...Read more

In a rare move, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy says he was blocked from seeing a key American air base in the Middle East during an official Congressional trip.

A vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s administration and the Iran War, Murphy traveled overseas to get a first-hand look at the damage from the war that he says is being covered up by ...Read more

Less than half of Americans expect this November’s midterm election to be free and fair. According to a survey from the University of California San Diego, confidence is falling among Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike.

The data is disconcerting, but it also points to an important opportunity. When trust is fraying, we have a ...Read more

With voter registration lagging and political parties complaining that eligibility requirements for fielding candidates are too burdensome, Haiti’s transitional authorities have revised the country’s electoral rules for the third time in four months, but stopped short of formally postponing the Dec. 13 vote.

The revised electoral decree ...Read more

President Donald Trump made another round of comments attacking Minnesota’s Somali community and Gov. Tim Walz on social media Thursday.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump broadly accused the immigrant community of violence and said the group was taking over Minnesota. He said Walz wants to get “out of town with as much as he can steal, and ...Read more

Democratic Gov. Maura Healey and her Republican challenger Mike Minogue went after each other in a Thursday night debate on WBZ-TV, the first of the 2026 gubernatorial election, and as two massive crowds in support of each candidate clashed outside the Brighton television studios.

Healey took just nine seconds to mention President Trump, going ...Read more

As Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. hints he could retire next year, senators are watching closely. It would mean a tough confirmation process on Capitol Hill for any replacement picked by President Donald Trump, experts say.

Alito, 76, has contemplated retirement but decided to stay through the end of the Supreme Court term that started this week, ...Read more

Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Rocklin, and former state Sen. Richard Pan struck a largely cordial tone at the start of their Thursday morning candidate forum. Before long, however, the two candidates for the 6th Congressional District were back to the attacks that have defined their campaign against each other.

“Donald Trump, RFK Jr. and unfortunately ...Read more

President Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Wasilla, Alaska, on Tuesday, on the heels of a visit by his vice president, in the GOP's effort to support Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich and hold on to majorities in the U.S. House and Senate.

Trump will headline the rally at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center, ...Read more

LEMOYNE, Pa. – Janelle Stelson, the Democrat challenging Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry for a second time, rejected Thursday a claim that her campaign had employed an undocumented immigrant who recently pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge.

“We don’t know this individual. Everybody hired goes through me, so I would know,” ...Read more

For generations, presidents have come to South Florida to escape Washington without leaving the presidency behind.

Now, President Donald Trump wants to make that tradition official.

Trump on Wednesday publicly embraced a proposal to create a Camp David-style presidential retreat on the grounds of his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm ...Read more

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and challenger Eric Jones sparred over affordability, health care and data centers in a Wednesday night debate for Northern California’s sprawling 4th Congressional District.

Thompson continued to make his case that years in Congress give him the experience and influence needed to better the district. ...Read more