“’I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’ Chicago is about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” President Donald Trump, September 6, 2025

This statement, made by President Donald Trump on Truth Social, referencing protests against ICE and mass deportation, draws attention to a problem that is not discussed ...Read more

The president of the Arizona State Senate said he had provided records to the Federal Bureau of Investigation related to a review by Republican lawmakers into the 2020 presidential election.

“Late last week I received and complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for records relating to the Arizona State Senate’s 2020 audit of Maricopa ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday tried to assuage concerns his war with Iran could become another prolonged military campaign, calling it a “little excursion” that could be wrapped up “soon.” He also urged House Republicans to add several white-hot social issues to a voting overhaul measure as a trap for vulnerable ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to waive oil-related sanctions, have the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted the war with Iran would resolve “very soon” as he confronted mounting economic and political pressures after days of dramatic fluctuations in oil markets.

The president said he didn...Read more

CHICAGO — The top three candidates for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate largely stuck to familiar issues and campaign talking points Monday as they met for the final time ahead of the March 17 primary.

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, in particular, continued to tussle over how various financial ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to waive oil-related sanctions, have the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted the war with Iran would resolve “very soon” as he confronted mounting economic and political pressures after days of dramatic fluctuations in oil markets.

The president said that he...Read more

Dozens of civilians, including children, wounded by an Iranian drone strike in Bahrain. France deploying warships to secure shipping commerce in the Strait of Hormuz. Australia taking heat from President Donald Trump over its handling of the Iranian women’s soccer team. Markets across Asia plunging as the price of oil surged.

Lebanon ...Read more

DETROIT — The Hamtramck, Michigan, city clerk who reported election fraud in the 2023 City Council election and in whose office unopen ballots for last year's close mayoral election were found has been fired, city officials confirmed.

Former City Clerk Rana Faraj had been on paid administrative since Nov. 10, according to a lawsuit she filed ...Read more

Anthropic PBC sued the Defense Department for declaring that the artificial intelligence giant posed a risk to the U.S. supply chain, further ramping up a high-stakes dispute with the Pentagon over safeguards on the company’s technology.

San Francisco-based Anthropic is challenging a decision by the department and other federal agencies to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is mulling a menu of possible options to combat surging oil and gasoline prices in the wake of the Iran war, according to people familiar with the matter.

The deliberations come as crude soared past $100 per barrel at one stage on Monday before erasing its gains in volatile trading. Average U.S. retail ...Read more

Rep. Kevin Kiley of California is set to become sole independent in the House.

Kiley, a Republican, said Monday morning that he would ask the clerk in the U.S. House of Representatives to officially designate him an independent for the reminder of his term. The move comes days after Kiley filed for reelection as a “No Party Preference” and ...Read more

Is the U.S. Congress still a functional legislative body? It’s a reasonable question to ask after the Senate, and then the House, rejected legislative attempts to constrain President Donald Trump’s power to conduct the ongoing war with Iran.

At a time of growing domestic and international crises, the institution granted sweeping powers ...Read more

When Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the intensification of U.S. combat operations against the Islamic State group in 2017, he assured the American public of his commitment to “get the strategy right” while maintaining “the rules of engagement” to “protect the innocent.”

Mattis’ professional tone was a stark...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday declared that he would not sign other legislation until a sweeping election operations overhaul headlined by new voter ID requirements reaches his desk – even as there’s no sign the bill can get the votes needed to pass the Senate.

“It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else,...Read more

BERKELEY, Calif. — University of California President James B. Milliken, in his first extensive interview since taking the helm of the nation’s premier public higher education system, defended UC’s diplomatic approach to President Donald Trump’s fusillade of actions against the institution — contrasting it with the more aggressive ...Read more

Between tributes and songs, the crowd celebrating civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. at Friday’s homegoing got a not-so-subtle call: Vote for his son.

For a short speech in front of thousands, Jesse Jackson Jr. stepped up to the cross-shaped lectern. The former congressman is balancing grief over his father’s death with a political ...Read more

President Donald Trump threatened to avoid signing any bill into law until a package of voting reforms is passed, his latest pressure tactic as the Republican-controlled Senate balks at the measure.

In a Truth Social post Sunday, Trump repeated his call for Republicans to partially eliminate the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act, which ...Read more

Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado held private talks in the White House Friday as she struggles to retain her political voice in the face of the Trump administration’s growing support for her rival in Caracas, interim President Delcy Rodríguez.

The talks prompted dual narratives from people familiar with the discussions ...Read more

It’s not just that Marco Rubio is eclipsing other Cabinet members in President Donald Trump’s second term.

Or even that he has reignited long-dormant speculation that he could become president.

It’s that Rubio, in little more than a year, is becoming arguably the most consequential U.S. secretary of state in decades by ditching the last ...Read more