Haiti still does not have a date for its first general elections in a decade. But the process is already mired in controversy, raising the prospect of a new electoral crisis.

On Wednesday, the country’s Provisional Electoral Council issued a document barring its executive director, Uder Antoine, from entering the premises in Pétion-Ville. ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Longtime Republican Rep. Tom McClintock appeared headed for another November ballot after taking a commanding lead in California’s 5th Congressional District primary, according to early election returns.

McClintock, an Elk Grove Republican, garnered 63% of the vote as of 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, while Democrat Michael ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Data privacy legislation put forward by House Republicans is friendly to businesses, Republicans and Democrats agree; whether or not that’s a good thing depends on which side of the aisle members sit on.

Republicans say the legislation would provide clarity for businesses and uniform protections for consumers around the country...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House voted to halt the U.S. war with Iran, breaking with President Donald Trump on an unpopular foreign conflict that is taking an escalating economic toll on Americans.

The 215-208 vote Wednesday showed worries over the war spreading in the president’s own party five months before congressional elections. ...Read more

A convicted Jan. 6 rioter from South Carolina has been hired by the Trump administration to work in a Pentagon office “that manages highly classified military operations,” according to a report in The Washington Post.

The report about convicted Jan. 6 defendant Elias Irizarry now working in the Pentagon was based on four unnamed sources. It...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats in Congress seem to have found a unifying issue, and it’s a hot one lurking beneath the earth’s surface: geothermal energy.

Without objection and without partisan digs from either side, the House on Tuesday passed by voice vote a package of six bills — three from Republicans and three from ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Buoyed by a new congressional map favoring their party, California Democrats eyed Tuesday’s primary elections as a critical first step toward flipping a handful of House seats and taking back power in Washington.

As of Wednesday, the results were a mixed bag — with Democratic candidates advancing to November’s general ...Read more

Even on her way out, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. — 86 and retiring — held sway.

Last month, in the final stretch of the race to replace her, Pelosi endorsed Connie Chan, a member of the San Francisco board of supervisors and a candidate who had until then struggled to gain traction. The move clearly had an effect, with Chan advancing out of...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., is moving forward in the primary race for the hotly contested 22nd Central Valley congressional district as college professor Randy Villegas trails behind with a slim lead over Assembly member Jasmeet Bains, following months of infighting among Democrats on the best candidate to flip the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — State Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan will advance to the general election in the race to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco.

Wiener and Chan had emerged by Wednesday morning as the top two vote-getters out of a large slate of Democratic candidates vying to succeed Pelosi in the 11th ...Read more

NEW YORK — New Jersey Democrats have picked Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett to take on Republican incumbent Rep. Tom Kean Jr. in the NJ-07 district that is expected to be a national marquee matchup in the fall midterms.

Bennett, a health care executive and retired helicopter pilot, ran away with the race in a crowded Democratic primary to take ...Read more

When President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in January, some pundits raised their eyebrows. The skepticism didn’t just arise because a sitting president was essentially suing the government he also runs, but that it was Trump who was doing the suing.

The apparent motive behind the scheme ...Read more

Donald Trump said he swore at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a call this week as the U.S. president tried to deescalate fighting in Lebanon and keep peace talks with Iran on track.

“I did,” Trump said in an interview with the Pod Force One podcast, responding to a question about whether he directed expletives toward Netanyahu,...Read more

Donald Trump said he swore at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a call this week as the U.S. president tried to deescalate fighting in Lebanon and keep peace talks with Iran on track.

“I did,” Trump said in an interview with the Pod Force One podcast, responding to a question about whether he directed expletives toward Netanyahu,...Read more

Central Jersey Democrats have chosen a nominee to take on a Republican incumbent who hasn’t been seen in the district or on Capitol Hill for months among other congressional primary contests Tuesday.

Democrats and Republicans set their nominees who will help determine control of Congress midway through President Donald Trump’s second term ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Buoyed by a new congressional map favoring their party, California Democrats were eyeing Tuesday’s primary elections as a critical first step toward flipping a handful of House seats and taking back power in Washington.

Results from California’s massive and slow-moving election process were not immediately clear late Tuesday...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States is proposing tariffs of at least 10% on imports from most major trading partners following an investigation into forced-labor practices, as President Donald Trump seeks to rebuild the sweeping tariff wall struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The 10% rate would apply to imports from Canada, Mexico, the European...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Incumbent Democrat Derek Tran is advancing to the general election in a battle to keep his seat representing a swath of north Orange County and Los Angeles County.

The Associated Press called the outcome shortly after polls closed on Tuesday night.

Tran was a political newcomer when he captured the seat by a little more than ...Read more

MIAMI — Four of the Black candidates running in the Democratic primary for Florida’s 20th congressional district met in a closed-door meeting Monday to discuss coalescing behind one candidate in the hopes of beating U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Those present at the meeting, confirmed by three people, walked away with the clear focus ...Read more