The Trump administration on Monday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to ignore the Constitution and allow the implementation of an executive order that would severely restrict voting by mail nationwide. Even high school civics students know elections are the dominion of the states, but President Donald Trump naturally believes that power should ...Read more

Members of Congress for years have metaphorically run for the hills when confronted with the nation’s looming entitlement crisis, opting for inertia over reforms that might be politically risky. But with the Social Security trust fund now set to run dry in just six years — and Medicare not far behind — further inaction will soon be an ...Read more

Three months after a federal appeals court upheld the sweeping corruption conviction of Michael Madigan, the ex-House speaker is now taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Madigan, through his lawyers, petitioned the high court on Wednesday to review the long-running corruption case.

Last year, after a trial that stretched nearly four ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan pair of senators is pushing for more and better data to understand the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce.

That data could help back up what experts told a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday — that the biggest AI-fueled change may be different tasks at work rather than mass unemployment.

Sens. Jim ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to revive his failed lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and others of conspiring to tarnish his 2016 campaign with bogus claims of collusion with Russia.

In a Supreme Court filing made public Tuesday, the president requested an ...Read more

President Donald Trump issued a call to Kansas Republicans on Wednesday: “Get out and vote, vote, vote for Ty Masterson to be your next governor.”

Trump dialed in for a “tele-rally” in support of the Kansas Senate president, one of seven GOP candidates who will appear on the Aug. 4 primary ballot.

The event lasted just over 10 minutes,...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump could be falling into some of the same messaging potholes as his predecessor, regularly telling voters to trust him on war and the economy ahead of November’s elections as he places big bets and pushes unproven predictions.

As he repeatedly shrugs off voters’ concerns about pain at the pump and grocery ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not testify at a Senate committee hearing on his role in the U.S. response to COVID-19 after slamming the proceeding as having been designed to push him into making incriminating statements.

“The only conclusion I can reach, is that the sole reason he is calling me before this ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The special election to succeed the late Georgia Rep. David Scott is heading to an all-Democratic runoff after no candidate took more than 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s all-party primary.

With more than 95% of the vote in, Marcye Scott, the late congressman’s daughter, had 46% while former Gwinnett County School Board Chair ...Read more

Temporary Protected Status has expired for more than 300,000 Haitians and Syrians, leaving thousands in New York and around the country vulnerable and unmoored after sometimes decades here, all to please Stephen Miller and Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant zealotry.

We know what isn’t going to happen: these people are not going to just up and ...Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva maintained his lead over Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of October’s election as a cloud of controversies swirled around the conservative challenger, a new poll found.

Lula leads Bolsonaro by 6 percentage points, 49% to 43%, in a runoff scenario, according to an AtlasIntel survey for Bloomberg News published ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Four years ago, Republicans complained that Pennsylvania gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano torpedoed their downballot efforts in key House races across the commonwealth.

This time around, GOP nominee Stacy Garrity isn’t polling any better, again complicating House Republican campaigns in the Keystone State. And Pennsylvania...Read more

Two months after winning a primary to likely become the first democratic socialist representing Philadelphia in Congress, State Rep. Chris Rabb on Tuesday joined forces in the city with U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a California progressive kicking off a week of events across the state as he considers running for president in 2028.

The like-minded ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — After a tumultuous road to a vote, North Carolina lawmakers further advanced a sweeping elections bill on Tuesday with Senate approval.

The legislation, which was added and subtracted from House and Senate committees numerous times throughout the process due to controversial provisions, passed the Senate 28-13. It must go back...Read more

President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of an $83.3 million jury verdict against him in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit, according to a copy of the petition reviewed by Bloomberg News.

Trump filed his petition with the Supreme Court on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be...Read more

WASHINGTON — Recordings of former President Joe Biden speaking with his ghostwriter reveal occasional memory gaps amid detailed discussions of foreign policy — and some candid criticism of two-time running mate Barack Obama over his ties to Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

“Between you and me,” Biden told ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer in ...Read more

DETROIT — Two coalitions say they are taking steps to protect Detroit and Michigan elections from "federal interference" during August primary and again during the November general election as President Donald Trump raises concern about possible widespread voting fraud.

A group representing interfaith clergies asked the Detroit City Council ...Read more

Kentucky’s congressional delegation has sent a letter to President Donald Trump, asking him to approve a major disaster declaration for flooding, tornadoes and storms that hit the state between June 17 and June 30.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent a formal request for federal assistance to Trump and the Federal Emergency Management Agency July...Read more

Law enforcement agencies around the country are facing new limits on their ability to sweep up location data from cellphone users near crime scenes, as a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a bank robbery case in Virginia found that so-called geofence searches are bound by constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

The ...Read more