WASHINGTON — House Financial Services Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., often calls for easing regulatory burdens on community banks. Now he and a home-state Senate colleague are turning their attention to small investment brokers handling clients’ trades and dealers trading on their own behalf.

Hill and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., have drafted ...Read more

Chancellor Friedrich Merz reinforced his message that he’ll see through his reform agenda as Germany’s leader after his Christian Democratic Union crashed out of a regional parliament for the first time in the country’s post-World War II history.

The election debacle in the Baltic coast state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania — where ...Read more

“Better dead than red.”

Cold War conservatives used to say that, and they meant it: Better to suffer nuclear annihilation, they believed, than endure a “red” victory. And by “red” they meant anyone on the left of the political spectrum – from the Soviet communists to their “fellow travelers” in the U.S.

It’...Read more

CNN, MS NOW and Politico are headed to court to challenge the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order to ban the three news organizations from the White House.

The three outlets announced Monday they are jointly filing a lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court in Washington, D.C. asking for a temporary restraining order that restores their ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate returns Tuesday, and with the House already on recess until after the midterms, the big question might be: How long will senators stay in town?

The Senate is also scheduled to be in session next week before departing for election season, unless GOP leaders decide to cut it short like House leadership did. In the ...Read more

Russia’s ruling party is set to take more than three-quarters of seats in parliamentary elections that were tightly managed by the Kremlin to demonstrate support for President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine.

United Russia got 57.8% backing for 355 of the 450 seats in the State Duma, as the lower house of parliament is known, with 95% ...Read more

Chancellor Friedrich Merz reinforced his message that he’ll see through his reform agenda as Germany’s leader after his Christian Democratic Union crashed out of a regional parliament for the first time in the country’s post-World War II history.

The election debacle in the Baltic coast state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania — where ...Read more

During the same summer in which Americans marked the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, disabled Americans have faced a renewed threat to their freedom: an effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to reopen the door to forced institutionalization.

On June 18, Trump’s Department of Justice issued...Read more

As President Trump tells supporters to vote in November as if he were on the ballot, California Republicans in tight congressional races are sending a different message to voters.

The four California Republicans running in the state's most competitive U.S. House races, plus a fifth opposing a fellow Republican in a close contest, are appearing ...Read more

A U.S. House committee that oversees defense policy is investigating the diversion of potentially sensitive F-35 fighter jet components this year from Australia to Hong Kong, a spokesperson said.

“The committee is aware of this issue and we’ve received multiple briefings on it,” said House Armed Services Committee spokesperson Heather ...Read more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump plan to meet in Gracie Mansion Monday, as world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly — marking the latest episode in the unusually friendly odd-couple relationship between the two polar-opposite pols.

City Hall confirmed the meeting Sunday, saying in a statement, �...Read more

Friedrich Merz said he would stay put as German chancellor even after his party suffered its worst-ever result in a state election, with a projection showing the conservatives poised to be expelled from a regional assembly for the first time in the country’s post-World War II history.

The Christian Democratic Union won 4.9% of the vote in the...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested he would modify plans for a large triumphal arch in the capital by including staging areas for U.S. military snipers and to launch drones.

The idea appears to be Trump’s latest attempt to sell the idea of building a towering arch, which has spurred questions about whether it would dwarf Washington, U.S.’s ...Read more

Friedrich Merz said he would stay put as German chancellor and conservative leader even after his party suffered its worst-ever result in a state election, as he moved to counter pressure mounting in his ranks for him to step aside.

The Christian Democratic Union won 5% of the vote in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Sunday, ...Read more

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said on CBS Sunday Morning he’ll wait until the midterm elections — and after consulting with his wife and two children — to decide about a presidential run in 2028.

But during a book promotion later Sunday afternoon, Beshear said he was “no longer sure” what he told his wife after the 2024 ...Read more

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives posted their worst-ever result in a German state election, where exit polls showed his party with single-digit support in a northeastern Baltic coast region and trailing a far-left party in Berlin.

The Christian Democratic Union won 5.5% of the vote in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on ...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested he would modify plans for a large triumphal arch in the capital by including staging areas for U.S. military snipers and to launch drones.

The idea appears to be Trump’s latest attempt to sell the idea of building a towering arch, which has spurred questions about whether it would dwarf Washington, D.C.’s ...Read more

Friedrich Merz’s chancellorship has never been more at risk as two regional elections on Sunday threaten to destabilize his 16-month tenure as German leader.

In the Baltic coast state of Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania, Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats risk missing the 5% electoral threshold to enter state parliament — which would ...Read more