The mud was thick, the dogs were everywhere and duck calls blared almost constantly across the Game Fair grounds in Ramsey on Sunday, occasionally interrupted by the crack of a shotgun somewhere in the distance.

Through it all, Minnesota’s political campaigns were making their final pitches.

Two men in square-toed cowboy boots walked past a ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court has a reputation problem. And Donald Trump’s attacks are making it worse.

In the weeks since an ideologically divisive term ended, polls show the court getting poor approval ratings, with one survey finding record low support. The president’s tirades after losing cases have fueled a slide among Republicans, ...Read more

BRISTOL, Conn. – John B. Larson has a booming voice, a thick head of white hair and almost 14 terms in Congress under his belt.

But at 78, the Democrat still sees himself as the scrappy kid raised in public housing in a working-class Hartford suburb.

“I’m proud to stand with labor because I know what side of the street I grew up on,’�...Read more

The person who set up the botched renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington is the manager at President Donald Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, according to an investigation by The New York Times.

The Times found that David Schutzenhofer, who has run the Trump Organization’s golf club in North Jersey since...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas issued new guidance Thursday regarding a controversial law that prohibits police officers from coming within 250 feet of election sites.

In a letter to Farmington Police Chief Paul Melanson, who also serves as legislative chair of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, Thomas granted ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In the final days before the three-way Democratic primary to replace U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, outside groups are spending millions to support state Sen. Matt Klein, the moderate candidate in the race.

A group called 314 Action dropped $1.2 million on Klein on Monday to boost him over his two primary opponents, progressives Matt ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate easily passed a bipartisan continuing resolution early Saturday morning, likely easing the traditional September rush to head off a partial government shutdown in October.

On a lopsided vote of 90-6, the Senate passed a measure that would extend current funding through Dec. 11, giving lawmakers about 10 extra weeks to ...Read more

On Wednesday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote to the U.S. CEOs of seven major oil companies accusing them of “profiteering” from the war in Iran and imploring them to return their bounty to Illinois consumers.

“Under the guise of supply disruptions from war in the Middle East,” Pritzker wrote, “your companies are collecting windfall ...Read more

Since 2016, when Donald Trump shattered the Democrats’ blue wall by winning working-class voters across the Midwest, a cottage industry has sprung up on the left dedicated to answering a single question: How can Democrats win back the working class?

The answers come in different forms.

Sometimes it is veteran Vermont Sen. ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s latest move to shun foreign solar power equipment is part of his effort to rebuild U.S. manufacturing clout. It may simultaneously exacerbate the fast-widening green technology split between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Trump announced a plan to impose tariffs and minimum prices on imported polysilicon used in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld a ruling that the Trump administration must receive congressional approval before it continues construction on a ballroom on the former site of the White House’s East Wing.

The 2-1 ruling affirmed the preliminary injunction granted in March by Judge...Read more

The U.S. Postal Service plans to seek money from Congress to help fund its operations, an unusual request by an agency that’s working to stem an ongoing financial crisis.

The mail carrier plans to request a “relatively modest” appropriation in an upcoming legislative plan that it will submit to lawmakers, Postmaster General David Steiner...Read more

WASHINGTON — Chris Rabb is on a winning streak.

Since his victory in Philadelphia’s highly contested Democratic congressional primary in May, the state lawmaker and presumptive successor to retiring U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans has campaigned across the country — going nine for 10 in races where he’s supported progressives against more ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A new internal poll obtained by the Lexington Herald-Leader shows a dead heat in Central Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District race with three months remaining until Election Day on Nov. 3.

According to the poll, conducted for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 47% of likely voters support Republican Ralph ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Florida-based political consultant who once worked as the campaign treasurer for Philadelphia congressional candidate Chris Rabb was charged Friday with wire fraud after she defrauded more than 20 clients out of about $1 million, according to federal prosecutors.

Yolanda Brown was charged in federal court in Philadelphia with...Read more

DETROIT — A U.S. House candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump likely lost a Tuesday congressional primary to someone who wasn't campaigning because of his Arabic name, multiple Republicans said, after their party aggressively sought votes from Arab Americans in Michigan in the 2024 election.

In July, the National Republican ...Read more

President Donald Trump Friday called House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries “a nice guy” and said he would “probably get along with him very well” in a new interview in which he also suggested Republicans could lose the House of Representatives in the midterms because voters are angry at the GOP.

Downplaying the past insults the ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — All four Michigan Democrats running statewide in November have expressed support for a pending petition initiative that would bar state-contracted or state-regulated corporations from contributing to politicians.

The state's current Democratic leader, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, said she is still reviewing the proposal.

The ...Read more