MIAMI — A Miami man who threatened to execute Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in a series of social media posts was sentenced to two years in federal prison after investigators discovered disturbing writings in his home, including a note about shooting Cubans in the United States.

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WASHINGTON — With stopgap funding set to expire in less than a month, Senate Republican appropriators Thursday unveiled a roughly $5.3 billion draft fiscal 2027 Legislative Branch spending bill that would boost security funding and sidestep contentious debates over a key watchdog.

The proposal would provide $965 million for Capitol Police, a ...Read more

During the 2026 election cycle, Republicans enacted a series of gerrymanders – a form of partisan redistricting – in a handful of states to give them a disproportionate edge over Democrats in their congressional delegations. Democrats responded with a successful redistricting effort in California and an unsuccessful one in Virginia.

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FORT LEADERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida resident has begun serving a two-year federal prison sentence for threatening posts he made online against Trump administration officials Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem earlier this year.

Jon Christopher Enriquez, 47, of Miami, pleaded guilty in August to three counts of transmitting threats through ...Read more

Former Vice President Mike Pence is blaming President Donald Trump’s economic policies, foreign policy and the “perception of self-dealing and corruption” to blame for the nationwide success of Democrats in the midterm elections, saying the Republican Party has “lost our way.”

Pence made the comments in an exclusive one-on-one ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A Michigan lawmaker who chairs a U.S. House select committee on U.S. competition with China is calling on former Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang to testify before Congress.

“We are in discussions, and we want this to happen, hopefully voluntarily. But it's important, whether it's voluntarily or subpoena, that this take place ...Read more

Donald Trump Jr. is leaving his role as an adviser to Kalshi Inc., ending a role that has created political headaches for the prediction market platform.

The departure comes as Democrats take power in Congress with promises to scrutinize the Trump family’s business ties to prediction markets and the crypto industry.

Trump Jr. has been an ...Read more

NEW ULM, Minn. – There are not many Democrats that Brian Krosch cares for.

Asked whether any DFL politicians were popular in the New Ulm area, the Army veteran, who volunteers as a bartender at the local American Legion, considered the question.

“They’re all dead,” he said with a shrug, pointing to the Hubert Humphreys of yesteryear.

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President Donald Trump on Thursday was facing major questions about his cozy financial and political ties to Jensen Huang after the disgraced Nvidia CEO resigned over reports of affairs with a fellow executive and an alleged Chinese spy.

Critics, including Democrats who will control the next Congress, are asking if Trump looked the other way ...Read more

MIAMI — Alina Garcia, Miami-Dade’s elections supervisor, now has a cartoon avatar who stars in a tax-funded coloring book about democracy and, this fall, looked out from lapel pins that were distributed to poll workers.

Like Garcia, “Super Ali” has long blonde hair, but Super Ali has a red cape and a star-spangled ballot box for a body....Read more

WASHINGTON — Supporters of the FirstNet program that provides emergency communications for first-responders still see hope for reauthorization this year, despite continued disagreements over what changes, if any, should be made to how the program is governed.

A House-passed reauthorization bill would shift authority toward the Commerce ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s postelection statements about working with Democrats have presented the incoming majority with a kaleidoscope to decipher, but some Democratic lawmakers have their doubts.

On the one hand, the Republican president has contended that he can work with House and Senate Democrats after the new Congress is ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors filed a criminal case against a security guard briefly detailed to U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar in what his lawyer said was part of a larger effort to get him under oath to obtain information about the congresswoman.

Abdullahi Mohamud Mohamed, who was briefly assigned as Omar’s security detail on a 2022 trip to ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rep. Doris Matsui’s campaign appeared to endorse a call to deport her congressional opponent Mai Vang by reacting with a heart emoji on a Facebook message — the campaign has since called it accidental.

The campaign deleted the message and its reaction on Wednesday afternoon after questions from The Sacramento Bee. The...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — With thousands more votes still to be counted, Republican Rep. Nick Begich maintained a solid eight-point lead over independent challenger Bill Hill on Tuesday evening in the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat.

Hill, a retired educator and fisherman from Southwest Alaska, said in a statement last week that all votes ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., enters his final weeks in Congress, he is one step closer to another vote on legislation related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A discharge petition led by Massie aimed at extracting more files from the Justice Department has now received enough support to force a vote on the House floor. ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen was among 11 Democrats who missed Tuesday’s high-stakes vote on whether to move forward with impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, an effort that was ultimately blocked by House Republicans.

Fellow Democrats lambasted the absences, which allowed Republicans to block the impeachment effort through a procedural...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House's top lawyer has warned House Democrats that their planned investigations into President Donald Trump could expose them to criminal action, a threat that serves as an early sign of how combative the administration intends to be once Democrats take control of the House in January.

White House counsel Will Scharf ...Read more

In the years leading up to his conviction and sentencing in a London Court on rape and sexual assault charges, comedian-turned-YouTube conspiracy monger Russell Brand enjoyed being welcomed into the elite inner circle of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement.

That included becoming friends with Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is ...Read more