WASHINGTON — The Senate will return next week to wrap up business before the November midterm elections, seeking to take action on an affordability issue and score a political win for an endangered Republican incumbent.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Thursday that a wide array of bills could potentially come to the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court has rebuffed a Trump administration effort to dictate how homeless service organizations in Los Angeles can seek millions of dollars in funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The ruling released Thursday also frees up federal funding that already had been approved but not ...Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro are deadlocked less than two weeks before Brazil’s election, a new poll showed, following fresh revelations about the challenger’s ties to a jailed banker at the center of a massive fraud scheme.

Lula would win 47% to Bolsonaro’s 45% in a runoff scenario, according to a Datafolha ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democratic leaders filed a lawsuit Thursday aiming to prevent the Trump administration from following through on statements that they are considering sending armed federal agents to polling places in November.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by Senate Minority Leader Charles E...Read more

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that removes President Trump’s ban on three news outlets from White House grounds, a rebuke of the administration’s most severe attack yet on the Washington press corps.

Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were still denied access to the White House early Thursday, as the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan duo of senators from Michigan and Ohio fell short of getting unanimous support for a bill banning Chinese vehicles from the United States, but they expressed optimism about passing the legislation in the days ahead.

"We've sent out the bill to all of our colleagues, and by a very, very strong majority, they have come...Read more

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that removes President Donald Trump’s ban on three news outlets from White House grounds, a rebuke of the administration’s most severe attack yet on the Washington press corps.

Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were still denied access to the White House early Thursday. ...Read more

Tens of thousands of Americans continue to lose access to food assistance each month, even as Congress debates slowing down major cuts to federal food stamps.

New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows more than 330,000 Americans lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, between May and June, the latest ...Read more

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore journalists’ access to the White House on Sept. 24, 2026. As he had in a similar case in 2018, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly decided the revocation of the reporters’ press passes likely violated their Fifth Amendment right to due process.

His decision ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday it will not change its stance that the state General Assembly wrongfully tried to impeach Lexington Judge Julie Muth Goodman.

Facing significant criticism from Republican lawmakers over decisions she made in court, Goodman was impeached by the Kentucky House earlier this year. The ...Read more

Most Americans know that in all criminal cases – those filed by the government against an accused individual – the defendant has a constitutional right to a lawyer. The Supreme Court established this right in 1963 in the landmark case Gideon v. Wainright.

What many people may not know is that no such right exists in civil cases. ...Read more

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that removes President Donald Trump's ban on three news outlets from White House grounds, a rebuke of the administraton's most severe attack yet on the Washington press corps.

But the showdown is far from over. Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were still denied access to the...Read more

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that removes President Donald Trump's ban on three news outlets from White House grounds, a rebuke of the administraton's most severe attack yet on the Washington press corps.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said in his ruling that the administration's ban is likely unconstitutiona...Read more

President Donald Trump has often sparred effectively with the mainstream media outlets. His latest skirmish, however, is a misstep.

On Friday, Trump announced that CNN, MS NOW and Politico were no longer welcome in the White House. He justified this decision by writing on Truth Social that they constantly report “fake news.”

Over the ...Read more

“You can’t debate a liar.” That’s the rationale given by Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Jolly, who announced earlier this week that he would not participate in a debate with Byron Donalds, his GOP counterpart.

We vehemently disagree. In fact, face-to-face debate is often one of the best ways to challenge a rival on their beliefs...Read more

GOLIAD, Texas — Standing on a stage draped with patriotic bunting in this red pocket of the Lone Star State, Bobby Pulido prodded the audience of several hundred to look past the “D” next to his name.

Pulido, a Tejano singer who has two Latin Grammy Awards and broad name recognition across South Texas, is the Democratic nominee for a ...Read more

There may never be a more favorable setup for a midterm election cycle than the current iteration.

As we roll into the thick of this year’s fall campaigns, Democrats are all wringing their hands about taking Congress back. We will get the House, they stoutly declare, then add a frail whisper that the Senate could be a long shot.

The ...Read more

President Donald Trump denounced reporting by MS NOW that administration officials have floated attaching his name to Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where an assassin killed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

“The story that the White House, or me, want to affix my name to Ford’s Theater, in Washington, D.C., where Abraham Lincoln was ...Read more

A phrase used repeatedly through the years is that “the road to the White House runs through North Carolina.”

But in 2026, the road to control of the U.S. Senate starts in North Carolina, seen by many as the most likely state to flip party control in November.

Which helps explain why President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance ...Read more