The prevalence of uncontested elections in America—70% of all races in 2024—receives little attention. That’s partly because these races are often for local offices in small districts, but it’s also because many people don’t see these silent elections as a big problem. Some argue the absence of a challenger signals satisfaction with ...Read more

The rows of candies and nuts at the Guadalajara Meat Market — tamarindo con chile, seasoned pistachios, spicy paletas — sat mostly untouched as customers filtered through this carniceria in the late afternoon heat.

"You see a lot of people consuming the minimum, what they need to get by through the week," said owner Carina Murillo, 31, as ...Read more

President Donald Trump responded to a pardon plea from Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer last week after the mistrial, saying the situation is within the state’s jurisdiction.

“It’s a very sad situation,” Trump said in response to a question on the pardon plea in runway video Sunday. “I certainly heard that, but look, it’s a very sad. There...Read more

Some Minnesota companies are investing in new savings plans for their employees’ children called Trump Accounts, which have received bipartisan support despite their name.

Since July 4, employers have had the option to invest up to $2,500 in the accounts intended to help children start saving for future expenses like college, homebuying and ...Read more

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams is one of 38 election officials, many of whom are Republicans, who have filed a brief in opposition to President Donald Trump’s new limits on mail-in ballots.

In March, Trump issued an executive order that requires states to give lists of voters receiving mail-in ballots to the U.S. Postal Service, ...Read more

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright cautioned oil traders against expecting a breakthrough on the Strait of Hormuz as Iran plans to pitch other Gulf countries on a deal for passage through the energy choke point.

“Counting on a consensual agreement with Iran today is certainly not a good bet,” Wright said in an interview on Sunday. He said ...Read more

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright cautioned oil traders against expecting a breakthrough on the Strait of Hormuz as Iran plans to pitch other Gulf countries on a deal for passage through the energy choke point.

“Counting on a consensual agreement with Iran today is certainly not a good bet,” Wright said in an interview on Sunday. He said ...Read more

President Donald Trump defended his remarks calling for the unification of Ireland as “fairly routine,” standing by comments that have sparked a controversy in Northern Ireland.

“I’ve always loved the people of Ireland, and it just seems to me that you have Northern Ireland, and you have Ireland, and it would seem to me that one of the ...Read more

President Donald Trump defended his remarks calling for the unification of Ireland as “fairly routine,” standing by comments that have sparked a controversy in Northern Ireland.

“I’ve always loved the people of Ireland, and it just seems to me that you have Northern Ireland, and you have Ireland, and it would seem to me that one of the ...Read more

President Donald Trump downplayed the growing alarm over risks from artificial intelligence after some of the industry’s leaders called for slowing the pace of development of the technology.

“We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he’d warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting oil refineries in Russia amid strikes that have shut down diesel refining and helped drive prices for the fuel to record levels.

“Mr. Zelenskyy has to do one thing: He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump said Sunday on the...Read more

Christine Lagarde entered France’s presidential election fray at a political gathering on Saturday, as speculation builds that she’ll leave the European Central Bank early.

Her speech in rural Normandy transported her far from the technicalities of setting interest rates, just days after she and her ECB colleagues delivered a second hike to...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and top Republicans made several concrete policy promises during their Dallas midterm convention, but they all face massive headwinds in Congress even if the GOP retains control of both chambers.

In total, the plans add up to tax cuts in at least the hundreds of billions of dollars, alongside more than $1 ...Read more

Anyone who has links to criminal organizations in Haiti should not be allowed to participate in the country’s forthcoming elections, the head of the Organization of American States said Friday, stressing that it is ultimately up to Haitian authorities to determine the eligibility of candidates to run for president, Parliament and local offices...Read more

SEATTLE — A new PAC backed by President Donald Trump is reportedly wading into Washington's hottest congressional race as Republicans try to keep a House majority loyal to the president.

No Going Back PAC has reserved $1.7 million in ad time in southwest Washington's 3rd Congressional District, where Trump-endorsed Republican challenger John ...Read more

In June 2024, during a campaign stop in Las Vegas, then-candidate Donald Trump got a glimpse of the technology that would come to define his second presidential term.

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and then-Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap showed the Republican a preview version of the artificial intelligence startup’s Sora image and ...Read more

News flash: U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is still an embarrassment.

The Pennsylvania Democrat enjoys one of the cushiest jobs in America, but he can’t perform basic duties like voting, attending committee hearings, or meeting with constituents.

Fetterman’s disdain for the job — which comes with a $174,000 annual salary, free healthcare, and ...Read more

President Donald Trump returned to office after campaigning on inflation, immigration, crime, trade, energy independence and foreign wars. Yet several prominent features of his second-term agenda — prediction markets, cryptocurrency derivatives and massive artificial-intelligence data centers — were scarcely discussed during the campaign and...Read more

In his keynote address to the Republican midterm convention on Sept. 9, 2026, President Donald Trump promised that if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, he would authorize a US$5,000 payment to every American adult.

Trump’s offer seems to run afoul of federal laws, which make it a crime to pay for votes.

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