DENVER — Democrat Eileen Laubacher declared victory Monday in her race against U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a polarizing crusader for the Make America Great Again movement whose apparent defeat in Colorado’s most conservative district is the latest fallout of the blue wave that crashed over President Donald Trump’s coalition last week.

While...Read more

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is throwing his support behind the United Nations-authorized Gang Suppression Force, warning Monday that the latest international effort to wrest control of Haiti from the powerful grip of criminal gangs must succeed because Washington has run out of other options.

“If the Gang Suppression Force effort ...Read more

WASHINGTON — LaKesha Womack faced towering odds as an underfunded Democrat making her first run for public office in a North Carolina district that Donald Trump carried by 15 points two years ago.

But as early voting surged in mid-October, she sensed she might pull off an upset over Republican Rep. Tim Moore, the influential former speaker of...Read more

The anonymous satirical art activist group Secret Handshake is at it again — this time erecting a giant golden statue of a seated President Trump rubbing a bare foot. Titled "The Foot Soldier," the statue pokes fun at the president's famous bone spurs — a diagnosis he received in 1968, which led to a medical exemption during the Vietnam War....Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., took to the House floor Monday to unveil a resolution that would impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and a vote on the issue could occur by Wednesday.

A draft resolution that Massie read aloud on the House floor on Monday accused Hegseth of eight violations of law or the Constitution, including that...Read more

Abortion advocates are hopeful that Texas’ newly elected Democratic leaders could mean the state could enact more exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Here’s where the laws currently stand, and what could change when the new leaders, including Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa, are sworn in.

What do current Texas abortion laws say? ...Read more

Democrat Eileen Laubacher declared victory Monday in her race against U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a polarizing crusader for the Make America Great Again movement whose defeat in Colorado’s most conservative district is the latest fallout of the blue wave that crashed over President Donald Trump’s coalition last week.

While the Associated ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump offered full-throated support for Pete Hegseth, signaling that the embattled defense secretary’s job was safe for now amid a congressional effort to impeach him for his conduct of the Iran war.

Republican Representative Thomas Massie introduced a measure on Monday to impeach Hegseth, roughly one week ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take on a civil rights case filed by residents of Poppleton in West Baltimore who challenged the city’s eminent domain taking of homes under a 20-year-old, failed agreement with a developer.

The Poppleton Now Community Association and six residents filed the lawsuit in August 2024, alleging Baltimore�...Read more

After initially congratulating Democrats on their midterm wins, which he said he was "absolutely willing to accept," President Donald Trump posted a baseless missive to social media about not trusting early ballot totals or voting machines.

"Does anybody really believe that this 'Election' was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong???" he ...Read more

NEW YORK — A state lawmaker is drafting a bill to potentially block New York’s participation in President Donald Trump’s Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program — seemingly against the wishes of Gov. Kathy Hochul.

State Sen. John Liu, D-Queens, chair of the New York City education committee, on Monday said he plans to introduce ...Read more

WASHINGTON — What happens when more than 100 members-elect descend on Capitol Hill a week after Election Day?

As Rep.-elect Dan Koh, D-Mass., put it, “It really is like high school — but it’s fun high school.”

Trainings and guest speakers aren’t everyone’s idea of a fun time, but Democrats are feeling good about this year’s new...Read more

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a measure to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, roughly one week after the unpopular Iran war the Pentagon chief championed fueled a midterm defeat for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party.

Massie launched his new bid to oust Hegseth as the House of Representatives resumed work ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal over a lawsuit brought by the mother of Ricky Cobb against the Minnesota state troopers involved in his shooting death more than three years ago on Interstate 94.

The decision brings finality to the extensive criminal and civil legal maneuvers against troopers Ryan Londregan and Brett ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has briefed top lawmakers on a growing national security crisis around the world’s leading chipmaker, Nvidia, after its chief executive, Jensen Huang, admitted over the weekend to an extramarital affair with a suspected Chinese spy.

Senior U.S. intelligence officials briefed the Gang of Eight — ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to build a border wall through the scenic and rugged Big Bend sector of west Texas.

The justices on Monday granted an emergency appeal from Trump's lawyers and set aside a judge's order that had paused further construction along a 517-mile section of the Rio ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a measure to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, roughly one week after the unpopular Iran war the Pentagon chief championed fueled a midterm defeat for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party.

Massie launched his new bid to oust Hegseth on Monday as the House of Representatives ...Read more

When the voice came over the plane’s PA system, it seemed familiar yet surprising: “Hello, everybody.”

“What?!” a passenger shouted, shocked. Others laughed and rose from their seats as former President Barack Obama appeared in person and welcomed the airplane of veterans to Washington before Veterans Day in 2025. They had ...Read more

There were lots of surprises on the evening of Nov. 3 when the picture of the Democratic midterm success began to be painted on network news touch screens.

The maps kept getting bluer. Eventually, it was clear that this was not an ordinary midterm cycle when the party out of power slaps the wrist of the sitting president and his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Constitution protects the rights of Americans but normally does not allow them to sue federal agents for violating those rights.

This rights vs. remedies dispute has divided the Supreme Court for nearly 50 years.

It did so again Monday when the justices heard arguments on whether to throw out a lawsuit brought by a federal ...Read more