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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
Republican leaders abruptly cancelled the planned vote on a measure directing Trump to end the conflict or seek authorization, facing internal opposition and absences.
The economic backdrop that the new Fed chair inherits does not call for the interest rate cuts that President Trump wants.
President's surprise social media announcement reverses Defense Department decision from last week, catching military officials off guard.
President cites ongoing military conflict and "other things" as obstacles to attending Don Jr.'s planned ceremony.
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GOP lawmakers are exploiting a deficit-reduction mechanism to bypass normal spending procedures and push through immigration-related appropriations.
WatchThe Trump retribution campaign claims its biggest scalp yet in the suburban Cincinnati 4th District, after defense secretary Pete Hegseth and pro-Israel super PACs dumped record sums into ads punishing Massie for votes against Israel aid, the 2025 reconciliation bill and the GOP’s Speaker fights.
The acid-tongued Democrat who served 16 terms, chaired the House Financial Services Committee through the 2008 financial crisis and married James Ready in 2012 in the first same-sex marriage by a sitting member of Congress, died Tuesday night at his summer home in Ogunquit, Maine.
WatchThe Trump-endorsed senator and former Auburn football coach defeated Ken McFeeters and Will Santivasci after surviving a residency challenge, while Jones — the last Democrat to win statewide in Alabama — claimed the Democratic nomination in a state Trump carried by 30 points in 2024.
The amended ROAD to Housing Act expands federal home-construction loans, pushes localities to ease permitting and zoning, broadens manufactured housing and softens the Senate's Wall Street investor ban — drawing White House support and only 13 dissenting votes in the chamber.
The veteran community activist believed self-reliance, rather than government programs, was the key to fighting racism and poverty.
Republican senators express anger as the president works to unseat their colleagues, creating more free agents willing to defy him in Congress.
President's preferred candidate ousts Kentucky incumbent while democratic socialist wins Pennsylvania primary with AOC backing.
WatchPresident Trump said Tuesday he halted a planned U.S. military strike on Iran after Saudi, UAE and Qatari leaders called to plead for restraint, while Iran handed Washington a sweeping new offer demanding all war, sanctions and nuclear issues be resolved within 30 days.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the new Justice Department fund — created without congressional approval as part of Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit settlement — in his first appearance before Congress, declining to say whether convicted Capitol attackers could collect.
The bipartisan H.R. 7432 cleared the House without a single dissenting vote Tuesday, codifying the first lady's top legislative priority and delivering the most significant overhaul of the federal Chafee program since it was created in 1999.
The president sided with the embattled state attorney general one week before runoff voting closes, blowing apart Senate GOP leadership's push for Cornyn and putting Paxton on a clear glide path to the Republican nomination.
The expansion makes TrumpRx seven times larger than at its February launch, lists everyday medications like atorvastatin, lisinopril and metformin and is projected to cut out-of-pocket costs for Medicare beneficiaries by up to 12%.
The agreement ends a contentious chapter involving tax investigations that had persisted through multiple election cycles.
WatchFormer Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, backed by President Trump and a flood of pro-Israel ad spending, ousted libertarian Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky's 4th District — the latest GOP incumbent to fall after defying Trump on Iran and Israel.
President snubs four-term incumbent John Cornyn, sparking GOP fears of losing crucial Senate seat to Texas attorney general.
The president faces declining public support while actively campaigning for preferred candidates in key races across multiple states.
Senior Trump-era appointees told FDA scientists their findings had 'messaging concerns,' even as Judge Sara Ellis's March 16 order restoring the old ACIP charter heads to the Seventh Circuit.
Voters in Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Idaho, Oregon and Pennsylvania go to the polls Tuesday in the biggest primary day of 2026, with $1.2 billion in outside spending already deployed.
WatchPete Hegseth headlined an America First Works rally for ex-Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein the day before Tuesday's GOP primary, drawing Hatch Act complaints and underscoring President Trump's drive to purge Republicans he considers disloyal.
President argues "emergency refugee situation" merits bringing more Afrikaners to America as administration reshapes immigration priorities.
Organizers said 75,000 turned out for the official kickoff of the semiquincentennial — a Christian-led worship event featuring 18 evangelical speakers and one rabbi — as Americans United and the ACLU weighed legal action.
The Office of Government Ethics filing — the most detailed look yet at the president's trust trading since he returned to office — shows roughly 58 transactions for every U.S. trading day in companies whose fortunes are shaped by his policy decisions.
President Trump's approval sinks to 37% amid unpopular war and economic concerns, putting Republican prospects in jeopardy according to latest NYT/Siena poll.
The settlement, announced Monday, creates a presidentially appointed commission with sole authority to pay claimants who say they were targeted under the Biden administration — and critics call it an unconstitutional 'slush fund.'
U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan rejected defense requests for more time and scheduled the former FBI director's trial in New Bern, North Carolina, where Comey faces up to 20 years on two threat-in-interstate-commerce counts.