1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (385+ words) The House Rules Committee has scheduled a meeting on the bill Monday, with a procedural vote likely later in the week that could determine the bill’s fate. Several top Democratic lawmakers have voiced concerns that the measure dramatically expands President…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (947+ words) The war isn’t over, though Trump claims that through bombs and blockade, he has already devastated Iran’s leadership, military and economy. And this week his administration said it would turn its focus to increasing economic pressure — rather than military action…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (387+ words) Given America’s political environment, you would be forgiven for thinking the country has slipped into a dark age of energy recidivism; burning oil, gas and coal left and right; and tossing wind and solar farms on the scrap heap. In…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (248+ words) Former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya won the Minnesota GOP primary for U.S. Senate Tuesday, defeating the Republican Party-endorsed Adam Schwarze, a former Navy SEAL, and the 2024 U.S. Senate candidate and former NBA basketball player Royce White. In a statement Tuesday night Tafoya…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (578+ words) By MICHELLE L. PRICE, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press After failed negotiations forced the delay of a committee vote to advance Blanche’s nomination, Trump suggested he was holding firm against pressure from Republican Sens. John Cornyn and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1217+ words) By JACQUELINE GANUN and WILL WEISSERT “All because of Trump,” he said. It was a message the Republican president repeated while touring a collection of new vehicles, predicting that “it’s amazing what tariffs will do for General Motors” before autographing…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (503+ words) By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and LARRY NEUMEISTER It’s the second time Trump has asked the justices to nix damages awarded by a jury to Carroll, a longtime advice columnist and former TV talk show host. The Supreme Court refused in June…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (552+ words) By DAVID A. LIEB and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM A federal judicial panel has allowed Tennessee to use a new congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis, providing another legal victory for Republicans who hope to gain an additional seat…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (585+ words) By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press The Republican president made the announcement a day after the EU hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros, or $1 billion, after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (496+ words) As President Donald Trump pushes for stricter proof of citizenship laws ahead of the midterms, social media users are falsely alleging that an old clip shows former President Barack Obama telling people in the U.S. illegally to vote in the 2016 election....