DETROIT — Bill Bachenberg, a supporter of President Donald Trump and a leader within the National Rifle Association, agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a Michigan lawsuit that alleged he refused to compensate a cybersecurity expert who failed to uncover fraud in the 2020 election, according to a court filing.

A dismissal motion submitted in ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to turn away a request for fast-track review of his sweeping tariffs, saying the justices should give lower courts more time to weigh in.

The filing comes a day after two family-owned businesses asked the court to hear their challenge on an unusually quick schedule, without ...Read more

Senior U.S. officials are preparing for the possibility of a strike on Iran in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign that Washington is assembling the infrastructure to directly enter a conflict with Tehran.

The situation is still evolving and could change, said the people, who requested anonymity to discuss ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Abortion providers spent the weekend in fear they could be targeted by the man charged in the assassination of Minnesota House DFL leader Melissa Hortman and shooting of Sen. John Hoffman.

The more than 40 hours police spent searching were “terrifying” as reports surfaced that the alleged killer had a list of potential ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee used a hearing Wednesday to air questions about the use of the autopen in the Biden administration, a topic the Trump administration has pursued this month.

Conservative lawmakers at the hearing, titled “Unfit to Serve: How the Biden Cover-Up Endangered America and Undermined the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two U.S. House representatives concerned about the conditions detained migrants are facing inside a lower Manhattan courthouse were denied access by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, a day after agents arrested city comptroller Brad Lander inside the same building.

“The question is, why can’t we go in? What ...Read more

President Donald Trump plans to extend for a third time the deadline for Chinese company ByteDance Ltd. to divest the American operations of TikTok, allowing the social media app to keep running in the U.S. while negotiations proceed.

“We’re going to extend it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday. “We’re going to ...Read more

President Trump has endorsed David Ellison’s takeover of Paramount Global — an $8-billion merger that has been complicated by his $20-billion lawsuit over CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

On Wednesday, Trump was asked about the hold-up in the federal review of Skydance’s takeover of the storied entertainment company. The question came as ...Read more

As tensions boil over in the Middle East, a new poll finds most Americans doubt President Donald Trump’s ability to steer the nation through a global crisis.

The YouGov/Economist survey, conducted June 13 to 16, asked respondents “are you confident in Donald Trump’s ability to deal wisely with an international crisis, or are you uneasy ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House GOP leaders had a brief scare last week when they had to go back and fix several pages in their mammoth budget reconciliation bill that passed before Memorial Day.

That “privilege scrub” process, necessary to preserve a reconciliation bill’s filibuster-proof status in the Senate — is often confused with the “Byrd ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congress is on the verge of passing legislation that would require millions of Medicaid beneficiaries across the nation to prove they are working to receive benefits, posing a massive challenge for states that would be required to act quickly with limited resources.

The requirements, a prominent feature of Republicans’ budget ...Read more

The “No Kings Day” protests turned into a celebration of freedom and democracy, while President Donald Trump’s military-style dictator day parade was a costly flop with empty seats and a president who looked bored by the lack of goose-stepping and adulation.

Meanwhile, more than five million marched in events held in cities and towns ...Read more

As a lifelong marketer and Consumer Behavior professor, it’s interesting to observe how people’s opinions change as details of an issue become more apparent. Behavioral change – once information and knowledge increase – is common among people who are open-minded, educated, and critical thinkers.

For example, a YouGov/Economist poll ...Read more

During his 10 years as a dominant political force, President Donald Trump has thrived on chaos and with his harsh and cruel vitriolic language and actions against anyone he dislikes or scorns, he encourages division, the opposite of what leaders should do.

This nasty atmosphere encourages hatred and extremism and it has contributed to a culture...Read more

The city of Miami has moved one step closer to postponing the upcoming November election without voter input.

On Tuesday night, the Miami City Commission voted 3-2 in favor of switching the city from odd- to even-year elections, pushing forward a proposal that entails moving the November election to 2026 and giving the city’s current elected ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina state Rep. Julie von Haefen apologized Tuesday evening on the floor of the state House of Representatives after her controversial social media post following Saturday’s No Kings protest.

The Face book post by the Apex Democrat contained a video with an image of a protester holding a sign with a guillotine ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two family-owned toy companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider striking down many of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, putting a high-stakes fight with worldwide economic implications before the justices for the first time.

The request filed Tuesday seeks to put the case on an expedited track with the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with his national security team in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the escalating Middle East conflict, according to people familiar with the matter, fueling fresh speculation that the U.S. is on the verge of joining Israel’s attack on Iran.

The meeting lasted more than an hour, and White House ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with his national security team in Washington for more than an hour on Tuesday to discuss the escalating Middle East conflict, according to people familiar with the matter, fueling fresh speculation that the United States is on the verge of joining Israel’s attack on Iran.

Trump spoke with Israeli ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In the wake of the political violence in Minnesota over the weekend, congressional lawmakers are coalescing around two messages: Elected officials need to turn down the rhetoric, and they need more money to tighten security.

The first has been a refrain for much of the Trump era, as Capitol Police have recorded a steep jump in ...Read more