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

WASHINGTON — The Senate released the Medicaid portion of President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” this week, proposing steep cuts to the health care program amid pushback from moderate members.

“I’m shocked,” Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, told reporters on Tuesday. “It needs work.”

“It pares down 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 over an hour and the White House ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was meeting 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.

Before gathering his advisers in the White House ...Read more

President Trump has flip-flopped again on mass deportation by ordering the resumption of raids targeting work sites in the agriculture and hospitality industries, just days after officials halted them under pressure from big business.

Trump’s Department of Homeland Security reversed the brief pause in raids on farms, meatpacking plants and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has talked and maneuvered himself into a policy stance on the Israel-Iran conflict with no clear strategic objectives and a slew of contradictory words and actions.

After some hesitation, his backing of Israel has made some loud opinion-makers in his MAGA movement anxious, and some followers are worried he�...Read more

On the subject of abortion, men and women have never been more divided, according to new polling.

A recent Gallup survey revealed record gender gaps among Americans when it came to opinions about the politics, legality and morals of abortion, an issue that has long sparked significant disagreement.

The poll — which sampled 1,003 U.S. adults ...Read more

Americans are divided over the “No Kings” protests, which were held across the country on Saturday, according to new polling.

The demonstrations — which coincided with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday and the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade in Washington, D.C. — were a response to what organizers called the president’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Israel and the United States are ratcheting up pressure on Iran, sparking fresh speculation that Washington could be preparing to join in the attack launched by its closest Middle East ally.

President Donald Trump said he wants a permanent end to Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon, after an early departure from the Group of Seven ...Read more

DETROIT — Progressive U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is backing a Michigan state lawmaker who is trying to unseat two-term U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar of Detroit.

Sanders said Tuesday that he's endorsing state Rep. Donavan McKinney, who is running for Congress in Michigan’s 13th District, because he's taken on special interests in the ...Read more

President Donald Trump will not call Gov. Tim Walz in the aftermath of the deadly shootings in Minnesota that killed a Democratic legislator and injured another, saying it would be a waste of his time.

“I’m not calling him,” Trump said when asked, the Associated Press reports. He then proceeded to call Walz “slick” and “whacked out....Read more

WASHINGTON — Iowa Democrat Christina Bohannan, who lost to Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks by 799 votes last year, is launching a third run for the battleground seat, hoping a more favorable political climate will push her to victory.

“Mariannette Miller-Meeks has had three terms in Congress – three chances to do right by the ...Read more

The U.S. population includes an estimated 65.2 million Latinos, nearly a quarter of whom call California home. For over a century, Latinos were absent from the state’s two U.S. Senate seats.

In 2022, Sen. Alex Padilla reversed the willful neglect of Latino senatorial candidates by both major political parties, winning 61.1% of the vote, more...Read more

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is indeed Big. But Beautiful it is not. The massive bill he is touting as the best thing to ever happen to America would be, no exaggeration, one of the worst pieces of legislation to come along in the modern era.

Take a seat if you don’t already have one so we can count the ways.

Many prior ...Read more

It was exactly 10 years ago today that Donald Trump rode the escalator from the lobby of Trump Tower into the basement and changed the country forever.

Having known him well for decades as a local real estate promoter who was cast into a reality TV show where he of multi-bankruptcies played at being a business genius, we were not impressed by ...Read more

Americans are divided over the “No Kings” protests, which were held across the country on Saturday, according to new polling.

The demonstrations — which coincided with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday and the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade in Washington, D.C. — were a response to what organizers called the president’s ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Next month, the NAACP will host its national convention in Charlotte, but for the first time in its 116-year existence a sitting U.S. president will not be invited.

That declaration came from Derrick Johnson, the organization’s president and CEO who shared his remarks Monday to about 50 supporters, board members and media ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Joseph D. Morelle has fielded a torrent of calls in the days since one Minnesota legislator and her husband were shot and killed, and another and his wife were seriously injured.

The highest-ranking Democrat on the House Administration Committee said he’s been in touch with the Capitol Police and sergeant-at-arms, as well as ...Read more