WASHINGTON — A deal that could end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is poised to head to the House, where Democrats are launching a last-ditch effort to block a spending agreement reached in the Senate that does not address health care costs.

The push comes as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., urged House members on Monday to start...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s idea of mailing $2,000 “dividend” payments from tariffs to U.S. citizens marks a throwback to the stimulus checks distributed during the COVID crisis, with similar economic risks.

After floating the idea of tariff dividend payouts for months, Trump on Sunday offered the specific amount of “at ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized the Trump administration Monday for “doing everything to put America in reverse” and trying “to vandalize California’s leadership” on climate, warning that the country risks losing its competitive edge in the clean energy economy.

The remarks came during his trip to Brazil, where Newsom joined ...Read more

Jimmy Kimmel’s wife, Molly McNearney, got candid about the “tension” she’s felt with her relatives who support Donald Trump.

While speaking on the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast alongside Kimmel, McNearney admitted that her husband’s feud with Donald Trump has made her already tricky family relationships even more difficult.

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is facing mounting pressure to step aside as leader of the Senate Democratic caucus after eight members voted against his wishes Sunday, joining Republicans in a bid to end the longest government shutdown in history.

The vote was just the latest development in a troubling week for the 74-year-old ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — President Donald Trump has pardoned more than 20 people who contributed to the push to overturn his loss in Michigan's 2020 election, providing a sign of support for allies who have faced investigations from state prosecutors.

Late Sunday night, Ed Martin, who is working as the Republican president's pardon attorney, posted a...Read more

WASHINGTON — New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced Monday that she won’t run for reelection next year, opening up a safe Democratic seat that includes Trenton and Princeton.

“I made a commitment years ago to always lead the charge on behalf of those I represent, and I believe I have fulfilled that commitment to the very best of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is scrambling to develop a plan and message on still-high prices after the White House appeared caught off guard by how the affordability issue helped drive Republican losses last Tuesday.

Trump appeared defensive on the matter last week, blaming GOP candidates and lawmakers for talking too little about how...Read more

At a hearing before the Supreme Court last week, a majority of the justices thankfully expressed real skepticism over Donald Trump’s bizarre and clearly illegal effort to utilize an emergency economic powers provision that doesn’t even mention tariffs to institute random tariff rates on pretty much every country in the world, shaking the ...Read more

The Supreme Court has again denied a petition to overturn the right to gay marriage filed by Kim Davis, the embattled former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples and has spent the last decade petitioning courts to grant her relief.

“The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied,” justices wrote in their ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it would hear arguments in a case challenging a Mississippi state law allowing the state to count ballots in federal elections that arrive after Election Day.

Monday’s order came after Mississippi asked the justices to overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that found ...Read more

In a New York Times report on the air traffic control mess Thursday, much skepticism was struck over the flight-cutting actions of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who actually happens to be one of the few really competent members of the Trump administration.

The Times report suggested that Duffy’s motivations were political and that he ...Read more

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping set of preemptive pardons that includes all 18 of his co-defendants in the Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case, a senior Justice Department aide said Monday.

The pardons are largely symbolic, because none of the people named is currently charged in federal court. And they have ...Read more

President Donald Trump has issued federal pardons to Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and a long list of allies who sought to overturn his loss of the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The late-night announcement clears in advance virtually all the prominent engineers of the so-called Stop the Steal plot to keep Trump in power ...Read more

LONDON — The BBC apologized for a misleading edit of remarks by President Donald Trump that featured in a documentary last year, the latest scandal to raise questions about the future of Britain’s national broadcaster.

British Broadcasting Corp. Chairman Samir Shah acknowledged on Monday that the edited footage of Trump’s speech near the...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the most influential voices on the American political left, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, endorsed Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in the race for Minnesota’s open Senate seat, Flanagan’s campaign announced Monday.

Sanders, of Vermont, runs as an independent but caucuses with Senate Democrats and is a magnet for liberal voters in...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — President Donald Trump has pardoned more than 20 people who contributed to the push to overturn his loss in Michigan's 2020 election.

Late Sunday night, Ed Martin, who's working as the Republican president's pardon attorney, posted a list of dozens of names on X with the words, "Important pardon of alternate electors of 2020....Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed without comment a long-shot challenge to the constitutional right to marry for same-sex couples.

The justices turned away an appeal petition from Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who defied the court's landmark decision in 2015 and repeatedly refused to issue marriage licenses to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senators reached a deal Sunday night that will lead to reopening the government — assuming the House goes along with the plan.

The House, however, will first have to dust off the cobwebs that may have accumulated while not meeting for legislative business in almost two months.

House members were notified Sunday night that they...Read more