WASHINGTON — The Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th District remained close Friday, with fewer than 500 votes separating progressive organizer Analilia Mejia and former Rep. Tom Malinowski and an estimated 6,000 ballots still to be counted.

Still, Mejia’s late emergence into first place Thursday night set the stage for a potential ...Read more

Iran said it agreed with the U.S. to continue indirect talks to de-escalate tensions and avert a military confrontation, with Tehran describing the first day as positive.

Negotiations, mediated by Oman in its capital Muscat, had a “good start,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state TV after the talks concluded for the day. He ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, Nevada’s lone Republican in Congress, announced Friday that he’s retiring at the end of his term in a development that appeared to catch state politicos by surprise.

“I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have strong voice in the federal policy and oversight ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is capping off another week in which he had to qualify many of his bold statements, while keeping his actual policy intentions masked or vague over a tidal wave of presidential words.

The former reality television host has become something of a narrator for his own second term — think a tough-talking, ...Read more

California lawmakers are expressing concern about how the future of Warner Bros. Discovery could affect Hollywood's workforce.

In an open letter addressed to Netflix Chief Executives Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters and Paramount Skydance Corporation CEO David Ellison, U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, and Rep. Laura Friedman, D-California, call...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday deleted from his social media account a video clip depicting former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, following fierce backlash from Democrats and some Republicans who called it racist and urged the president to take it down.

The White House initially defended the ...Read more

CHICAGO — Two leading congressional candidates are taking more and more attacks as the race heats up to represent a district that stretches from Chicago’s South Side, through the south suburbs into central Illinois.

Opponents are focusing on Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller after she landed a large fundraising haul. And they continue ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Longtime House appropriator Mark Amodei, R-Nev., who currently oversees spending for the Department of Homeland Security, announced Friday that he will not run for reelection in November.

“I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have a strong voice in the federal policy and oversight processes...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge was expected Friday to issue a ruling on a request for a temporary restraining order that would require the Trump administration to let federal funding resume for the construction of the Hudson River Tunnel project.

In arguments Friday, the New Jersey attorney general’s office said thousands of construction ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump’s call to nationalize election processes on Monday prompted a bipartisan response from Nevada political leaders this week.

Trump called for Republican officials to “take over” voting procedures in multiple states during a podcast interview — a contradiction to the U.S. Constitution, which gives ...Read more

President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer he would consider restoring funding for the Hudson River Tunnel project if lawmakers backed renaming at least two transit hubs after him, three sources confirmed to the New York Daily News.

In the course of negotiations over the project in recent weeks, sources told the Daily News...Read more

The Democratic primary to replace New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress remained too close too call as of Friday morning, but the early results already signal a major breakthrough for progressives in the state.

Analilia Mejia, a progressive who has worked for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and the Working Families Party, led former U.S. Rep. Tom...Read more

President Donald Trump’s calls this week to “nationalize” elections capped a year of efforts by his administration to exercise authority over state-run elections. The demands now have some state and local election officials fearing — and preparing for — a tumultuous year ahead.

“I don’t think we can put anything past this ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, Nevada’s lone Republican in Congress, announced his retirement Friday morning on his X social media account.

“I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have strong voice in the federal policy and oversight processes,” the 67-year-old Amodei said in the post. “I look forward to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday deleted from his social media account a video clip depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, following fierce backlash from Democrats and some Republicans who called it racist and urged the president to take it down.

The White House initially defended ...Read more

NEW YORK — Progressive Ana Mejia held a slim lead Friday in the crowded Democratic primary race for New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s old seat.

Mejia, a former staffer for Sen. Bernie Sanders, led with about 28% of the vote compared to about 27% for ex-Rep. Tom Malinowski, an early favorite who previously represented a neighboring North ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a measure that would block foreign contributions to Michigan ballot campaigns and election administration.

The bills, which passed the Republican-led House 97-6 and 99-4 on Thursday, aim to close a loophole in the overlap of state and federal laws, which already ...Read more

Iran said it agreed with the U.S. to continue indirect talks to de-escalate tensions and avert a military confrontation, with Tehran describing the first day as positive.

Negotiations, mediated by Oman in its capital Muscat, had a “good start,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state TV after the talks concluded for the day. He ...Read more

Iran and the U.S. held indirect talks on Friday to reduce tensions that have threatened to spiral into war, with Tehran saying the meetings will be the first stage of a longer diplomatic process.

“The consultations focused on creating the appropriate conditions for the resumption of diplomatic and technical negotiations,” Oman’s Foreign ...Read more

After a Trump administration push last year to kill off the existing architecture of NASA’s Artemis program, Congress made moves to save it injecting billions toward funding the pricey, oft-delayed Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.

In the same week NASA had to delay the launch of Artemis II, Congress may now be changing its ...Read more