ATLANTA — The strained relationship between Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the State Election Board is fraying.

The latest divide came last week when the board, which Democrat and Republican state lawmakers have described as dysfunctional, found out that secretary of state investigators would no longer attend board meetings...Read more

ATLANTA — The strained relationship between Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the State Election Board is fraying.

The latest divide came last week when the board, which Democrat and Republican state lawmakers have described as dysfunctional, found out that secretary of state investigators would no longer attend board meetings...Read more

President Donald Trump is drawing widespread criticism after lashing out at a female reporter who was pressing for information about files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

While speaking to reporters on Air Force One Friday, Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey attempted to ask Trump about the release of the so-called Epstein files, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday voted to disapprove of how Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, D-Ill., announced his retirement, adopting a resolution stating his conduct was “beneath the dignity of his office” and undermined “the process of a free and fair election.”

Led by Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, D-Wash., it was an unusual push...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House calendar for 2026 sets up a potential reprise of the chamber’s extended departure during the recent partial government shutdown.

According to the calendar circulated by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and obtained by CQ Roll Call, the chamber is scheduled to be in session for the first three weeks of ...Read more

DETROIT — A Grand Rapids man convicted of posting threats against U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance online has been sentenced, officials said.

James Donald Vance Jr., 67, was given two years in prison on Wednesday by a U.S. District Judge for threatening to kill or injure the president and vice president as well as ...Read more

President Donald Trump cannot accept defeat.

His psychologist niece explains it in her book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.”

He showed it to the world on Jan. 6 by trying to persuade his vice president to overturn the election he had lost.

The same character flaw explains why he told ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Gray was one of only six House Democrats — and the only one from California — who voted with Republicans in favor of a deal to end the government shutdown, and there was a calculated reason behind that decision.

Gray, a first-term Democrat from the Central Valley, is running for reelection in a majority Latino ...Read more

Donald Trump’s move to endorse a local mayoral candidate is turning Miami’s nonpartisan runoff election into a political referendum on Trump after widespread Republican losses earlier this month in New Jersey, California and Virginia, particularly among Latino voters.

If Democrat Eileen Higgins wins the runoff, she’ll be the first ...Read more

New federal restrictions under the Trump administration could put $41 million in homelessness funding for King County and Seattle at risk — jeopardizing housing for hundreds of households across the region.

On Thursday, the Trump administration announced it would shift money away from data-backed long-term housing strategies and toward short-...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump argued his administration was making process on lowering prices as he faces new political headwinds, pushing back on criticism from Democrats who blame his tariffs for high costs.

Trump touted economic policies he said have drawn trillions in new investments to fuel private-sector job growth and eased the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has scheduled the runoff election to fill an open House seat in Houston for Jan. 31, nearly 11 months after the death of Democratic former Rep. Sylvester Turner.

The race in the 18th District features two Democrats: acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council Member ...Read more

MIAMI — President Donald Trump’s move to endorse a local mayoral candidate is turning Miami’s nonpartisan runoff election into a political referendum on Trump after widespread Republican losses earlier this month in New Jersey, California and Virginia, particularly among Latino voters.

If Democrat Eileen Higgins wins the runoff, she’ll ...Read more

Many prominent politicians and political figures rushed to the defense of Rep. Thomas Massie over the weekend after President Donald Trump lobbed a personal attack against the Kentucky politician and his new wife.

Across party lines, observers online called Trump’s words sick, disgusting, and even “pure evil.”

Trump, in a late Friday Nov...Read more

NEW YORK — New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Monday he wants to meet face to face with President Donald Trump to discuss ways the two leaders can work together for the good of the city.

The incoming mayor confirmed that his staff has reached out to the White House to open lines of communication with Trump’s team and that he hopes to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether the Trump administration can revive a policy from the president’s first term of denying asylum claims by preventing migrants from crossing the border from Mexico.

The Trump administration asked the justices to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a Trump administration appeal that argues migrants have no right to seek asylum at the southern border.

Rather, the government says border agents may block asylum seekers from stepping on to U.S. soil and turn away their claims without a hearing.

The new case seeks to clarify the ...Read more

MIAMI — President Donald Trump has endorsed Emilio González for Miami mayor, adding to the roster of major GOP politicians throwing their support behind the former city manager and deepening the partisan divide that has shaped the officially nonpartisan race ahead of the Dec. 9 runoff election.

“It is my Great Honor to endorse Emilio T. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made clear late Sunday that he wants the House to pass legislation this week that would direct the Justice Department to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender, in a bid to get the issue off the table.

“House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have ...Read more