WASHINGTON — In just the past four fiscal years, Congress appropriated, with virtually no public debate, in excess of $100 billion more than any president sought for more than 2,000 weapons programs, according to a government watchdog group’s database and recent Pentagon reports.

And there is more on the way this year.

House and Senate ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will be praised and feted by the British royal family this week during a rare state visit as his presidency enters a new phase following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk: “Dismantling” left-leaning organizations, creating new heartburn for Democrats.

Top White House officials on Monday ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a stopgap funding bill to tide federal agencies over through the week before Thanksgiving, including an extra $88 million to help provide additional security for officials in all three branches of government and a typical array of “extenders” for programs lapsing Sept. 30.

Speaker Mike ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans unveiled a plan Tuesday to boost congressional security by $30 million, adding that amount to the stopgap spending bill they’re proposing. But discussions about how to keep lawmakers safe are not done, they said.

House Administration Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., said the funds would shore up an existing pool of money ...Read more

President Donald Trump threatened to “go after” ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl as part of a White House crackdown on what it calls hate speech after the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

After Karl asked Trump a pointed question about the line between “hate speech” and “free speech” — in reference to U.S. Attorney ...Read more

ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can no longer oversee the prosecution of President Donald Trump in the 2020 election interference case, according to a decision issued Tuesday by the state’s highest court.

The ruling casts doubt on the future of the last remaining criminal prosecution of Trump. A nonpartisan state ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he would have lowered American flags to half-staff in the aftermath of state Rep. Melissa Hortman’s assassination if Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had asked him to.

Trump, who days after the assassination said it would be a “waste” of time to call Walz about it, made his latest remarks while taking questions from ...Read more

Local authorities in Texas have arrested a Cuban immigrant in the case of a gruesome murder of a motel employee, the latest high-profile criminal case the Trump administration is using to double down on its mass deportation efforts.

Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, admitted to killing Chandra Nagamallaiah with a machete at the Downtown Suites motel...Read more

President Donald Trump promised Sunday night that a Cuban immigrant accused of beheading his manager at a Dallas motel with a machete last week “will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “I am aware of the terrible reports regarding the murder of Chandra Nagamallaiah, a well respected ...Read more

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman this weekend urged Democrats to change their tune when it comes to attacking President Donald Trump as an autocrat, saying that posture won't help them win in the handful of battleground states, like Pennsylvania, that are crucial to taking back the White House.

Fetterman, who has long bucked a previous progressive ...Read more

Democratic former Rep. Yadira Caraveo on Friday dropped her comeback bid in a battleground district in Colorado, citing a bias against mental illness as the reason.

“This was not a decision I made lightly,” Caraveo, who served a single term representing the 8th District, said in a statement. “Unfortunately, I faced very strong resistance ...Read more

President Donald Trump again called for an end to quarterly earnings reports, tapping into a long-running fault line in American capitalism over how much information should be disclosed by public companies.

In a social media post on Monday, Trump echoed comments he made during his first term to end the quarterly reports that companies issue to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers say they want Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to deliver more details about his $30 billion-plus plan to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system before they will provide another funding tranche for the project.

Duffy’s plan appears to have bipartisan support, but a handful of Republicans ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration's settlement proposal to UCLA — which includes a nearly $1.2-billion fine over allegations of antisemitism and civil rights violations — seeks to drastically overhaul campus practices on hiring, admissions, sports, scholarships, discrimination and gender identity, a Times review of the document shows...Read more

WASHINGTON — This week the House aims to pass a stopgap funding bill designed to avoid a government shutdown at least into November, ahead of next week’s recess for Rosh Hashana.

There are only two scheduled session days for Congress the following week, with the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, a day ahead of Yom Kippur. So there’s ample ...Read more

A poll pitting California Gov. Gavin Newsom against President Trump might look like good news for Democrats, but it also underscores how deeply Americans remain trapped in Trump’s shadow.

According to a recent Yahoo/YouGov poll, Newsom would defeat Trump in a head-to-head matchup, with 49% of registered voters choosing Newsom and just 41% ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, a former chair of both the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs committees, said Sunday that he will not seek another term in Congress.

The longtime Republican congressman, currently serving his 11th term representing Texas’ 10th District, made the announcement on ABC News’ “This Week,” ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — California has secured a court order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from barring immigrants living in the country illegally from accessing dozens of federally funded programs, including child care, health care and education services.

As part of the Trump administration’s proposed change, federally funded ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s most concrete step to rein in unprecedented U.S. budget deficits — sweeping tariff hikes — faces the danger of a legal reversal that would put the nation’s finances on an even shakier footing.

Trump and top aides including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have argued that federal borrowing needs will shrink in ...Read more