The election Tuesday of the charismatic socialist Zoran Mamdani as mayor of New York sucked up a lot of media oxygen. Most pundits and editors live there and always exaggerate its importance. But when it comes to political foretelling, New York is merely the capital of New York.

Gotham City is its own peculiar beast with particular problems of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democrats’ hopes of securing control of the Senate next year begin with defending a freshman from a Southern swing state that Donald Trump narrowly carried in 2024.

And Republican efforts to maintain their Senate majority center on a longtime incumbent who has managed to hang on despite representing a state that leans blue.

A ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would look to diversify critical minerals purchases during a meeting with five central Asian countries on Thursday, as the U.S. seeks to address China’s dominance in rare earths critical to advanced technology manufacturing.

“One of the key items on our agenda is critical minerals,” Trump said...Read more

WASHINGTON — Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S secured deals with the Trump administration to slash prices for their blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy in exchange for tariff relief and wider Medicare access.

The deals, announced Thursday at a White House event with President Donald Trump, will make some of the most ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Kim Davis, then the Rowan County clerk, repeatedly refused to sign her name to marriage licenses for unions of gay couples in her Eastern Kentucky county in the summer of 2015, she set off a firestorm that’s still smoldering today.

“For me, this would be an act of disobedience to God,” she told reporters in ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In announcing Thursday she won’t seek another term after nearly 40 years in Congress, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the powerful former two-time House speaker who led passage of major Democratic legislation and proved a formidable adversary to President Donald Trump, said San Francisco must remain “a beacon of hope, justice and ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s re-election bid, calling him, “SMART, STRONG, AND TOUGH.”

Trump presented his endorsement in a post on his media company, Truth Social.

“Joe Lombardo is the strong and very popular Governor of Nevada, a very special place to me in that we had a BIG Presidential ...Read more

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill came out on top in the race for New Jersey governor, defeating President Donald Trump-endorsed Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli.

“They always said we’re loud, but man, with this vote you guys just screamed from the rooftops,” Sherrill said following her win Tuesday. “And people around the country...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kevin Lincoln, the Republican former mayor of Stockton, is switching to run in a new Central Valley congressional district after California voters this week voted to redraw the state’s map.

Instead of again challenging Democrat Rep. Josh Harder in the 9th District, Lincoln will run against Democrat Rep. Adam Gray in the...Read more

WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who scaled the leadership ladder to become the first female speaker of the House, will not seek a 21st term next year, she announced in a video message Thursday.

“I want you, my fellow San Franciscans, to be the first to know: I will not be seeking reelection to Congress. With a grateful ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 51 to 49 Thursday against requiring President Donald Trump to get congressional consent to use U.S. military forces for what Sen. Adam Schiff called “an unauthorized war against Venezuela.”

Schiff, D-California, and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, aim to halt any Trump administration action within Venezuela ...Read more

California airports are expected to be hard hit by a dramatic reduction in flights as the Federal Aviation Administration says it plans to cut air traffic by 10% at 40 airports to maintain travel safety during the government shutdown.

Five of the state’s airports — Los Angeles International Airport, Ontario International Airport, San Diego ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S secured deals with the Trump administration to slash prices for their blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy in exchange for tariff relief and wider Medicare access.

The deals, announced Thursday at a White House event with President Donald Trump, will make some of the most ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former New Jersey Rep. Tom Malinowski is seeking a comeback, announcing Thursday a run to succeed Democratic Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill in the 11th District.

“I’m running to fulfill an oath to the Constitution I first took as a child getting American citizenship, and again as a diplomat standing up to dictators and a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. cuts to flight capacity are set to give many travelers less than 24 hours to find out if their journey has been canceled, potentially creating more disruption for an air travel industry already buckling under the longest government shutdown in history.

With nearly 400 flights already canceled by two of the largest airlines ...Read more

Democratic senators huddled Thursday amid talk of a possible looming compromise with President Donald Trump and his Republican allies to end the government shutdown that is already in a record-setting second month.

Moderate lawmakers were pushing leaders to forge a deal to reopen the government as the pain from the shutdown keeps getting worse ...Read more

President Donald Trump reacted to the news of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s retirement by bashing his political rival as “evil” and “overrated.”

Pelosi, 85, released a video message Thursday, telling her supporters that she’ll leave the House of Representatives after 40 years when her term ends in 2027.

Trump responded to that announcement ...Read more

More than a month into a record-setting government shutdown — a standoff between Republicans and Democrats — many Americans are doubtful a resolution will be found anytime soon, a recent poll found.

The shutdown, which is on its 37th day as of Thursday, making it the longest in U.S. history, has left hundreds of thousands of federal ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California airports are expected to be hard hit by dramatic reduction in flights as the Federal Aviation Administration plans to cut air traffic by 10% at 40 airports to maintain travel safety during the government shutdown.

Five of the state's airports — Los Angeles International Airport, Ontario International Airport, San ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a trailblazing San Francisco Democrat who leveraged decades of power in the U.S. House to become one of the most influential political leaders of her generation, will not run for reelection in 2026, she said Thursday.

The former House speaker, 85, who has been in Congress since 1987 and oversaw both of ...Read more