ST. LOUIS — Over a year ago, Missouri voters approved enshrining abortion rights into the state constitution. Lawyers won court cases, blocking clinic restrictions. Providers promised that Missourians could access abortions close to home.

But today, appointments are hard to come by at the three Planned Parenthood clinics — in Kansas City, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Under his suit and tie, Rep. Jared Golden rocks tattoo sleeves. Since coming to Congress, the Maine Democrat’s collection of body art has expanded — a 2018 campaign ad showed just a handful of pieces on one arm, but now both are covered in tats. He has “too many to count” at this point, he said, but more ink is on the ...Read more

It’s understandable that members of Congress try to remain in office for as long as they can: if they worked in the private sector, they’d be fired by now.

As the Hill reported, senators in both parties are bracing for another government shutdown next year after Republicans blocked a proposal to extend expiring health insurance subsidies. ...Read more

President Donald Trump looked to reassure Americans concerned about the rising cost of living by announcing plans to award a special holiday payment to military service members and roll out new housing reforms in the new year.

Trump announced the plans Wednesday during a prime-time address from the White House, which he used to extol his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The dark-money arm of Donald Trump’s sprawling political operation entered 2025 with $84 million in the bank, highlighting the president’s fundraising prowess and offering insight into his war chest ahead of crucial midterm elections.

Securing American Greatness, a 501(c)4 organization, raised $275 million in 2024, according ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With less than a year to go, the 2026 midterm elections are at a crossroads.

Emboldened by the 2024 election results that resulted in full GOP control of Washington, Republicans began the year on a political high, but it’s been rough going since then. President Donald Trump’s job ratings have slipped back into mediocrity, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former special counsel John L. “Jack” Smith sat for a closed-door deposition Wednesday with the House Judiciary Committee, defending his conclusion that President Donald Trump engaged in a criminal effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by CQ Roll Call.

“...Read more

Jack Smith told a congressional committee Wednesday that he found proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump committed crimes as the former special counsel was expected to face harsh grilling by Republicans behind closed doors about his historic investigations.

The deposition was held in private after GOP House Judiciary ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is poised to head into the new year facing several political and economic headwinds that could hamstring Republicans in the coming midterm elections.

As his poll numbers sag and a stubborn economy continues to frustrate voters, Trump is expected to depart Washington on Friday to spend Christmas and New Year...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than 80 members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina sat Wednesday in the Senate gallery watching lawmakers take a vote that was 137 years in the making.

Senators agreed to recognize the tribe and provide full federal benefits in a 77-20 vote. It’s likely that President Donald Trump will sign the bill they passed into ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington, who has beaten challengers backed by Donald Trump in the past two election cycles, is the latest House Republican to announce his retirement.

Newhouse said in a statement Wednesday that he had “no reservations or remorse” as he ends his tenure representing central Washington’s deep-red 4th ...Read more

Covert operations are nothing new for the United States. Throughout its history, the U.S. has overthrown governments it didn’t like, supported insurgencies to complicate the goals of its adversaries and organized coups to subvert politicians perceived as being hostile to American interests.

The list of examples is long: to name just a few, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Five months ago, the story of the first session of the 119th Congress was expected to be the passage of President Donald Trump’s signature policy legislation known as the One Big Beautiful Bill. But that was before the longest partial government shutdown in American history and the intertwined extended absence of the House.

...Read more

Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica will face new restrictions on entry into the United States after President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a partial travel ban to include 15 new countries as of Jan. 1.

In adding the two eastern Caribbean nations to the list, Trump cited concerns about their Citizenship by Investment, or CBI, ...Read more

Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica will face new restrictions on entry into the United States after President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a partial travel ban to include 15 new countries as of Jan. 1.

In adding the two eastern Caribbean nations to the list, Trump cited concerns about their Citizenship by Investment, or CBI, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump added 20 countries to those facing either full or partial travel restrictions Tuesday, in a proclamation that says the U.S. must exercise “extreme vigilance” during the visa and immigration processes for national security.

The proclamation issued Tuesday added five countries and the Palestinian ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is weighing an executive order that would pressure defense contractors to spend less on stock buybacks and dividends while boosting investment in infrastructure and weapons production, a person familiar with the matter said.

The executive order, which President Donald Trump could sign as early as this ...Read more