DENVER — Six county clerks again urged Gov. Jared Polis to refuse a federal request to transfer Tina Peters into federal custody Tuesday, with one official arguing that the governor’s silence on the request was “deafening” and “offensive.”

“This issue absolutely transcends politics,” the official, Boulder County Clerk Molly ...Read more

A majority of Latino adults disapprove of President Donald Trump’s job performance and his policies on immigration and the economy, according to a new Pew Research Center report that offers insight on the shifting opinions of a key voter demographic that Trump made inroads with in 2024.

The study, published Monday, offers a glimpse into how a...Read more

MIAMI — Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick surrendered to authorities Tuesday on charges of stealing a $5 million overpayment of federal disaster relief funds to her family’s health care company — and then using some of that money to funnel $1.14 million to her 2021 congressional campaign and purchase a 3.14-carat yellow ...Read more

A California congressman and candidate for governor filed a lawsuit against a top Trump administration official Tuesday, alleging that a slew of mortgage fraud investigations into top Democrats violate privacy laws and are illegal political retaliation.

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., announced his campaign for governor last week and on Monday ...Read more

MIAMI — Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick surrendered to authorities Tuesday on charges of stealing a $5 million overpayment of federal disaster relief funds to her family’s health care company — and then using some of that money to funnel $1.14 million to her 2021 congressional campaign and purchase a 3.14-carat yellow ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Gobble and Waddle are free.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned the North Carolina-bred turkeys that he said he wanted to name “Chuck and Nancy,” a holiday season dig at two longtime Democratic foes: Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi of California.

“But then I ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami residents will have a chance to weigh in on Donald Trump’s plans to build a billion-dollar high-rise legacy project adjacent to the Freedom Tower after Miami Dade College’s Board of Trustees decided Tuesday to take a new, publicly noticed vote on transferring its land for the project.

The college’s attorneys had been ...Read more

MIAMI — Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is scheduled to surrender to authorities Tuesday on charges of stealing a $5 million overpayment of federal disaster relief funds to her family’s health care company — and then using some of that money to funnel $1.14 million to her 2021 congressional campaign and purchase a 3.14-...Read more

ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she is resigning from Congress after a very public and bitter falling out with President Donald Trump.

Once Greene steps down in early January, Gov. Brian Kemp will set the dates for a special election to determine who will serve the remainder of her two-year term representing Georgia�...Read more

President Donald Trump’s tight grip on the GOP, long assumed to be an inevitable feature of American life (like gravity or the McRib’s seasonal return), has started to loosen.

Republicans are now openly defying him. The man who once ruled the GOP like a casino boss can’t even strong-arm Indiana Republicans into gerrymandering themselves ...Read more

On Nov. 5, the Supreme Court convened what may be one of the most important trade cases of this generation.

Justices across the ideological spectrum carefully probed whether a president may deploy sweeping import duties under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The outcome will resonate well beyond tariffs. It strikes...Read more

Minnesota’s Republican congressional delegation and state lawmakers are calling on the U.S. Attorney’s office to investigate whether fraud schemes helped fund terrorism after President Donald Trump pledged that he would end temporary legal protections for Somali immigrants in Minnesota.

Trump’s move and GOP calls for an investigation come...Read more

The Chicago Teachers Union has agreed to submit complete financial audits to the House Committee on Education and Workforce following a probe by policymakers.

The Republican-led committee issued a letter Thursday to CTU President Stacy Davis Gates requiring the union to submit meeting minutes documenting any member requests for audits since ...Read more

Members of Minnesota’s Karen community are at risk of being sent back to Myanmar after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Monday it was ending temporary asylum protections for the country’s citizens.

The department, under the direction of President Donald Trump, announced it was terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) ...Read more

Days after announcing she’ll leave the House of Representatives at the start of the new year, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she expects the Democratic party to take control of Congress in 2026.

“Now that House members are switching gears into campaign mode and will be fighting for their lives, our legislative majority has been ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Members of the House will soon have access to up to $20,000 a month to pay for personal security while they’re off the Hill — doubling the monthly amount currently available — and access to a mobile duress system, according to the House sergeant-at-arms.

Sergeant-at-Arms William McFarland announced the enhancements Monday ...Read more

MIAMI — A lawsuit over whether Miami Dade College violated Florida’s public transparency laws when it voted to transfer land to the state for Donald Trump’s presidential library is set to go to trial next August, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge announced Monday.

In a ruling, Judge Mavel Ruiz shot down an effort by the college’s lawyers...Read more

President Donald Trump’s Friday night announcement that he’s ending temporary protected status, or TPS, for Somalis living in Minnesota has officials scrambling to figure out what to do.

His announcement comes as the Department of Homeland Security just announced it’s ending the protected status of citizens from Myanmar, formerly known as...Read more