Thousands of Americans will soon gather to celebrate April 20 – or “4/20” – the most important day of the year for cannabis enthusiasts.

But this year, a cloud of uncertainty will hang over these celebrations. After years of success, the movement to legalize recreational and medical cannabis has stalled.

It’s a ...Read more

In Latin America, as in other parts of the world, the second Trump administration has adopted an increasingly aggressive policy.

From drone strikes on purported drug traffickers to increased tariffs on imports, and from the blockade on fuel shipments and threats of invasion in Cuba to the Jan. 3 military incursion into Venezuela, the ...Read more

Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives set April 21, 2026, as the date to hear from and question top Pentagon officials Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, and Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, head of U.S. Africa Command, about the war in Iran. But Republican legislators put off the hearing for a month, giving up – for now...Read more

During the first year of his second presidency, President Donald Trump dispatched a chainsaw-wielding billionaire to loudly eliminate more than 300,000 federal jobs in an unsparing attempt to shrink the government.

Now, the Trump administration is quietly hiring again.

Job announcements posted to the federal government’s main hiring portal ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump touted his signature tax cuts at a Las Vegas roundtable discussion Thursday, declaring that the U.S. economy was “booming.”

The president was flanked by local workers who thanked him after he highlighted provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Act,” including increased earnings from the “no tax on ...Read more

Democrat Analilia Mejía, a progressive organizer with ties to labor interests, won Thursday’s special election in New Jersey for the seat formerly held by Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

Mejía was leading Republican Joe Hathaway, the mayor of Randolph Township, 70% to 29% not long after The Associated Press called the race for North Jersey’s 11th ...Read more

Analilia Mejia, a progressive organizer, will replace New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress after winning a special election Thursday night.

Mejia defeated Republican Joe Hathaway, the former Randolph mayor, The Associated Press projected at 8:07 p.m., shortly after polls closed. The 11th District includes parts of Essex, Morris, and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans plan to release a budget resolution next week that would kick-start the process for a reconciliation bill on immigration enforcement funding and help end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, lawmakers said Thursday.

The party is aiming to provide about $70 billion in funding for ...Read more

DENVER — The financial arms race over Colorado’s most-contested congressional district is in full swing, with incumbent U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans amassing a multimillion-dollar war chest as he looks to ward off the three Democrats jockeying to challenge him.

Evans, a Republican, brought in more than $1.2 million during the first three months of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The acting administrator of the Transportation Security Administration gave a strong endorsement of President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal 2027 before a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday, saying proposed privatization and modernization efforts would help ensure the agency has the funds it needs amid ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom quickly called a special election to replace Rep. Eric Swalwell, a gubernatorial hopeful turned Democratic lightning rod who resigned this week from his post in Congress amid a wave of sexual assault allegations that derailed his campaign to lead California.

Swalwell’s constituents in District 14 will ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In the first three months of 2026, state Rep. Chris Rabb raised nearly twice as much as his opponents in Philadelphia’s open congressional race, a significant rebound for his campaign after his former treasurer last year made about $161,000 in unauthorized withdrawals before he reported her to authorities, according to new ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, leading a Pentagon prayer meeting, quoted a fictional bible verse taken from a violent monologue in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film “Pulp Fiction,” originally delivered by actor Samuel L. Jackson just before his character shoots a helpless man to death.

The secretary used the prayer to frame ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Two Democrats raised large sums of money this past quarter as they compete for the Democratic nomination against Pinellas County’s incumbent GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.

Retired Brig. Gen. Leela Gray raised about $565,000 to Luna’s roughly $585,000 during the first quarter of 2026. Luna’s total was split between her ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged that vaccination may have saved the 6-year-old Texas child who died from measles last year, even as he defended the Trump administration’s controversial policies at a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.

Kennedy’s questioning before the House Ways and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is slated to headline a Turning Point USA event Friday in Phoenix as several Arizona Republicans seek the state’s governorship and two competitive House seats in the upcoming midterm election.

Trump’s remarks to a “Build the Red Wall” event at Dream City Church will connect him with young right-...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to take his economic pitch on the road to western U.S. states, as the White House grapples with an increasingly unpopular war with Iran ahead of the November midterm elections.

The president’s trip this week to Nevada and Arizona, two swing states that Trump carried in 2024, reflects a growing ...Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday to extend deportation protections for Haitian immigrants with the help of all three of Miami’s Republican members of Congress, marking a significant victory for advocates but leaving the measure’s future uncertain in the Senate.

The measure, which was pushed by House Democrats ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to take his economic pitch on the road to western U.S. states, as the White House grapples with an increasingly unpopular war with Iran ahead of the November midterm elections.

The president’s trip this week to Nevada and Arizona, two swing states that Trump carried in 2024, reflects a growing ...Read more