MINNEAPOLIS — A broad swath of religious leaders packed into a south Minneapolis mosque on Thursday to show solidarity and condemn ongoing attacks from President Donald Trump against Minnesota’s Somali community.

The crowd of more than 50 inside of Umatul Islam Center consisted of imams, pastors, rabbis and leaders from other religions who ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Supreme Court said Thursday that it would allow Texas to use a new congressional map that targets five seats held by Democrats in next year’s midterms.

The brief, unsigned order paused a ruling from a lower court that had found the state’s new map was likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and ordered...Read more

In the high-frequency churn of President Donald Trump’s first term, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s repeated missteps would have fueled guessing games about his imminent firing. In the second, he has maintained White House support — at least for now.

On Thursday, a Pentagon inspector general found that Hegseth risked endangering U.S. ...Read more

On Tuesday, Republican Tano Tijerina kicked off his run in a key South Texas battleground district by highlighting the legal and ethical case against his Democratic opponent, Rep. Henry Cuellar.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced a “full and unconditional” pardon of Cuellar, effectively neutralizing a political attack ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration restricted employment authorization for asylum seekers and other immigrants, the latest bid to increase scrutiny of migrants entering the country.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Thursday limited work permits for asylum seekers and others with temporary legal status to 18 months. Current ...Read more

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa announced Thursday that he would run for reelection next year in his San Diego area district instead of moving to Texas to run in friendly GOP territory.

The announcement follows speculation that Issa was considering relocating to the red state because of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successful campaign to redraw ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday over President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, in a case that could expand the control a president has over the executive branch.

Directly, the Trump administration asked justices to overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is no longer considering leaving San Diego County to run for Congress in Texas, he said Thursday, capping days of speculation about the future of the longest-serving member of the county’s congressional delegation.

The Republican said that he would run for reelection in California after all, following a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has tapped a new architect to help plan his $300 million White House ballroom wing, assigning the former lead designer to a consultant role in the high-profile and controversial project.

Shalom Baranes Associates, a Washington-based architecture firm, will design the ballroom that will be built in place of ...Read more

President Donald Trump gathered the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to sign a peace accord and economic agreements with the U.S., though it’s unclear whether the efforts will resolve a 30-year conflict that continues to fester.

“They’ve spent a lot of time killing each other and now they’re going to spend a lot of...Read more

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa announced Thursday that he would run for reelection next year in his San Diego area district instead of moving to Texas to run in friendly GOP territory.

The announcement follows speculation that Issa was considering relocating to the red state because of Gov. Gavin Newsom's successful campaign to redraw California ...Read more

The immigration process for hundreds in Central Florida and thousands across the country has ground to a stop following the Trump administration’s sweeping directive aimed at immigrants from 19 countries dubbed high-risk.

As the region’s largest of the listed groups, Venezuelans and Haitians awaiting their asylum, green card or ...Read more

President Donald Trump will visit northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday as part of a tour focused on touting his administration's efforts to combat high prices and the work remaining over the next three years.

Full details were not released, but the White House told the Post-Gazette on Thursday that the visit would focus on affordability and ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania plans to introduce a bipartisan bill as early as this week to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies after the prolonged, bitter shutdown battle this fall left the issue unresolved.

Fitzpatrick, a Bucks County Republican, said on Wednesday the bill’s language is “pretty much buttoned up” and has ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As the economy emerges as a likely defining issue in next year's midterm elections, President Donald Trump has wrestled with Americans' rising cost of living, declaring himself the "affordability president," then soon dismissing the issue as something that "does not mean anything to anybody."

At two White House events this week, ...Read more

The Trump administration’s threat to withhold money that Democratic-run states use to administer the SNAP food aid program unless officials release personal information about individual recipients puts 2 million people in Pennsylvania and more than 800,000 in New Jersey at risk of food insecurity.

On Wednesday, New Jersey Attorney General ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 26-24 along party lines Wednesday to advance a bill to overhaul the broadband permitting system.

The permitting bill would set deadlines for state and local governments to approve or deny certain projects, including personal wireless facilities and telecommunications service ...Read more

ATLANTA – A federal judge on Wednesday considered whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging provisions of a 2024 state elections law that changed where homeless voters could receive election mail and strengthened the ability of activists to challenge the eligibility of voters.

The consolidated suit seeks to overturn that voter eligibility ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A group of Democrats in both chambers, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr. of Virginia, is leading opposition to a potential regulatory carve-out from a new minimum tax on corporate profits that critics say could generate an unjustified windfall for big companies.

The Treasury Department and...Read more