LOS ANGELES — With the Trump administration reportedly in talks to create an anti-fraud task force for California, state Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday vehemently denounced what he described as the administration’s “reckless” and “false” rhetoric about fraud plaguing the state.

At a news conference at the Ronald Reagan State...Read more

MIAMI — Defense attorneys for former Miami-Dade Congressman David Rivera and a political consultant have made their first move to subpoena former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as a witness at their trial on charges of operating as unregistered foreign agents for his government, according to paperwork filed Thursday in Miami federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched a new website to help Americans directly buy select medicines at a discount, seeking to counter cost-of-living concerns that pose a threat to his party in November’s congressional elections.

“Starting tonight, dozens of the most commonly used prescription drugs will be available at dramatic ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick has more cash on hand than any other GOP incumbent in a swing district nationwide as the party prepares for a tough election.

The Bucks County lawmaker raised about $4.3 million in the most recent cycle, more than any other House candidate in the state and the 21st most of all the candidates running ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans have hardly begun negotiations for a deal to overhaul federal immigration enforcement, but they’re already accusing each other of negotiating in “bad faith.”

Before leaving Washington for the weekend, lawmakers checked some business off their list, passing a package to reopen the government after a...Read more

BALTIMORE — A measure that would require special elections be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections to fill Maryland General Assembly vacancies could finally get passed after 18 years since its first introduction, state lawmakers told The Baltimore Sun.

Senate Bill 5, sponsored by Montgomery County ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As some defense hawks eye a massive influx of defense dollars in a possible forthcoming reconciliation measure, initial reactions from defense appropriators and authorizers have been mixed, foreshadowing what could be a rocky road to achieving President Donald Trump’s stated goal of a $1.5 trillion defense budget in 2027.

In ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Reps. Norma Torres and Jimmy Gomez conducted a congressional oversight inspection of the ICE facility in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday amid reports of an undisclosed holding area for immigrant families.

The visits comes three days after a federal court judge granted the lawmakers and others a temporary restraining order,...Read more

Rep. Andy Barr has endorsed Trump-backed primary challenger Ed Gallrein over his longtime colleague Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky 4th Congressional District.

The move comes as Barr is seeking the GOP nomination to the U.S. Senate to fill Sen. Mitch McConnell’s shoes against former Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Lexington tech ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader John Thune warned Thursday that Congress is not close to an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security, signaling that another short-term extension may be the only way to avoid a shutdown as Democrats demand “nonnegotiable” ICE reforms ahead of the Feb. 13 deadline.

The Republicans are ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Thursday mocked House Republicans who he said routinely need presidential attention before they can support GOP bills and roasted congressional Democrats amid ongoing talks about possible immigration enforcement restrictions.

The president struck a noticeably partisan tone in his annual remarks at the National ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sutter County officials are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to choose an earlier date for a special election to fill the rest of Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s term in Congress, which was vacated after the sitting congressman’s death in early January.

County supervisors, in a letter approved this week, asked Newsom to select the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Democratic campaign manager was charged Monday in Chester County with filing fraudulent nomination petitions in the 2024 primary for auditor general, including the forged signature of a Chester County judge, authorities said.

Mariel Kornblith-Martin, 40, of Philadelphia, allegedly filed false nomination petitions when serving...Read more

Far right-wing firebrand Steve Bannon is calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to “surround” polling places in the upcoming midterm elections, a move that would amount to an unprecedented effort to intimidate voters.

The ally of President Donald Trump claimed that ICE agents, who have spearheaded the president’s ...Read more

As an institution that has been watching Ed Martin’s bull plow through various political china shops for two decades now, this page doesn’t mourn his remarkable fall from grace with the Trump administration, as revealed Monday.

Several national publications report that Martin — a former Missouri right-wing gadfly who left a trail of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democrats in New Jersey’s 11th District are voting Thursday — yes, Thursday — to pick their nominee and likely successor to Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who was sworn into her new office last month.

Thirteen Democrats are on the ballot for the special election for the blue-leaning North Jersey seat, though two have since ended ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s detractors have portrayed him as a fascist, dictatorial, freedom-hating fiend. The aggressive ICE arrests and protests in Minneapolis, including two shooting deaths of civilians, only added fuel to the narrative that America was devolving into a police state and Armageddon was on its way.

Then Trump pivoted.

Whether ...Read more

It has been 10 months since President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” import tariff announcement in April. Ultimately, that announcement led to U.S. import tariffs rising to an average of 17 percent, their highest level in 100 years.

It is still too early to draw conclusions as to the overall damage those tariffs might inflict on the ...Read more