The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of Barry Croft Jr., one of the ringleaders of a plot to kidnap and harm Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, meaning he will likely remain in federal prison barring a pardon or commutation from President Donald Trump.

The court's order denying Croft's petition for a writ of certiorari was filed in federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Administration Committee cleared a path for their proposal to curb congressional stock trading, advancing it Wednesday along party lines.

The bill could now get a floor vote in the coming weeks, with Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., saying he would like to move it “soon.”

The measure would ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge appeared open to siding with House Democrats at a hearing Wednesday over a new Department of Homeland Security guidance restricting congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities.

Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia pressed for answers over how the Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Republican chairmen of the Senate’s defense oversight panels, in back-to-back floor speeches Wednesday, made the case for supporting America’s European allies, contrasting with the Trump administration’s approach on key issues.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, sharply...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House easily passed a package of two fiscal 2026 appropriations bills with broad bipartisan support Wednesday, teeing up a second set of long-delayed spending bills for the Senate to consider.

The $76.6 billion package bundles the final negotiated versions of the Financial Services and National Security-State bills for the ...Read more

As President Donald Trump threatens to acquire Greenland, Sen. Chris Coons is boarding a plane to Denmark to push back.

Coons, D.-Del., who opposes the president’s takeover proposal, is bringing a bipartisan group of House and Senate members on a mission to highlight the longstanding relationship between the U.S. and Denmark, which has ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A longtime leading Republican in the California Assembly announced Wednesday he would run in a special election to serve out the term of Doug LaMalfa, the Northern California congressman who died suddenly last week.

Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, opened his campaign touting the support of LaMalfa’s widow, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A leader of the White House’s artificial intelligence strategy offered House lawmakers few details Wednesday on what Congress can expect from the administration’s planned legislative recommendations for a national standard that would seek to preempt state laws.

In December, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that veteran downstate Republican Rep. Mike Bost has standing to pursue a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Illinois’ election law that allows mail-in ballots postmarked or certified by Election Day to be counted up to 14 days later.

The 7-2 ruling, in an opinion authored by Chief ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s high testosterone levels and ability to survive a fast-food diet “full of poison” have left Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in awe.

Days after launching the Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines, RFK Jr. sat down for an interview on the “Katie Miller Podcast,” hosted by the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Iran has become the foreign policy thorn President Donald Trump can’t seem to extract from his proverbial side as lawmakers and leaders from both parties express uncertainty over the president’s promised response to deadly protests there.

Trump flew to Detroit on Tuesday to deliver what he dubbed a “big speech” on the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that candidates for federal offices have the right to file lawsuits that challenge election rules that govern the counting of votes, regardless of their chances of winning or campaign costs.

The 7-2 decision specifically revived a lawsuit from Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., over an Illinois law that ...Read more

DETROIT — A Ford Motor Co. worker who heckled Donald Trump, prompting an obscene gesture from the president, during a Detroit-area factory visit on Tuesday, is at the center of a political firestorm over his exchange.

Video first published by TMZ and confirmed as authentic by the White House captures a person at Dearborn Truck yelling "...Read more

A pair of fundraisers for the Michigan autoworker who drew expletives from President Donald Trump by accusing of him of covering for child sex abuse collected more than $450,000 overnight.

Trump appeared to raise his middle finger and repeatedly say “f--- you!’ to worker TJ Sabula at a Ford-150 plant in Dearborn on Tuesday when the union ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Reps. Doris Matsui and Mike Thompson want to impeach Homeland Secretary Kristin Noem. So do dozens of other Democrats.

They said Wednesday they’re backing an impeachment resolution in the House led by Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill. It appears highly unlikely it will go anywhere in the Republican-run chamber.

The Democrats’ anger ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The outcome of a trial over Missouri’s abortion regulations could ripple far beyond the state, potentially creating new availability for women in the Midwest and South who can’t access abortion close to home.

As a judge weighs the constitutionality of a litany of state restrictions on abortion, the stakes are clear for...Read more

DENVER — Attorneys for discredited Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters will challenge her criminal convictions before the Colorado Court of Appeals on Wednesday, her latest attempt to escape a nine-year sentence after state officials dismissed a would-be pardon from President Donald Trump.

Mesa County jurors convicted Peters, 70, of four ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration enforcement agent in Minneapolis has pushed immigration policy to the forefront in the races for Minnesota governor and U.S. Senate.

For Democrats, the issue has become a flash point in the race for Minnesota’s open U.S. Senate seat, with Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan ...Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will call a snap election early in the parliamentary session starting later this month, in a bid to shore up her leadership and secure a mandate for the new ruling coalition.

Takaichi told officials from the ruling bloc that she will give more details of the dissolution on Jan. 19, according to Liberal ...Read more