Senate advances renewal of key US surveillance program as detractors seek changes
The Senate has advanced legislation that would reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance tool as lawmakers and the Biden administration rushed to tamp down fresh concerns about the program violating Americansโ civil liberties.
Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case
Donald Trump has lost a bid to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington.
House leaders toil to advance Ukraine and Israel aid. But threats to oust speaker grow
House congressional leaders are toiling on a delicate, bipartisan push towards weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies.
Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
A Democrat who served one term representing southeast Wisconsin in Congress in the 1990s before going on to become a leader in the Assembly and state revenue secretary announced Thursday that heโs running for Congress again.
Democrats clear path to bring proposed repeal of Arizonaโs near-total abortion ban to a vote
Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the stateโs near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the stateโs highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the long-dormant statute.
Biden is off on details of his uncle's WWII death as he calls Trump unfit to lead the military
President Joe Biden has misstated key details about his uncleโs death in World War II as he honored the manโs wartime service and said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief.
Trump lawyers say Stormy Daniels refused subpoena outside a Brooklyn bar, papers left 'at her feet'
Donald Trumpโs legal team says it tried serving a subpoena on Stormy Daniels as she arrived for a screening of her documentary at a gay bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor and hush money trial figure refused to take it and walked away.
Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary
The Senate has dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border and ending his trial before arguments even began.
NPR suspends editor who criticized his employer for what he calls an unquestioned liberal worldview
National Public Radio has reportedly suspended a veteran editor who wrote an essay for an outside outlet that criticized his employer for what he says is an unquestioned liberal point of view.
2 Orange County Black community leaders may face off in Florida Senate race. Why some say itโs a win-win
With two months to go before the deadline to qualify to run for office, a Florida Senate seat in Orange County is shaping up to be a battle between two heavyweights in the Black community.
Bidenโs latest plan for student loan cancellation moves forward as a proposed regulation
President Joe Bidenโs latest plan for student loan cancellation is moving forward as a proposed regulation, offering him a fresh chance to deliver on a campaign promise and energize young voters ahead of the November election.
DeSantis signs sweeping education bill with book challenge changes in Jacksonville
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping education reform bill that includes, among other things, limits on the number of book challenges a person can make if they are not a parent of a student in a school district.
Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist
President Joe Biden has made a nostalgic return to the house where he grew up in working-class Scranton, kicking off three days of campaigning across Pennsylvania by calling for higher taxes on the rich and casting Donald Trump as an out-of-touch elitist.
Indiana limits abortion data for privacy under near-total ban, but some GOP candidates push back
Some Indiana Republicans in key campaigns for office are fighting for access to detailed abortion reports that the health department stopped releasing to protect patient privacy under a near-total ban on the procedure.
The Latest | First day of Trump's hush money trial adjourns with no jurors selected
The first day of Donald Trumpโs historic hush money trial has ended after hours of pretrial motions and an initial jury selection process that saw dozens of prospective jurors excused after they said they could not be fair or impartial.
DeSantis signed Florida education bill that includes book complaint changes
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping education reform bill that includes, among other things, limits on the number of book challenges a person can make if they are not a parent of a student in a school district.
The Civil War raged and fortune-seekers hunted for gold. This era produced Arizona's abortion ban
The near-total abortion ban resurrected last week by the Arizona Supreme Court dates to 1864, a time when gold-seekers were moving in, dueling had to be regulated and settlers were increasingly encroaching on tribal lands.
Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would govern
Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would govern: The presidential candidates have conflicting ideas about how much to reveal about their own finances and the best ways to boost the economy through tax policy.
Trump's historic hush money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked
The historic hush money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.
A Pittsburgh congressional race could test Democrats who have criticized Israel's handling of war
An election this month in Pittsburgh and some of its suburbs is emerging as an early test of whether Israelโs war with Hamas poses political threats to progressive Democrats in Congress who've criticized the conflict.
โYes on 4โฒ rally held in Orlando as Florida justices tee up ballot measure to codify abortion rights
The โYes on 4โณ campaign kicked off with a rally in Orlando about two weeks after Floridaโs Supreme Court ruled to allow a November ballot measure on making abortion rights part of the stateโs constitution.
Trump goes after the judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial begins
Former President Donald Trump lit into New York prosecutors and the criminal hush money case they brought against him during his last rally before what he called a โcommunist show trialโ begins Monday.
Biden tells racial justice meeting, 'We've kept our promises,' as he looks to energize Black voters
President Joe Biden has virtually addressed the Rev. Al Sharptonโs racial justice conference, telling a sympathetic crowd โweโve kept our promisesโ as he ramps up efforts to energize Black voters who will be vital to his reelection bid this fall.
How a Black conservative activist arranged Donald Trump's stop at an Atlanta Chick-fil-A
Donald Trump's visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant location in Atlanta near the campuses of prominent historically black colleges and universities electrified conservative media at a moment when Republicans hope to make inroads with Democrats' most committed voting bloc.