Florida state Rep.-elect Emily Gregory is the latest face of Democrats' optimism after she won a special legislative election in President Donald Trump's home state House district
March 25, 2026The Kennedy Center says Bill Maher will win the prestigious Mark Twain humor prize
March 26, 2026A new AP-NORC poll shows that while President Donald Trump maintains deep support among Republicans, he risks frustrating his supporters if the U.S. gets involved in a prolonged war
March 26, 2026Bill Maher to receive Mark Twain Prize at Kennedy Center after White House denied reports
March 26, 20266 big questions at CPAC 2026
March 26, 2026The other part of history demolished with the East Wing: a Jackie Kennedy legacy
March 25, 2026Conservatives are holding one of their largest annual gatherings as President Donald Trump faces a tough moment and a growing rift over the Iran war
March 25, 2026The White House says President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a rescheduled summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15
March 25, 2026A top House Democrat says President Donald Trump showed off a classified map on a 2022 flight to his New Jersey golf club and held onto a record from his first term that was so sensitive only six people would have had access to it
March 25, 2026Democrat Emily Gregory has won a special election for a Florida state House seat, flipping a district that is home to President Donald Trump’s estate, Mar-a-Lago
March 25, 2026President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice
March 24, 2026U.S. stock indexes slipped and gave back some of their rallies from the day before, while oil prices got back to rising
March 24, 2026Supreme Court debates what ‘arrives in’ the US means as it scrutinizes former asylum seeker policy
March 24, 2026Speculation is mounting about who, if anyone, might replace Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for change in Cuba’s leadership
March 25, 2026The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a new Justice Department division focused on prosecuting fraud over critics’ concerns of potential political pressure to target White House opponents
March 25, 2026Trump says US talking with ‘respected’ figure in Iran. It may be a war veteran with a record of suppressing dissent
March 24, 2026How Matt Floca went from being ‘in charge of HVAC and toilets’ to leading the Kennedy Center
March 24, 2026The Senate has voted to confirm Markwayne Mullin as the new secretary of Homeland Security
March 23, 2026Markwayne Mullin confirmed to lead a DHS in turmoil
March 24, 2026Trump said he was glad Robert Mueller died. Fox News never mentioned his comment on TV
March 23, 2026President Donald Trump is cycling through what seems to be an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz
March 23, 2026Cuba has begun restarting its power grid after another nationwide blackout left millions without electricity
March 22, 2026Tom Kean Jr.'s bid for a third term representing New Jersey's 7th Congressional District offers a window into the larger battle for control of the narrowly divided House
March 21, 2026Democrats are starting to treat Vice President JD Vance, not Donald Trump, as their number one focus among Republican leaders
March 22, 2026President Donald Trump says he'll order federal immigration officers to take a role soon in airport security unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security
March 22, 2026President Donald Trump took the United States to war without a vote of support from Congress
March 21, 2026The Senate has blocked a proposal that would ban transgender athletes from playing in women’s sports
March 22, 2026White House denies Bill Maher will receive Mark Twain Prize after sources say he was offered the honor
March 21, 2026President Donald Trump has issued an executive order barring College Football Playoff and other postseason games from airing during the annual Army-Navy matchup in December
March 21, 2026President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s diverging language on Israel’s decision to attack a critical Iranian gas field marks the most notable difference of opinion between the two leaders since the start of the war against Iran
March 20, 2026There appeared to be some tension as President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answered questions from White House reporters about Japan’s support for the Iran war
March 19, 2026A federal arts commission has approved the design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing President Donald Trump's image to celebrate America's 250th birthday
March 20, 2026Commemorative Trump coin should be ‘as large as possible,’ key commission says in granting design approval
March 20, 2026GOP senator warns gutting Senate filibuster to pass SAVE America Act is a ‘foolish and lazy idea’
March 20, 2026President Donald Trump this week said he believes he’ll have “the honor of taking Cuba” soon
March 19, 2026Markwayne Mullin has moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump’s next homeland security secretary
March 19, 2026President Donald Trump has for months wanted to remove Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve
March 19, 2026President Donald Trump’s pick as homeland security chief is signaling a gentler stance on disaster relief and promising to roll back some recent restrictions
March 19, 2026Joe Kent’s resignation from President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism team is fueling a Republican fight over the Iran war and talk about Israel that critics call antisemitic
March 19, 2026How Susie Wiles is balancing one of the most powerful jobs in the world with her cancer diagnosis
March 19, 2026President Donald Trump was present as the remains of six U.S. service members returned from the Middle East to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware
March 18, 2026Cuba’s president has lashed out after the latest threat from the Trump administration after President Donald Trump said he can do “whatever he wants” with the island
March 18, 2026Senator Rand Paul has made it clear he has little regard for President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, fellow Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin
March 19, 2026A Georgia effort to dump voting machines that Donald Trump hates may get derailed by fear of a chaotic last-minute shift in election methods
March 19, 2026Chief Justice John Roberts warned against personal attacks on the judiciary, telling an audience Tuesday that while criticism of opinions is fair game, “personally directed hostility” is dangerous and must stop.
March 18, 2026Iran’s Embassy in Mexico has suggested the country is negotiating with FIFA to move Iran’s World Cup matches from the U.S. to Mexico after President Donald Trump discouraged the team from attending the tournament, citing safety concerns
March 17, 2026The World Anti-Doping Agency has put off a decision about barring government officials from major sporting events if their countries voluntarily withhold dues
March 18, 2026Cuban president promises ‘impregnable resistance’ to any US attempt to control island
March 18, 2026President Donald Trump says NATO and other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz
March 18, 2026Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is warning that personal criticism of federal judges is dangerous and “it’s got to stop.”
March 18, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are calling for new people in charge of Cuba as the socialist island experiences its third nationwide blackout in four months
March 17, 2026Republicans have launched an unprecedented effort to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won’t pass — an attempt to capture public attention on legislation requiring stricter voter registration rules as President Donald Trump pressures Congress to act before November’s midterm elections
March 17, 2026President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims by the director of the National Counterterrorism Center about the motivations for the Iran war
March 17, 2026Trump reveals GOP congressman faced ‘terminal’ health condition and had months to live
March 17, 2026President Donald Trump criticized US allies who have refused his demands to send warships to help escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as the war with Iran continues.
March 17, 2026Democrats like Markwayne Mullin but that doesn’t mean they’ll vote for him for DHS secretary
March 17, 2026Leaders at the World Anti-Doping Agency are considering adopting a rule that could bar President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending major international events — even if they take place on American soil
March 17, 2026President Donald Trump says a former president has told him that he now wishes he had attacked Iran when he occupied the Oval Office
March 17, 2026Sen. Lindsey Graham is tying his reelection pitch to President Donald Trump and the war with Iran, a conflict for which he's long advocated
March 17, 2026Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board approves two-year closure
March 17, 2026Trump repeatedly suggests Newsom can’t be president because he has dyslexia
March 17, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump says he has pressured around seven countries to send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as fears of a global energy crisis persist and Iranian attacks and threats have choked off shipping in the vital waterway
March 16, 2026President Donald Trump and his team are increasing the pressure on journalists to cover the war in the Middle East the way the administration wants
March 17, 2026President Donald Trump's decision to replace Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gives him an opportunity to reset his mass deportation agenda — or to double down on a campaign promise
March 16, 2026Every day more than $4 billion worth of goods cross the United States’ borders with Canada and Mexico – U.S. auto parts headed for car factories in northern Mexico, cartons of Mexican avocados bound for California supermarkets, Canadian aluminum destined to become cans of Campbell Soup
March 16, 2026Two weeks into the war with Iran, President Donald Trump has increasingly been knocked back on his political heels
March 15, 2026What we know on the 16th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 15, 2026Iran has threatened for the first time to attack civilian infrastructure in a neighboring country, urging people to evacuate three major ports in the United Arab Emirates it claimed the U.S. military was using to launch strikes on Iran
March 14, 2026The American flag has been raised over the U.S. Embassy in Caracas for the first time since 2019
March 14, 2026Trump seeks to replace White House visitor screening center with underground facility
March 15, 2026Burt Jones is Georgia's lieutenant governor and he seemed to have a clear path to be the Republican nominee for governor this year with President Donald Trump's endorsement, But then health care tycoon Rick Jackson got into the race in February and he's already spent more than $30 million of his own money on television campaign ads
March 14, 2026Congressional Republicans are pushing voting legislation that's backed by President Donald Trump and would require voters to produce documentary proof of citizenship in order to register for federal elections
March 14, 2026The World Anti-Doping Agency is considering rewriting its rules to try barring President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending the LA Olympics in 2028
March 14, 2026The U.S. is temporarily easing part of its sanctions measures on Russian oil, a reflection of global worries about sharply higher oil prices due to the Iran war
March 13, 2026Trump fundraising email uses photo from soldiers’ dignified transfer and promises ‘private national security briefings’
March 14, 2026Georgia lawmakers pressed former special prosecutor Nathan Wade about contact his team had with federal investigators while pursuing an election interference case against President Donald Trump
March 14, 2026Trump details his shoe philosophy: ‘I have fun with it’
March 13, 2026Chinese embassy mocks "Shield of the Americas" in AI video
March 13, 2026What we know on the 13th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 12, 2026Senate Republicans plan to launch a full debate next week on legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements
March 13, 2026South Korean lawmakers have passed a law to implement a pledge of $350 billion in U.S. investments Seoul made last year to avoid the Trump administration’s highest tariffs
March 12, 2026US strike likely hit a school in Iran due to outdated intelligence, sources briefed on initial findings say
March 12, 2026A U_N_-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U_S_ President Donald Trump and other American political leaders, along with a crackdown on immigration in the United States, have led to “grave human rights violations.”
March 12, 2026Iran’s sports and youth minister says the country is in no position to take part in the World Cup after the United States killed its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in its ongoing war
March 11, 2026Majority Leader John Thune says that the Senate will consider a bill to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements in elections
March 11, 2026Jill Biden says she wants to “set the record straight” as she breaks her silence about Joe Biden’s decision to end his 2024 presidential reelection bid under pressure from Democrats who were concerned about his age and viability against Republican Donald Trump
March 11, 2026FIFA is still anticipating that Iran's national team will be allowed to come to the United States, even with war going on between the countries, and compete in the World Cup that begins in about three months
March 11, 2026Democrat Shawn Harris to face Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller in runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene
March 11, 2026President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year
March 11, 2026Voting technology firm Smartmatic asked a federal judge to dismiss a criminal money laundering indictment saying the case is political retaliation tied to President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about the 2020 election
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