Maine Democrats, rattled by Platner’s downfall, protest fatal ICE shooting
BIDDEFORD, Maine – As bewildered Maine Democrats face a deadline to replace Graham Platner after his U.S. Senate campaign imploded, a fatal ICE shooting has raised the stakes. Community organizers quickly assembled a rally near the site of the shooting,…
Lindsey Graham, US Republican senator and Trump ally, dies at 71
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican who went from a vocal critic of Donald Trump to one of his most loyal allies after Trump became president, has died, his office announced on Sunday. He was 71. The South Carolina lawmaker…
Actor prompts White House Fury
LOS ANGELES – The White House called “Star Wars” star Mark Hamill “one sick individual” on Thursday after an AI-generated image of U.S. President Donald Trump in a shallow grave was posted on one of the actor’s social media accounts….
Trade court rules Trump tariffs illegal
NEW YORK – A U.S. trade court dealt another blow to President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy, ruling that his latest 10% temporary global duties are unjustified under a 1970s trade law, but blocked the levies only for two private importers…
Major Redistricting Shake-Up: Virginia Court Rejects Democratic House Map
Virginia’s top court on Friday threw out a new electoral map that was crafted to flip four Republican-held U.S. congressional seats to Democrats, handing President Donald Trump’s party a victory ahead of the November midterm elections. Ruling in favor of…
Resignation Rocks Washington Over Iran War Dispute
WASHINGTON – A top security official in U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration resigned over the war in Iran on Tuesday, saying the country had posed no imminent threat to the United States. Joe Kent, who headed the National Counterterrorism Center,…
Muslim Group Says Trump Policies Fueled Islamophobia
WASHINGTON – Record high Islamophobia in the U.S. in 2025 was driven in part by President Donald Trump’s crackdown against pro-Palestinian protests and immigration, a Muslim advocacy group said on Tuesday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it recorded 8,683…
Gas Prices Surge After Iran War — GOP Faces Midterm Risk
Minutes into Donald Trump’s State of the Union address laying out his argument for why voters should keep Republicans in power in November’s midterm elections, the president boasted that falling gasoline prices had solved a “disaster” left behind by his…
US Court Allows West Virginia to Exclude Gender-Affirming Surgery From Medicaid
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld West Virginia’s ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgeries, the latest victory for Republican-led states seeking to curb the procedures amid an ongoing national battle over transgender rights. In a unanimous ruling, a…
Georgia Special Election Exposes Divisions Among Republican Candidates
Georgia voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose the successor to Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene in a closely watched U.S. House special election seen as a test of President Donald Trump’s sway in the state’s most conservative…
Trump Pushes GOP to Tighten Voting Rules Before Midterms
DORAL, Florida – U.S. President Donald Trump, addressing Republican lawmakers directly on Monday, pressed them to enact sweeping new voting restrictions as a way to “guarantee” victory in November’s midterm elections, saying he would refuse to sign new bills into…
Explosive Device Found Outside Mamdani’s NYC Home, Police Say
New York City Police said on Sunday a device that was ignited and thrown during protests outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home over the weekend was an explosive that could have caused serious injury or death. The device, a jar filled…
Democratic US senators demand immediate hearings on Iran war
WASHINGTON – Six Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Monday said they are embarking on an intensified campaign for public hearings on the Iran war, with top Trump administration officials testifying under oath and to take steps to interrupt regular…
Trump Eyes Russia Sanctions Changes to Stabilize Oil Markets
U.S. President Donald Trump is considering easing oil sanctions on Russia and releasing emergency crude stockpiles as part of a package of options aimed at curbing spiking global oil prices amid the Iran conflict, according to multiple sources. The deliberations…
FBI Reviews Arizona Election Records in Probe of Trump Fraud Claims
WASHINGTON – The FBI has obtained records related to the 2020 election in Arizona, a top state lawmaker said on Monday, as federal law enforcement continues to pursue President Donald Trump’s false claims that his defeat in that campaign was…
Young Male Voters Drift From GOP as Trump Policies Stir Debate Before Midterms
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire – In a college library lined with volumes on America’s greatest presidents, six young men who voted for Donald Trump gathered to size up his second term. Their verdicts ranged from guarded approval to disappointment, reflecting growing…
Trump administration cannot ‘terrorize’ Minnesota’s refugees with arrests, US judge rules
A federal judge on Friday said he would not allow President Donald Trump’s administration to “terrorize” Minnesota’s 5,600 refugees by arresting and detaining them under a new policy that “turns the refugees’ American Dream into a dystopian nightmare.” U.S. District…
Trump’s Iran strikes mark his biggest foreign policy gamble
WASHINGTON – With his large-scale attack on Iran, Donald Trump has seized a legacy-defining moment to demonstrate his readiness to exercise raw U.S. military power. But in doing so, he is also taking the biggest foreign policy gamble of his…
Trump Floats Ted Cruz as Possible Supreme Court Pick
CORPUS CHRISTI – President Donald Trump on Friday said he was considering nominating Republican Senator Ted Cruz for a future seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, although Cruz last month said he was not interested. Trump, introducing Cruz at a…
Bill Clinton to lawmakers investigating Epstein: ‘I saw nothing’
Bill Clinton told lawmakers on Friday that he “saw nothing that gave me pause” when he spent time with Jeffrey Epstein, as the former president gave closed-door testimony about his relationship with the late sex offender. Clinton’s closed-door appearance before…