FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s time in Congress was nearing an end, she depleted almost all her campaign cash — to pay legal fees to her criminal defense attorney.

Combined with anemic fundraising, payment to the attorney left the Broward-Palm Beach County Democrat with just $11,000 in cash just three weeks before...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s renewed pledge to support the U.S. crypto industry’s growth fell short of rekindling appetite for his own memecoin, with $TRUMP falling 14% on Saturday even as the president addressed some of the token’s biggest holders.

During his closed-door remarks Saturday in Florida, Trump reiterated his support for a ...Read more

WASHINGTON ― Two-term Michigan U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar hasn't filed a complete campaign finance report that discloses the value of his congressional campaign's crypto investments covering the first three months of the year.

When asked about the omission, Thanedar told The Detroit News last week by text that he intended to file an amendment to...Read more

WASHINGTON ― Two-term Michigan U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar hasn't filed a complete campaign finance report that discloses the value of his congressional campaign's crypto investments covering the first three months of the year.

When asked about the omission, Thanedar told The Detroit News last week by text that he intended to file an amendment to...Read more

NEW YORK — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was making little effort to hide his upbeat mood this week after Virginia voters approved a redistricting plan aimed at flipping four Republican seats to Democrats in the fall midterms.

The Brooklyn lawmaker regaled Capitol Hill reporters on bring-your-kid-to-work day with chit-chat about his favorite ...Read more

For Republicans, this was the week midterm anxiety went from a smolder to a wildfire.

A botched redistricting effort, coming amid the standoff in the war with Iran, has left Republican operatives and lawmakers casting around for blame and their ire has increasingly focused on President Donald Trump’s political operation.

There’s particular...Read more

There are lots of things that can move the stock market, from economic data, to Federal Reserve pronouncements, to corporate developments. But for the past 15 months, traders’ fortunes have been largely tethered to the whims of a single person: President Donald Trump.

Since taking office last January, Trump’s comments to reporters in ...Read more

A judge questioned whether President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury can proceed with Trump effectively in control of both sides of the litigation.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on Friday ordered the Justice Department, which represents the agencies, to explain in writing ...Read more

The Trump administration is weighing whether to invoke the Defense Production Act to support a potential bailout of Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc. according to a person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity because the talks are private.

The 1950 law, enacted at the outset of the Korean War, gives the U.S. president broad emergency ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are signaling they’ll reject a Trump administration request to eliminate funding for a program that provides heating and cooling assistance to low-income Americans, one of the few on-topic issues repeatedly raised during hearings on the Health and Human Services Department budget.

The administration’s fiscal 2027 ...Read more

The top Republican on the U.S. House Oversight Committee said that some of his party colleagues are open to convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell receiving a presidential pardon.

Chair Rep. James Comer told Politico that while he did not support it, a “lot of people” believed that a pardon in exchange for Maxwell’s testimony ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Supporters of year-round sales of gasoline containing a higher proportion of ethanol are optimistic after the introduction of a bipartisan amendment to the farm bill with support from both agriculture and fossil fuel state representatives.

The amendment would allow the year-round sale of E15, gasoline containing up to 15% ethanol...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley faced a barrage of attacks from his Democratic opponents Thursday night during a candidate forum for California’s 6th Congressional District.

The event was the second forum in the two days. It underscored the difficulty Kiley faces while running in a left-leaning district and against a crowded ...Read more

The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke as “the first wave” of such measures, according to recent reporting by The New York Times. These cases are being assigned to prosecutors in 39 U.S. attorney’s offices across the country.

The administration has ordered Department...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Prosecutors are still presenting civil and criminal cases in Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman’s court, continuing with business as usual, despite Lexington’s top prosecutor serving as a key witness in state lawmakers’ unprecedented effort last month to remove the judge from office.

Fayette County prosecutor ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department says it needs additional funds in fiscal 2027 to enforce export controls and prevent the diversion of semiconductors to China and other foreign adversaries.

Testifying Thursday before the House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said investment in new ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Voters in Nebraska’s open 2nd District have twice rejected Donald Trump, but the presumptive Republican nominee for the seat is “humbled” to have the president’s backing.

Trump has been “doing great things,’’ said Brinker Harding, an Omaha City Council member seeking to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Don Bacon. “We’...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated his commitment to working with Los Angeles officials who want to secure federal wildfire recovery funding for victims of the 2025 fires during a private White House meeting with local leaders, County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said Thursday.

Trump spoke for about an hour and a half Wednesday with ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congress got one step closer this week to funding immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term, while House lawmakers dealt with more ethics fallout and wrangled behind closed doors over a key surveillance authority.

But the path forward once again depends on whether Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday released a new proposal that would extend a powerful surveillance authority for three years, but it was not immediately clear if it would garner enough support to clear the chamber.

The updated text would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a statute that’s raised ...Read more