WASHINGTON — One of the Washington-based publications that track congressional races now says U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio has a strong chance of being re-elected this fall.

Inside Elections now rates the 17th Congressional District seat as "likely Democratic. The Cook Political Report still gives Deluzio, D-Aspinwall, only a slight advantage over...Read more

WALKER, Mich. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed to "reclaim America's manufacturing power" during a Friday campaign stop in Michigan, as Democrats escalated their attacks on the job numbers from his first term in office.

Trump spoke for about 75 minutes Friday afternoon inside FALK Production in Walker in Kent County. FALK ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department announced charges against three people for allegedly carrying out an Iranian-backed operation to hack the campaign of former President Donald Trump.

The indictment unsealed on Friday claims the individuals gained access to emails, debate preparation material and documents regarding potential vice ...Read more

Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday gave former President Trump until Tuesday to file any objection to her unsealing a dossier of evidence from special counsel Jack Smith in the federal Jan. 6 election interference case.

In an electronic order, Chutkan gave Trump’s defense team the Oct. 1 deadline to counter Smith’s claim that the public should ...Read more

Former President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Friday to discuss plans to resolve the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine in New York.

After the meeting, Trump said he had “learned a lot” but that their talk had not changed his stance that negotiations could bring an end to the war.

“We both want to see ...Read more

The U.S. Justice Department announced charges against three people for allegedly carrying out an Iranian-backed operation to hack the campaign of former President Donald Trump.

The indictment unsealed on Friday claims the individuals gained access to internal documents of people working on Trump’s 2024 campaign for president. The indictment ...Read more

As the presidential election approaches, the race is ramping up – including on social media. Although Meta reported in 2022 that only about 3% of the content on Facebook is political, Americans have already begun bracing themselves for a deluge of political news stories, ads, AI deepfakes and arguments on their feeds over the next few weeks...Read more

Traffic stops by Chicago police have more than doubled over the past nine years in what the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights group, is calling the “new stop-and-frisk.”

Stop and frisk is when officers stop and search people based on “reasonable suspicion” that they are involved in criminal activity. The practice ...Read more

Tim Sheehy “would let politicians like him ban abortion, with no exceptions for rape or to save a woman’s life, and criminalize women.”

A Facebook ad from the campaign of Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), launched on Sept. 6, 2024

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In a race that could decide control of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is attacking his challenger...Read more

I’m an independent who has voted for Democrats and Republicans over the years, and what I appreciated most about Taylor Swift’s presidential endorsement was that she didn’t tell people what to think or who to vote for. What she did do was outline a thoughtful process and share where she came out.

What Swift didn’t include was how we can...Read more

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris joined President Joe Biden on Thursday to roll out measures aimed at exploring ways to crack down on illegal firearm technologies, using the event to push back on Republican messaging that she will confiscate guns from legal owners if elected.

“We know how to stop these tragedies, and it is a false ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., knew reporters were waiting for him Wednesday morning outside a committee meeting in the Dirksen building on the U.S. Capitol complex.

For a week, members of the North Carolina delegation had been followed through the hallways, fielding media questions about a scandal involving N.C. Lt. Gov. Mark ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has managed to forge a rare policy alignment: uniting Kentucky’s Republican senators against his aggressive tariff policy.

If Trump returns to the White House, a central tenet of his economic revitalization plan is expected to be the imposition of high tariffs on foreign imports.

“Tariffs are ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said former President Donald Trump's repeatedly debunked claims about Haitian immigrants in Charleroi, Pa., are "complete and utter bull—" during a recent podcast appearance.

"He's been called out on it by the town manager," Shapiro said on an episode of the New Republic's Daily Blast podcast ...Read more

Former President Trump was set to be hit on Thursday with reams of new evidence from special counsel Jack Smith in the federal Jan. 6 case — but the public won’t immediately get to see any of it.

Smith, who has been blocked from taking the case to trial, was poised to submit a 180-page dossier backing up his claim that Trump’s alleged ...Read more

Congressional lawmakers this week passed a 10-year extension of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, ensuring hundreds of millions of dollars to protect and preserve the natural landmark over the next decade.

Congress approved the legislation, a late-career centerpiece of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s legacy, on Tuesday, carried by a cadre of...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced new actions Thursday on a range of gun-related issues, including a new executive order in part aimed at giving schools guidance about how to train for an active shooter.

The executive order directs Biden administration officials to publish information for K-12 schools and higher education ...Read more

Former President Trump was hit on Thursday with reams of new evidence from special counsel Jack Smith in the federal Jan. 6 case — but the public won’t immediately get to see any of it.

Smith, who has been blocked from taking the case to trial, submitted a 180-page dossier backing up his claim that Trump’s alleged misdeeds are not covered...Read more

WASHINGTON — Prospects for getting a federal press source shield measure enacted this year appear to be waning, even though the bill already sailed through the House and has just one public opponent in the Senate.

Supporters of the bill, which would prevent the federal government from compelling journalists to reveal their sources except when...Read more