Democratic Sen. John Fetterman walked onto the stage through a doorway cast in a bright blue light. Republican Sen. Dave McCormick followed from the right-hand side, which was glowing bright red.

But from there on, it was mostly an agreeable conversation between Pennsylvania’s senators under white lights at Boston’s Edward M. Kennedy ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Monday it will decide a case out of Illinois over the ability to challenge post-Election Day ballot counting, a high-profile cause for President Donald Trump and Republicans.

The appeal, brought by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., and Illinois Republican presidential electors, seeks to revive their challenge to...Read more

BOSTON — A pair of Pennsylvania lawmakers met in Boston on Monday for what was billed as a “vigorous” debate between opposing ideologies, but what actually occurred was the sort of bipartisan collegiality rarely seen in Washington politics at present.

U.S. Sens. John Fetterman and David McCormick, a Democrat and Republican both in their ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Mexican citizens went to the polls Sunday to elect thousands of judges in a historic vote championed by President Claudia Sheinbaum as an essential democratic reform — and assailed by opponents and many legal experts as a crude maneuver to consolidate ruling-party power.

The vote marked the first time that Mexico has elected ...Read more

In a lengthy ruling last week, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon of D.C. knocked down President Donald Trump’s efforts to punish the law firm WilmerHale by stripping its lawyers of security clearances and attempting to prevent government contractors from working with it, part of a broader strategy to target the legal sector.

Leon channeled the...Read more

It wasn’t long ago that a sheriff trading fake badges in exchange for cash would have earned universal condemnation. But that was before the age of President Donald Trump, when a pledge of personal support for the president can be exchanged for a free pass from punishment.

Nearly every chief executive, certainly every one in recent memory, ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday blamed former President Joe Biden for the weekend flamethrower terror attack on supporters of Israel in Boulder, Colorado, which was allegedly carried out by an undocumented immigrant from Egypt.

Trump said lax immigration security allowed accused attacker Mohamed Sabry Soliman to remain in the U.S. after ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — The future of Mexico’s judiciary was decided by a small minority of voters after an unprecedented election of federal judges, including all members of the nation’s top court.

The electoral authority, known by its Spanish acronym, INE, estimated voter turnout at 12.6% to 13.3% in a preliminary count released late Sunday, as ...Read more

ATLANTA — Pledging to be a voice for “families, science and reason,” Georgia state Rep. Jasmine Clark jumped into the race Monday to unseat U.S. Rep. David Scott, becoming the latest Democrat to mount a generational challenge against one of the state’s longest-serving legislators.

Clark, a microbiologist and college professor, said in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A closely divided Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a 2nd Amendment challenge to the bans on semi-automatic rifles in Maryland, California and eight other blue states.

Gun rights advocates say these AR-15s are owned by millions of Americans, and they argue the 2nd Amendment protects weapons that are "in common use by law-...Read more

The future of Mexico’s judiciary was decided by a small minority after an unprecedented election campaign to elect federal judges, including all members of the nation’s top court.

The electoral authority INE estimated voter turnout at between 12.6% and 13.3% in a preliminary count released late Sunday, as nearly 13 million voters cast ...Read more

A nationalist candidate backed by Donald Trump won Poland’s presidential election, defeating the centrist mayor of Warsaw and complicating efforts to shift the nation back into the European Union mainstream.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk must now navigate an increasingly polarized political landscape after the right-wing Law & Justice ...Read more

A nationalist candidate backed by Donald Trump secured victory in Poland’s presidential election, defeating the centrist mayor of Warsaw in a contest that could stymie the government’s efforts to shift the nation back into the European Union mainstream.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk must now navigate an increasingly polarized political...Read more

WASHINGTON – It’s the calm before the reconciliation storm fully reaches the Senate this week, with Republicans working behind the scenes to try to forge their own agreement on changes to their “one big, beautiful bill.”

And GOP senators will also be working to scrub the House bill for compliance with the Senate’s reconciliation rules...Read more

Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January, federal policy has shifted to promote psychological therapy as the only treatment for transgender youth in distress.

A report issued last month by the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services on care for transgender and nonbinary people analyzed 17 studies out ...Read more

Former President Joe Biden’s metastatic cancer diagnosis brings together two controversial issues: PSA testing for prostate cancer and presidential politics.

To understand what is at stake Americans need basic information about PSA testing, and a frank discussion of the reasoning behind the prostate cancer screening decisions in the former ...Read more

A presidential election in Poland between Warsaw’s centrist mayor and a nationalist backed by Donald Trump was too close to call late Sunday, with exit polls showing a dead heat.

Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian and former boxer, moved ahead with 50.7%, while Rafal Trzaskowski took 49.3%, according to an updated exit poll released on ...Read more

Mexican voters headed to the polls on Sunday to begin picking judges in an unprecedented election that could give President Claudia Sheinbaum broad influence over a revamped judiciary, the only branch of government her leftist party doesn’t control.

Polls opened at 8 a.m. in Mexico City, and turnout appeared light in the capital, with little...Read more

President Donald Trump said he would name a new nominee for NASA administrator, just days before billionaire Jared Isaacman, the current pick and a close ally of Elon Musk, was to face his planned Senate confirmation vote.

“It’s essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda, ...Read more

Mexican voters head to the polls on Sunday to begin picking judges in an unprecedented election that could give President Claudia Sheinbaum broad influence over a revamped judiciary, the only branch of government her party doesn’t control.

Polls open at 8 a.m. in Mexico City as voters pick a total of 881 federal judges, including all members...Read more