NEW YORK — Republican Rep. Mike Lawler Wednesday announced he’ll skip the New York governor’s race and will instead run for reelection in his Westchester County-based swing congressional district.

“After months of deliberating over this and really working through it, I’ve decided the right thing to do for me and my family and my ...Read more

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump met at the White House in early July for the third time this year, the two men were all smiles. Trump heaped praise on the Israeli premier (and himself) for a job well done on Iran, insisting yet again that the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes against Tehran’s nuclear ...Read more

Four candidates have filed paperwork to run for the Minnesota House seat left by murdered Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party leader Melissa Hortman.

Gov. Tim Walz earlier this month ordered a special election for Sept. 16 to fill Hortman’s seat representing parts of Brooklyn Park, Champlin and Coon Rapids. A special primary election will take ...Read more

President Donald Trump doubled down on his distaste for the late night TV landscape with a blistering social media post Tuesday morning.

The MAGA leader took to his Truth Social platform claiming to have inside knowledge about the fate of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” following Thursday�...Read more

The battle over whether the Trump administration should release files on deceased sexual predator Jeffery Epstein could become a political problem for at least one member of Minnesota’s GOP delegation: Michelle Fischbach.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is shutting the House down early for its August recess to head off a Democratic push to vote on...Read more

Who’s paying for Donald Trump’s tariffs? So far, American businesses and consumers.

General Motors Co. was the latest U.S. company to disclose how the levies are raising costs, with the automaker saying Tuesday that the duties dented profits by more than $1 billion as it chose to absorb the blow. That helps explain why car prices didn’t ...Read more

The administration of President Donald Trump plans to change the criteria for awarding the controversial H-1B visa, intended for foreign workers with specialized skills, and heavily used by Silicon Valley technology companies. But the nature of the change remains unclear.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Thursday notified the ...Read more

Former President Barack Obama hit back Tuesday at President Donald Trump’s accusation that his predecessor committed “treason” related to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Hours after Trump falsely accused Obama of trying to rig the 2016 election, the ex-president’s office said it had no ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Stephen Colbert shared a pointed message for President Donald Trump days after the latter rejoiced on social media that "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired."

"Go f— yourself," the late-night veteran said Monday during his opening monologue. Monday's episode was Colbert's first time behind the desk after he announced ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With fewer than two dozen legislative days left before annual appropriations run out for the year, Democrats say they face a test of faith on whether to trust a bipartisan appropriations process for the next fiscal year.

The ticking clock to Sept. 30, when current appropriations lapse, coincides with Trump administration moves to...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have long panned local policies in Washington, D.C., and sought to remake the nation’s capital to their own liking.

Their latest attempts, tacked on to a spending proposal released by House appropriators this weekend, go even further than usual, according to Democrats and local advocates.

“The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A noticeably fired-up President Donald Trump on Tuesday attempted to distance himself from his administration’s next steps in the Jeffrey Epstein documents drama, while also announcing a revised trade arrangement with the Philippines.

Meeting with reporters in the Oval Office alongside Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.,...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House is increasing the amount of money available to individual members for security purposes ahead of the August recess, the House Administration Committee announced Tuesday.

Since one Minnesota state lawmaker was killed by a gunman in June and a second was critically injured, members of Congress have clamored for enhanced ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin Lincoln, who came within 4 points of unseating Democratic Rep. Josh Harder in California’s 9th District last year, is making another run for the competitive seat in the Central Valley.

“As a Marine, I learned the value of service and sacrifice,” Lincoln, the former mayor of Stockton, said Tuesday in a ...Read more

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson Tuesday ordered the House of Representatives to shut down early for a summer recess to avoid a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.

With legislative business grinding to a near standstill over the Epstein drama, Johnson said he wouldn’t allow votes on proposals calling on the White House to release all ...Read more

NEW YORK — Coca-Cola Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s demand to use only cane sugar in its flagship soda and instead vowed to introduce a new product for the U.S. market that would use the made-in-America sweetener.

A few days after Trump claimed Coca-Cola had agreed to switch from high-fructose corn syrup, the beverage giant ...Read more

WASHINGTON — No more votes are scheduled beyond Wednesday in the House, a change from the previous schedule that reflects a Rules Committee dispute over release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files that will prevent any rules for debate from coming to the floor.

The House is expected to continue to consider legislation under suspension of the ...Read more

A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers is backing legislation that would open the door to legal — and temporary — residency for many undocumented immigrants, as advocates and immigrant communities grapple with the growing pace of arrests.

The move for reform of the immigration system comes just after Congress voted to significantly ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Republican Steering Committee late Monday recommended Rep. Andrew Garbarino of New York to succeed Mark E. Green to chair the House Homeland Security Committee.

Garbarino, who currently chairs the committee’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection subcommittee, beat three other candidates who sought the gavel: ...Read more