SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is challenging President Donald Trump's grip on the state's National Guard, telling a federal court the White House used claims of unrest in Los Angeles as a pretext for a deployment that has since expanded nationwide — including now sending troops to Illinois.

The Trump administration deployed 14 soldiers ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former Illinois Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds and served time in federal prison, announced a comeback bid Wednesday, entering the Democratic primary for the 2nd District.

He joins a crowded field seeking the seat being vacated by Rep. Robin Kelly, his successor in Congress who is running...Read more

MIAMI — President Donald Trump will speak at an event at the Kaseya Center next month, event organizers announced Wednesday, placing the president directly across the street from his planned high-rise presidential library.

It’s the first time the conference, called the America Business Forum, is taking place in the United States. The event ...Read more

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump called for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be jailed Wednesday, a dramatic rhetorical escalation as he tries to flood the city with federal agents and National Guard troops against the wishes of the local elected officials.

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey says he is running for reelection after he was drawn out of his congressional district. The Democrat from Fort Worth has represented Congressional District 33 since 2013.

Whether he will run for that North Texas district or Congressional District 30, currently held by Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Dallas ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready during oral arguments Wednesday to allow a challenge led by a Republican member of Congress to Illinois’ counting of ballots up to 14 days after Election Day.

Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois and Republican presidential electors want the justices to revive their case, an outcome that experts say could...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s campaign to keep his seat in 2026, effectively ending chatter among the political class about the race being a proxy war between the president and Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The president’s team had been wooing House Speaker Daniel Perez, a ...Read more

Rebecca Ferguson just wanted to be done with the government, but it seems nothing is easy during a federal shutdown. Not even obtaining the termination papers needed to finalize her departure from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The mother of three couldn’t reach a human on Tuesday when she called the Office of Personnel ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As federal employees prepare to miss their next paycheck, several lawmakers have volunteered to join them. Rep. April McClain Delaney will go a step further.

“The Congresswoman will be donating her pay during the shutdown to nonprofits within the 6th District that address food insecurity for families impacted by cuts to SNAP ...Read more

MIAMI — A new lawsuit aims to overturn Miami Dade College’s decision to deed over property adjacent to the Freedom Tower to the state, even though the governor and Florida Cabinet have already voted to gift the land to Donald Trump’s presidential library foundation to build a high rise.

In a complaint filed this week in Miami circuit ...Read more

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump called for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be jailed Wednesday, a dramatic rhetorical escalation as he tries to flood the city with federal agents and National Guard troops against the wishes of the local elected officials.

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A draft memo from White House budget office counsel arguing there’s no obligation to pay furloughed workers after a government shutdown may have some legal merit in at least one procedural aspect, even critics acknowledge.

To guarantee retroactive pay when the shutdown ends, Congress might need to either amend the current House...Read more

If a U.S. president was just itching to militarize the streets of a politically unfriendly American city like some blustery third-world despot, how would he go about it?

First, he might start with a pretense that verges on legitimate — say, immigration enforcement. But rather than the routine kind of enforcement that quietly happens all the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The calls came swiftly and from all across the political spectrum after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

“We need every political figure, we need everyone who has a platform, to say this loudly and clearly: We can settle disagreements and disputes in a civil manner, and political violence must be called out. And it has to ...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Cole County judge on Tuesday approved revised language for a ballot question asking voters to restrict abortion in Missouri, putting a legal case over the issue on track for an appeal to a higher court.

Circuit Judge Daniel Green upheld Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ second attempt to write a ballot summary for a ...Read more

CHICAGO — In a scathing critique of President Donald Trump, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday accused the Republican president of deploying National Guard troops to the Democratic cities of Chicago and Portland based on fixations that stem in part from his being mentally impaired.

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” Pritzker ...Read more

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is set to headline a “No Kings” protest on Oct. 18, roughly a month after the city was sued by the Trump administration over its sanctuary policies that the feds see as thwarting their widespread immigration crackdown.

Wu, who has battled with the Trump administration over immigration and other policies in recent ...Read more

Rosie O’Donnell isn’t the only one happy she’s seeking citizenship in another country; staffers at President Donald Trump’s White House are also counting their lucky charms.

The Emmy Award-winning comedienne, who has long had a bitter feud with the MAGA leader, departed the U.S. for Ireland this year just days before Trump returned to ...Read more