New York City Mayor Eric Adams conceded Tuesday he hasn’t been formally campaigning for reelection yet, but said he would start “very soon.”

At a Tuesday press conference, Adams fended off the suggestion he might not be actually running because he does not have much visible campaign infrastructure like a campaign manager or spokesman.

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The Greenlandic party seeking the fastest breakup with Denmark stands to gain a major boost, according to early counting of the votes in the parliamentary elections that have been overshadowed by Donald Trump’s plans to take over the Arctic Island.

The populist Naleraq party got about 36% in backing, after some 1,000 of the votes had been ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The effort to change House rules to allow recent mothers and fathers to vote by proxy is picking up steam, and proponents could now circumvent leadership and force a floor vote in the coming weeks.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., who has led the charge with Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., filed a discharge petition that ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Department of Government Efficiency’s attempt to cancel an apartment lease in Philadelphia has sparked disagreement with the U.S. Secret Service over its ongoing security operation for Ashley Biden.

DOGE’s website reports it has ended the rental agreement for a 1,000-square-foot apartment leased by the federal law ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams declined Tuesday to offer his thoughts on President Trump’s trade wars, federal funding cuts or the potential impact on New Yorkers amid criticism that the government’s move to dismiss his criminal indictment has left him overly beholden to the Trump administration.

Adams has said he will not publicly disparage...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump dialed back his latest trade war threat against Canada hours after making it, while downplaying the risk of a tariff-led recession that has sent U.S. markets into a nosedive.

Trump’s roller-coaster day saw him threaten to double duties on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50% after Ontario announced plans ...Read more

Voters in the Roseville-Shoreview area are hitting the polls Tuesday for a special election that will alter the balance of the Minnesota House.

After the polls close at 8 p.m. and conclude the race for the District 40B seat, there will either be a tie between the two major parties or a Republican advantage.

District 40B is home to a reliably ...Read more

President Donald Trump called for the ouster of U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie late Monday after Massie signaled he would not vote for a Republican-sponsored budget resolution.

Massie, a Kentucky Republican first elected in 2012, said he would not vote for the continuing resolution because it still spent too much money.

“If it passes this week, the...Read more

WASHINGTON — One Democratic senator offered an unexpected example of how he says President Donald Trump’s tariffs would hurt farmers and small businesses in his home state and across the country: Canadian-made aluminum pie pans.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, a former governor, said last week that he had spoken to farmers and bakery owners in the...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans muscled a stopgap funding measure to passage over Democratic opposition Tuesday, sending the Senate a bill that would stave off a partial government shutdown this weekend.

The mostly party-line 217-213 vote came after an intensive lobbying campaign by President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other top...Read more

President Trump on Tuesday doubled his tariffs on metals from Canada as markets kept plunging on fears his tit-for-tat trade war will spark a recession.

Trump boosted the punitive tax on imported aluminum and steel from 25% to 50% effective Wednesday after Ontario premier Doug Ford increased prices for electricity headed to America.

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WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance told House Republicans on Tuesday that the administration would put forward a rescissions package to codify spending cuts as part of his attempt to convince GOP holdouts to back House leaders’ six-month stopgap spending measure.

Vance was not specific on the timing or vehicle for such a package, but said...Read more

President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled his tariffs on metals from Canada as markets kept plunging on fears his tit-for-tat trade war will spark a recession.

Trump boosted the punitive tax on imported aluminum and steel from 25% to 50% effective Wednesday after Ontario premier Doug Ford increased prices for electricity headed to America.

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NEW YORK — Republican Rep. Tom Massie is daring allies of President Donald Trump to primary him as he refuses to support a GOP-backed stopgap spending plan.

The right-wing fiscal hawk insisted he won’t back down to pressure from the White House to get on board with a short-term spending bill that would avert a government shutdown as soon as...Read more

The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a First Amendment challenge by a Christian counselor against a Colorado law banning conversion therapy on minors aimed at changing their gender identity or sexual orientation.

The news comes after the nation's highest court previously declined to take up a similar challenge in 2023 against Washington'...Read more

In what’s been called a “Friday night massacre” at the Pentagon, President Donald Trump removed six top generals or admirals on Feb. 21, 2025, including Air Force General C.Q. Brown and Navy Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Trump also fired military lawyers who advise senior officers on the legality of their behavior in combat and at home.

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Florida, the “Sunshine State,” once known as a beacon of government transparency, is growing ever darker, and the clouds are spreading throughout the United States.

From March 16-22, 2025, the nation celebrates the 20th anniversary of national Sunshine Week, which originated in Florida, historically home to the most transparent ...Read more

The Trump administration has proposed shuttering USAID and cutting some of the State Department’s critical diplomatic programs; it has also announced tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. As scholar Borja Santos Porras has noted, these measures may lead to modest savings, however, the long-term damage to the reputation of the U....Read more

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump pulls back on green funding, state officials are lobbying Congress to retain those dollars for other infrastructure projects that would be more palatable to the current administration and Republicans, like road and bridge repairs.

Republicans negotiating the nation’s next big infrastructure bill seem ...Read more

At the Illinois Holocaust Museum, soon to undergo a major renovation, a heart-tugging special exhibit in Skokie explores the internment of Japanese Americans in U.S. prison camps during World War II.

Front and center as visitors enter the exhibit? An executive order from the desk of then-President Franklin Roosevelt.

The notorious Order 9066 ...Read more