WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump vented his frustration with Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon, going as far to suggest that Syria would do a better job fighting Hezbollah there.

During a meeting at the Group of Seven summit with Qatar’s leader, Trump said Israel’s campaign against the Iran-backed militant group had nearly ...Read more

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic and the Trump administration are sparring — yet again.

Over the weekend, tensions between the San Francisco company and the Trump administration flared up after the U.S. government ordered Anthropic to cut off foreign access to the company's most powerful AI systems.

The government's order poses a ...Read more

North Carolina House Republicans on Tuesday advanced a sweeping elections and voting bill as protesters descended on the legislature, accusing lawmakers of suppressing the vote.

The 36-page bill includes a grab bag of conservative policies, including banning election officials from encouraging voter turnout, banning ranked-choice voting ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A growing majority of Minnesota voters disapprove of President Donald Trump’s performance in office, setting up a disadvantage for Republicans ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

The Star Tribune/KARE 11/Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication Minnesota Poll found 56% of respondents say they disapprove of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Spencer Pratt fell behind in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, an unexpected group began claiming election fraud: people tracking the Republican’s success on prediction markets, the increasingly popular online exchanges on which people can make bets on almost anything.

“Crazy how much voter fraud can be done with mail in ...Read more

When SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and artificial intelligence company, began trading on the stock market last week, he became the world’s first trillionaire.

The SpaceX IPO made the world’s richest man even richer, grabbing headlines worldwide. But it is merely the most vivid illustration of a U.S. trend that has been accelerating since ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s glitzy new White House ballroom is reportedly now expected to cost $600 million, with more than half the bill footed by American taxpayers, not private donors, according to a leaked estimate from contractors.

The skyrocketing price tag amounts to a 50% increase from the most recent estimates provided by Trump, the ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump vented his frustration with Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon, going as far to suggest that Syria would do a better job fighting Hezbollah there.

During a meeting at the Group of Seven summit with Qatar’s leader, Trump said Israel’s campaign against the Iran-backed militant group had nearly derailed peace ...Read more

Arrests for betting on the U.S. military operation that removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Death threats from gamblers to a journalist reporting on an Iranian missile attack on Israel. Fears of government officials manipulating world events – including the Iran war – to make a quick buck.

These are some of many concerns ...Read more

Congress needs to be able to review the agreement between the Trump administration and Tehran that is intended to end the Iran war, senators in both parties said Monday.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the United States and Iran had reached a memorandum of understanding to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin more ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Buried deep inside President Donald Trump’s typical campaign trail stump speech have been brief mentions about boosting voters’ take-home pay, which could boost Republican congressional candidates in November.

But there are worries in GOP circles that the president is not focused enough on his economic stewardship, amid ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Brawling in the ring at Sunday’s UFC fight came with a show of Republican unity, as congressional leaders like Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson turned up to watch the event on the White House lawn.

But outside the Octagon and behind the scenes, another fight was brewing over reauthorizing Section 702 ...Read more

Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, which served as the key negotiator between the U.S. and Iran, announced on June 14, 2026, that the two sides had agreed on a deal to end the war. It will be officially signed on June 19 in Switzerland.

President Donald Trump announced it on Truth Social as a triumph, claiming that the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a Trump administration appeal and decide if "criminal aliens" may be held indefinitely while they fight deportation.

The case to be heard in the fall could give the administration more power to arrest and hold immigrants, including green card holders, who have criminal records.

The ...Read more

The First Amendment needs all the help it can get these days. Many progressives want restrictions on “hate speech,” while Democrats weren’t shy about pushing private companies to censor “misinformation” during the pandemic. Meanwhile the FCC under a Republican president has threatened to use its licensing authority to punish ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The lunar calendar may say it's the Year of the Horse, but for Los Angeles politics it's been more like the Year of the Dog.

Spencer Pratt made animal welfare a key platform in his unsuccessful campaign for mayor, taking out billboard space around town showing himself surrounded by dogs and railing against animal abuse in social ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Mark Alford was at home Sunday when he learned from his staff about a fatal plane crash in Butler that killed 12 people.

Alford, a Missouri Republican, said he rushed to the city, situated in Bates County about 50 miles south of Kansas City, to provide as much support as he could.

“I’ve been around a lot of tragedies,” Alford ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is opposed to having Congress renew now-expired spy powers for U.S. intelligence agencies unless lawmakers also pass a controversial voter identification bill.

Trump’s fresh demand adds another barrier to efforts to renew powers under the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act, which grants U.S. intelligence ...Read more