Trump administration returns to Supreme Court seeking to enforce mail-ballot restrictions before midterms

The Trump administration filed a second emergency appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday asking the justices to let its mail-in ballot executive order take effect before November, just days after a federal judge in Boston blocked the policy again. The appeal sets up another high-stakes clash over election rules with barely two months before […]

FBI arrests Los Angeles man indicted for allegedly threatening to kill President Trump

Federal agents arrested a 40-year-old Los Angeles podcaster who allegedly spent months posting videos calling for President Trump's assassination and cyberstalking one of Trump's personal attorneys, the latest in a pattern of escalating threats against the president. Benjamin Azariah Southworth was taken into custody at his Westlake neighborhood home in Los Angeles on September 3 […]

Vance defends Carlson friendship despite disagreements over Trump and Michigan Senate race

Vice President JD Vance refused to distance himself from Tucker Carlson at a White House press briefing Thursday, calling the right-wing media figure a friend even as he rejected Carlson's call to remove President Trump from office. Vance fielded a pointed question about whether his relationship with Carlson had become a political liability. The former […]

Trump says he's 'happy' Harry and Meghan left America — and wouldn't take them back

President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he was glad to see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave the United States, adding that if he were the royal family, he would have shut the door behind them. Trump's blunt remarks, delivered on August 31, came days after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex […]

Gloria Steinem, feminist icon and Ms. Magazine co-founder, dead at 92

Gloria Steinem, the feminist writer and activist who shaped the American women's movement for more than half a century, died at her New York City home at age 92, leaving behind a legacy that reshaped the nation's cultural and political landscape. A statement posted Thursday on Steinem's official Instagram page confirmed that she "passed away […]

White House fires back after biographer claims Melania Trump hasn't spent a night in the residence

The White House issued a blistering response to biographer Michael Wolff after he alleged that First Lady Melania Trump has not slept a single night at the White House during President Trump's current term, a claim the administration calls the work of a "serial liar." White House spokesperson Davis Ingle tore into Wolff by name […]

Ayanna Pressley glides to renomination unopposed as financial questions swirl

Rep. Ayanna Pressley coasted to an uncontested Democratic primary in a district no Republican will challenge, even as her household's wealth has ballooned and her husband's business partner quietly walked away from a $2 billion state contract over ethics concerns. Pressley, the Massachusetts Democrat and original "Squad" member first elected in 2018, faced no opponent […]

GSA spends $261,000 on White House bowling alley lighting while taxpayers foot the bill

Federal contracts worth nearly $262,000 for lighting work and escort services at the White House's two-lane bowling alley raise fresh questions about how Washington spends public money on its own comforts. The General Services Administration awarded a contract worth nearly $253,000 to a Washington-based firm for lighting work on the Harry S. Truman Bowling Alley, […]

House unanimously holds two allies of indicted ex-Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick in contempt of Congress

The full House voted without a single objection to hold a Florida mayor and a former congressional aide in contempt for defying subpoenas tied to the ethics investigation of indicted ex-Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a referral that now puts both men on a path toward criminal charges. North Miami Beach Mayor Michael Joseph and Hector Roos, […]

House GOP forces Democrats on record with anti-socialism vote — and 98 say no

House Republicans maneuvered Democrats into a politically damaging floor vote on socialism, and a majority of the Democratic caucus refused to condemn it, handing the GOP a ready-made campaign weapon heading into the midterms. The House passed a non-binding resolution denouncing socialism 285, 98, with every single "no" vote coming from Democrats. Only 86 Democrats […]