Politics

Senate to vote on stopgap bill to keep government open through Dec. 11
The Senate is set to take a test vote Monday on a stopgap appropriations bill that will keep the government open through Dec. 11. The measure, released Sunday evening,...
Darline Graham promotes Trump's agenda in her political debut ahead of special Senate primary
Sen. Darline Graham made her political debut before hundreds of Republican voters in South Carolina on Saturday, saying that she never envisioned a life in politics for herself until...
ICE detention center staff taunted kids by eating candy in front of them: Democrat investigation
ICE’s main detention center where it holds families awaiting deportation is beset by a “culture of cruelty,” according to a report by a senior Senate Democrat who said migrants...
Trump moves to replace foreign truck drivers with military veterans, calls them ‘Freedom Haulers’
President Trump on Thursday launched the Freedom Hauler initiative for recruiting military veterans to become commercial truck drivers, a follow-up move to the administration’s crackdown on illegal immigrant and...
Far-left Michigan Senate candidate questioned about rental properties
U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has pledged to “stand up to greedy landlords and corporate profiteers,” disclosed he, too, is a landlord. Mr. El-Sayed’s financial disclosure form filed...
GOP frames midterms as battle against communism as socialists gain foothold in Democratic Party
House Republicans are branding Democrats as “communists” ahead of the midterm elections in November, betting that voters have a visceral aversion to the ideology as a growing wave of...
Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund has become a roadblock for his attorney general nominee
President Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund has become the chief stumbling block to Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general, with key Republicans saying they cannot let him be approved until the...
Mamdani’s rhetoric on Netanyahu still worries Jewish leaders after arrest reversal
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s admission that he cannot legally arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has done little to calm Jewish leaders, who say the mayor’s broader...
Gov. Whitmer backs Stevens in fierce Michigan Senate primary
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has come off the sidelines to throw her support behind Rep. Haley Stevens’ bid for the U.S. Senate, giving her a late-innings boost in her...
Alaska sends 3,000 letters asking voters to verify their citizenship ahead of this year’s elections
JUNEAU, Alaska — The state has sent more than 3,000 letters to Alaska voters asking them to verify their citizenship ahead of the Aug. 18 primary, a number a...