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Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said the report “does not meet my standards.” Other Democrats were harsher.

As Republicans work to approve a reconciliation bill to fund ICE, some in the party are pushing back against a proposal to include $1 billion in funding for Secret Service and Trump's ballroom.

The Supreme Court's recent ruling threatens the power of racial-minority voters in Voting Rights Act cases about not just Congress, but also at least 17 state and local governments, NPR finds.

The IRS reached a settlement with President Trump over the leak of his tax returns, barring the agency from auditing his previous filings and reigniting a years-long battle over Trump’s taxes. Acti…...

A Democratic House candidate in Texas is facing widespread condemnation and accusations of antisemitism from her own party.

Reynolds American’s contribution to MAGA Inc. came about one week before the Trump administration announced a new policy on e-cigarettes the company had sought.

President Trump's settlement over the leak of his tax returns frees him and his company from any past IRS problems. Critics say that gives him a sweeping free pass from audits and tax penalties.

He broke the one rule of the MAGA Republican Party.

Both potential GOP candidates have torn each other down, and are now equally competitive in the general election...

Lawmakers passed a bipartisan housing bill backed by Trump that aims to make housing more affordable and restrict large investors from buying homes.

The changes include a redraw of the congressional district held by James E. Clyburn, the Democratic power broker. The map now goes to the State Senate.

The president’s preferred candidate ousted an incumbent in Kentucky, while a Democratic primary in Pennsylvania was a win for the democratic socialists.

Georgia is a swing state where both Democrats and Republicans are deciding the direction their parties will take in the fall in races for the senate and the governor's mansion.

Four Republicans voted with nearly all Democrats to advance the Iran war powers measure, with GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy joining the Republican defectors for the first time.

The president faces several tests of his power on Tuesday, from Kentucky to Georgia to Alabama.

President Donald Trump has backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican race for U.S. Senate in Texas, praising Paxton as a loyal America First ally while criticizing incumbent Sen. John Cornyn as late to support Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. | Politics...

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Bloomberg Investigates spent a year following a small group of attorneys in Oregon as they sued to free detainees swept up in Donald Trump’s deportation campaign.

Enrollment in Healthcare.gov and the other marketplaces is plunging by 5 million, the new paper from KFF finds. Last year, Congress failed to make a deal to keep the coverage more affordable.

Republicans redraw district maps across Southern states as Democrats frame the fight as a civil rights battle over Black voter representation in Congress.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the creation of the fund as part of the settlement of President Trump's lawsuit against the IRS over the leaking of his tax returns.

Democrats face an uphill battle to win the Senate. They see in Mary Peltola, the first Native Alaskan elected to Congress, their best chance to unseat Senator Dan Sullivan.

An American medical missionary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was evacuated after testing positive for Ebola.

After recently weakening the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court avoided for now taking up a legal question that may severely limit enforcement of the law's remaining protections for minority voters.

Democrats claim the DOJ has created scheme to pay out Jan. 6 rioters in IRS lawsuit settlement.

Axios reports Sen. Thom Tillis is opposing a GOP reconciliation vote this week, citing timing concerns and warning it could hurt John Cornyn.

A pair of Senate lawmakers introduced legislation Monday to ban digital gambling advertisements targeting minors. The bill, titled the Gaming Advertisement to Minors Enforcement (GAME) Act, would e…...

Sen. Bill Cassidy joins a short but notable list...

The massive taxpayer-backed fund was set up to settle what outside legal experts had called an “unprecedented” lawsuit filed by the sitting president against the government.

Democrats criticize fund to compensate for supposed persecution as ‘slush fund’ for president’s allies after Trump ends lawsuit against IRS...

The president sued the IRS and the Treasury Department in January, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns years ago.

Tuesday's primary in Georgia features contentious Republican contests for governor and U.S. Senate while Democrats hope an enthusiasm advantage is enough to flip two state supreme court seats.

Republicans have gained an edge in the redistricting battle after the Supreme Court rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map.

“I think the timing and the optics are really bad,” admitted one Republican senator.

President Donald Trump has long tried to portray himself as something of a strongman on China, though his tough talk and trade wars are often undercut by his remarkably accommodating nature toward Xi Jinping.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen said the FBI director needs to be fired “for a whole host of reasons.”...

The president has never pretended to be an ordinary American, but a recent “truth bomb” has opened him to criticism that he doesn’t grasp the economic strain of his war with Iran.

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy's primary loss in Louisiana shows the power of President Trump's opposition. It also highlights the importance of voting rules and maps.

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a former ally of President Trump who has since sparred with him over multiple issues, on Sunday predicted “political revolution in” the U.S. if there are…...

The defeat showed the president’s dominance in his party, even as a broader range of views about Mr. Trump could be a major Republican liability in the midterms.

Nearly half of Americans have anxiety about their finances at the same time as they have frustrations with the economy under President Trump, according to a new poll. In the CBS News/YouGov poll, 4…...

Fresh from his summit in Beijing, the US president warned against a formal declaration of independence by the island.

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Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said the self-ruled democracy cannot be traded away, days after US President Donald Trump described a planned $14 billion arms sale to Taipei as a bargaining chip with China.

Editorial: Buoyed by his removal of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, the US president is intensifying an economic stranglehold and military menace...

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President Donald Trump will be presented with options for action on China if US investigations determine that industrial overcapacity is influencing Chinese exports, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said.

Plummeting approval ratings for these three poisonous comrades-in-arms show voters are demoralised and tiring of forever wars – the west could soon breathe again, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall...

Georgia's elections Tuesday include competitive GOP primaries for U.S. Senate and for governor. Meanwhile, Democrats hope an enthusiastic turnout helps them flip two state supreme court seats.

Louisiana Rep. Julia Letlow, the president’s favored candidate, and MAGA-aligned state Treasurer John Fleming advanced to a runoff for the GOP nomination.

The Democrats' strongest ally in the U.S. Senate GOP conference in their decade-long quest to impeach Trump faces possible elimination.

Subpoenas have begun to fly over reporting on the Iran military campaign.

It’s too early to start really handicapping the 2028 presidential race, but some would-be candidates are already making serious moves.

Incumbent GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, who had occasionally broken with the Trump administration, lost his bid for a third term.

Incumbent senator faces a defining test as Trump-backed rival surges ahead in polls and prediction markets before the state's GOP primary.

Social media stars have become a magnet for campaigns and political groups that want to push priorities without disclosing where their money is going.

The president has unintentionally set off an international scramble for renewable energy due to his war in Iran...

President Donald Trump said the operation eliminated "the most active terrorist in the world", Abu-Bilal al-Minuki.

Senator Bill Cassidy, who has drawn President Trump’s ire, is fighting for political survival.

Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, is in danger of losing his primary.

A year ago, Trump promised a new era during the first major foreign trip of his second term. On his recent visit to Beijing, the war with Iran and economic strain clouded his diplomacy.

Congressman Thomas Massie, chastized by the US president as a ‘lowlife’, will soon face the ballot box – setting up a crucial test of Trump’s political strength...

The new map was drawn by Democrats and approved by Virginia voters, but the state Supreme Court declared the referendum null and void because lawmakers failed to follow the proper procedures to get the issue on the ballot.

Like Lucy with the football, President Donald Trump keeps teasing that a deal to end the war with Iran is nearly over.

The decision would tee up the state legislature to pass a new 7-0 map favoring Republicans this cycle.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy led an official day of mourning in Kyiv a day after a Russian cruise missile flattened an apartment building. It was one of the deadliest attacks on the capital in the 4-year-old war.

As the Trump administration sought to reassure Americans this week that a potential hantavirus outbreak posed little risk to the public, Dr. Brian Christine, one of the top public health officials in charge of infectious disease policy, stood before reporters in Nebraska promising a response “ground...

Cuba’s top diplomat in the U.S. said the country is sticking to its red lines amid faltering negotiations it says have made “no progress” and a looming threat from President Trump to invade the nat…...

The former Atlanta mayor has dominated primary polls for months, but Democrats are concerned her political baggage will tank their chances this fall.

China’s leader raised the ancient Greek historian Thucydides when he met the US president in Beijing...

What does representation look like for Tennessee voters who were split into three new congressional districts last week? NPR traveled from Memphis into the Nashville suburbs to ask.

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US President Donald Trump said he raised the issue of granting Visa Inc. wider access to offer payments services to Chinese consumers and businesses during a meeting with Xi Jinping on Thursday in Beijing.

GOP lawmakers and strategists say he’s overstepping with his efforts to boost Julia Letlow’s Senate campaign.

In a new POLITICO Poll, a plurality of Democrats say the party should counter Republican gerrymandering, even if it means reducing the number of majority-minority districts.

The vice president visited Bangor, Maine, to tout his fraud crackdown, stump for Paul LePage and offer an olive branch to Sen. Susan Collins.

Former national security official Rush Doshi says President Trump's sky-high tariffs on Chinese goods sparked a clash in which China prevailed. We look at the current state of U.S.-China relations.

President Trump is in Beijing meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, with the two leaders aiming to stabilize their trading relationship after last year's trade war.

The Times broke the story that has become a dominant line of attack against Xavier Becerra, the Democratic front-runner. Here are five things to know about it.

In Memphis, new congressional maps have split the city's single congressional district, held by a Democrat, into three that are likely to elect Republicans in November.

Doug Burgum told Congress he didn't know who was making his department's decisions on plans for the country's 250th anniversary.

Roza was among several victims who gave testimony to Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday.

Vice President JD Vance — who compared himself to the kid in “Home Alone,” with both President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in China this week — had the White House campus to himself on Wednesday for an event on fraud.