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Whenever President Donald Trump gets an idea for a major project or renovation in Washington, DC, a pattern has emerged: move forward and ask questions later.

In a prime-time address, Trump alleged major election-related interference by China.

The leading candidates to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic nominee to challenge Sen. Susan Collins are presenting themselves as fighters in his mold and calling for ICE to be abolished.

President Donald Trump called the smoke pollution from Canada's wildfires affecting the United States from the Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic "totally unacceptable."...

Francesca Hong is running for governor of Wisconsin. We talked to her about how she’d govern this swing state.

The accounts of Marco Rubio and even Democrat Adam Smith should be convincing enough about the severity of the threat. Will progressives listen?

Lawmakers press for review of hiring practices amid a spate of ICE-related deaths within the same week...

Mullin said election officials who “disregard information” from the government that "they need to secure elections” could face penalties.

Two-thirds of the Michigan congressman's campaign cash last quarter came from AIPAC bundlers after he invested millions in crypto.

His China deflection covers for Russia.

Surrogacy is banned in Germany, a policy firmly backed by Jens Spahn's Christian Democrat party, and several years ago by Spahn, too.

China said Trump's claims were fabricated and US Democrats said he was paving the way to undermine November's elections.

House Republicans are unlikely to include language defunding Planned Parenthood in a third budget reconciliation bill.

In demanding steps to address the integrity of voting, President Trump persisted in relitigating his 2020 election defeat while finding ways to cast doubt on the 2026 outcome.

A president cracking down on museums is unusual—but so are the museums.

President Trump alleged voting machines and ballot-counting systems are "extremely exposed to attack" — but experts say voting machines are subject to intense controls.

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President Donald Trump devoted a prime-time address to reviving unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was stolen and raising doubts about the security of the upcoming midterms, turning his attention to a years-long grievance at a perilous moment for his presidency.

The Pennsylvania Democrat laid out a red line that would cause him to quit his party, although he didn’t say whether he would become an independent or a Republican.

The president’s prime-time speech was more notable for what it didn’t prove than what it did.

A request for the DOJ to investigate NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration for potential violations of the Logan Act has been filed.

This may be Trump’s most disastrous vanity project yet.

Voters are split 50-50 on whether the economy is better under Trump than Biden, according to a new poll.

Trump’s media company has devised a way to generate revenue from the president’s manic posting sprees.

Presidential candidates could consider naming, and campaigning with, their Vice-Presidential pick from Day One, Bill McKibben suggests.

The symbolic vote showed how far Democratic politics on Israel have shifted, as progressive candidates turn anger over Gaza and U.S. military aid into a campaign issue.

Paxton's campaign quickly accepted Talarico's challenge, saying post-primary debates were always a part of the plan.

The R&B singer was found guilty of racketeering, sex trafficking and producing child abuse images, with his lawyer lobbying the US president for more than a year...

The president has pushed to curtail the commercial licenses of immigrants, including legal residents, whom he has blamed for crashes.

Trump's nominee faces the Senate health committee for her confirmation hearing on July 15. If confirmed, she will lead an agency dealing with workforce and leadership shortages and new layers of political review.

The Justice Department is seeking to compel grand jury testimony as part of an investigation into Times reporting on the president’s new Air Force One jet.

President Donald Trump announced $10 billion in investments into the defense industry in Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon at Sen. Dave McCormick's (R-PA) Defense and Innovation Summit.

The president undid everything the Logoff wrote about this week.

Kathryn Ruemmler faced a bipartisan grilling from the House Oversight Committee over emails revealing her friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The vice president made the admission while he was grilled by Joe Rogan.

The sentencing of Jashanpreet Singh, an illegal immigrant trucker who killed three people in a fiery crash, sparked outrage and invoked promises of action from the Trump administration.

Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss the passing of Lindsey Graham and Sen. Mitch McConnell's health status.

After ICE killed two immigrants in one week, Democrats need to commit to abolishing the deportation regime.

A better antidepressant policy would not be pro- or anti-medication, but instead pro-matching.

“But we did not have evidence, as of now, of other men who (sic) … Epstein helped traffic,” he stressed. “That is, does not mean it didn’t happen.”...

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark’s (D-MA) support for the amendment puts her at odds with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

Graham Platner rose to prominence partly through selfie videos that allowed him to provide confessional-style, improvisational-seeming direct addresses to his base—and he ended his campaign with one, too.

Eight candidates have been invited to take part in the event in Portland.

“Someone needs to be investigated – namely the two individuals who opened our borders up for 4 YEARS allowing the worst of the worst in here … Where is the accountability for THAT…...

Sunshine Protection Act has bipartisan support, including backing of Trump and some Democratic co-sponsors, and will head to the Senate next...

The president said there's no use looking into the late senator's death.

The legislation now heads to the Senate.

Ro Khanna and Rahm Emanuel say they want the same policy for Israel. But they seem to be on different pages about what it means.

Trump called Rep. Russell Fry "outstanding" and hinted the South Carolina congressman could win the Aug. 11 special election for the open seat.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist skewered presidents from Johnson to Trump, reaching a vast audience through syndication.

Maine voters are still grappling with Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner's dramatic departure from the race.

The MAGA conspiracy theories continued to circulate.

Firearms are not allowed on Capitol grounds.

The Supreme Court has restored power—financial and otherwise—to political parties in elections.

Mitch McConnell says post-polio syndrome caused a fall that left him briefly unconscious, followed by pneumonia, but his return date remains unclear.

DHS says it will begin withholding a portion of anti-terrorism funding from states unless they adopt election rule changes.

The SAVE America Act, FISA reauthorization, renewed Iran strikes, and government funding all await the Senate as it returns for a July sprint.

South Carolina Republicans are weighing potential successors to Lindsey Graham after his death, with several prominent GOP figures emerging as possible contenders for the Senate seat.

The president says he loves “my African Americans." His policies tell a different story...

A new survey of Hispanic business owners in Texas shows Democratic nominee James Talarico dominating.

Under a new proposal, Administration officials could deny government grants to any group or project on the ground that it didn’t fit the President’s agenda.

The law firm’s co-chairman assured partners it would stay out of the president’s appeal of sex-abuse and defamation cases. It reversed course after being asked by Trump’s personal lawyer.

Taught to sound like a candidate, bots are engaging voters with personalized text messages, making AI-generated texting conversations the latest tool political campaigns are using to connect.

Vice President JD Vance remembered Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) after his office announced that he died at the age of 71.

President Trump's demolition, construction and renovation efforts have triggered a firestorm of lawsuits, as critics seek to block his plans to remake our nation's capital.

Khanna, 49, was visiting the occupied West Bank when he was held for 90 minutes, he says.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.

During the last election, when struggling to find a memorable attack line against Kamala Harris, Trump eventually landed on "Comrade Kamala."...

Republican New York Rep. Mike Lawler and Democratic New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer urged agencies to crack down on election misinformation posed by AI tools.

The newly leaderless Election Assistance Commission, briefly explained.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear demands Sen. Mitch McConnell reveal his undisclosed medical condition as the 84-year-old remains absent from the Senate.

The president keeps calling his political opponents “communist,” in defiance of history and common sense.

The National Capital Planning Commission, led by the president’s allies, voted to advance the project near Arlington Cemetery, tabling a height question for later.

President Trump refused to sign a housing bill, now law, in protest over Congress not passing new restrictions on voting.

At a ceremony in front of the iconic cascading fountain at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, DC, earlier this month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and top US officials touted President Donald Trump’s efforts to make the city “safe and beautiful.”...

In Mayor Karen Bass’s Los Angeles, the rule of law is separate and not equal when it comes to street food — with illegal immigrants and rogue vendors getting a free pass on violations while citizen restaurateurs and licensed food stands are subjected to fines, high costs, burdensome regulations, and...

The unusual cross-party fundraising committee comes amid speculation that Republicans are courting John Fetterman, who has said he has no plans to switch parties.

The firings leave the federal election agency with no commissioners as Trump seeks to reshape voting rules.

Leaders of the Maine Democratic Party are still working toward a process to replace Graham Platner, without angering his supporters.