LANSING, Mich. — President Donald Trump has pardoned more than 20 people who contributed to the push to overturn his loss in Michigan's 2020 election.

Late Sunday night, Ed Martin, who's working as the Republican president's pardon attorney, posted a list of dozens of names on X with the words, "Important pardon of alternate electors of 2020....Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed without comment a long-shot challenge to the constitutional right to marry for same-sex couples.

The justices turned away an appeal petition from Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who defied the court's landmark decision in 2015 and repeatedly refused to issue marriage licenses to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senators reached a deal Sunday night that will lead to reopening the government — assuming the House goes along with the plan.

The House, however, will first have to dust off the cobwebs that may have accumulated while not meeting for legislative business in almost two months.

House members were notified Sunday night that they...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate appropriators Sunday unveiled a roughly $7.3 billion draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill, part of a three-bill package that could be paired with a stopgap spending measure in a bid to reopen the government.

The bill would maintain funding for both the Government Accountability Office and the Library of...Read more

WASHINGTON —Democrats entered the shutdown seeking to renew tax credits to stave off insurance premium price hikes and to show voters they have the stomach for hardball negotiations in President Donald Trump’s Washington.

As the record-long shutdown neared its end more than a month later, they failed to achieve either goal.

A group of ...Read more

British Broadcasting Corp. Director-General Tim Davie is resigning from the U.K. national broadcaster amid allegations it misled viewers by editing President Donald Trump’s remarks in a Panorama documentary last year.

The BBC on Monday apologized for the editing of the program, which aired in October 2024 and spliced together sections of a ...Read more

President Donald Trump is testing the limits of law. Federal judges issue orders restraining him — on deportations, the use of military force or retaliatory lawsuits against political enemies such as James Comey and the press such as The New York Times— and he simply defies them. Lower courts continue to push back, but the pattern of ...Read more

One thing you can say about the president is that he likes to change things.

He wanted the Gulf of Mexico renamed the Gulf of America, signing an executive order making it the official name for the federal government. He also signed an executive order changing the highest peak in the nation back to Mount McKinley from Denali. He renamed the ...Read more

The days may be officially numbered for the longest partial government shutdown in history.

On Day 40 of the funding impasse, enough Senate Democrats now plan to vote for cloture on the newly introduced spending package unveiled Sunday to get over the 60-vote hurdle and finally break the logjam.

An initial test vote Sunday night on the revised...Read more

California’s senators said Sunday they will oppose a new Senate plan to reopen the government — a plan that does not extend Obamacare-inspired health care premium subsidies right away.

“This does nothing to stop the Republican-made health care crisis. It does nothing to stop premiums from doubling for millions of Americans,” said Sen. ...Read more

President Trump said Sunday that most Americans would receive a $2,000 dividend payment as a result of his administration's tariffs levied against foreign countries.

Trump announced the potential payments on his Truth Social platform, calling opponents of his tariffs "FOOLS" in a post.

"We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin...Read more

The record-breaking U.S. government shutdown is nearing an end after a group of moderate Senate Democrats agreed to support a deal to reopen the government and fund some departments and agencies for the next year, people familiar with the talks said.

Under the agreement, Congress would pass full-year funding for the departments of Agriculture, ...Read more

British Broadcasting Corp. Director-General Tim Davie is resigning from the U.K. national broadcaster amid allegations it misled viewers by editing President Donald Trump’s remarks in a Panorama documentary last year.

The program, aired in October 2024, spliced together sections of a speech Trump gave in Washington on January 6 2021, the day ...Read more

Senate Republican leader John Thune said a deal is “coming together” as he planned a test vote Sunday on a narrow spending package that would end the 40-day government shutdown.

A group of Senate Democrats is leaning toward voting to advance the package provided final details can be worked out, including provisions protecting government ...Read more

Senate Republican leader John Thune said a deal is “coming together” as he planned a test vote Sunday on a narrow spending package that would end the 40-day government shutdown.

It was unclear whether Democrats were on board with the plan as most have continued to demand a one-year extension of the Obamacare subsidies for low-income ...Read more

More than 1,400 flights throughout the U.S. were canceled Sunday as the government shutdown dragged on.

The Federal Aviation Administration began canceling 4% of all flights on Friday and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday he expected that number to grow in the coming weeks if the shutdown continues.

“It’s only going to get ...Read more

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Americans may receive a tariff “dividend” of at least $2,000 could come via the tax cuts passed in his signature economic policy bill earlier this year.

Bessent was asked on ABC’s "This Week" about a social media post by Trump earlier Sunday that derided ...Read more

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that U.S. air travel would come to a virtual standstill during the Thanksgiving holiday in late November if the government shutdown persists, as more air-traffic controllers opt not to work without paychecks.

“As we get closer to Thanksgiving travel, I think what’s going to happen is you’re going...Read more

MIAMI — Toppcuttaz Barbershop in Miami Gardens is buzzing with sounds from Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston as chairs swivel around and clippers buzz. It’s still early — just past 10 a.m. — but in a corner, six Black men, including the barbershop’s owner Mike Stephens, are sitting on couches deep in conversation about ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Lauren Chavez had scrolled through a series of horror stories on TikTok with videos showing people camping out in U.S. airports for hours on end.

She decided to play it safe, arriving at Los Angeles International Airport with her 4-year-old daughter and fiance in tow six hours early for their Friday afternoon flight home to ...Read more