NEW YORK — Brad Lander, New York City’s outgoing comptroller, is challenging Congressman Dan Goldman in this summer’s Democratic primary election, portraying himself as a progressive stalwart who can do a better job at fighting President Donald Trump’s agenda on Capitol Hill.

Lander’s bid for the 10th Congressional District, which ...Read more

More than a year before Donald Trump’s first presidential win, some of Rep. Tom Emmer’s constituents were packed into a Minnesota bar and asking him how to stop Somalis from moving into the district.

“Nobody asked us if we, in St. Cloud, want those Somalis,” a constituent told Emmer during a town hall exchange reported by “This ...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia Democrats continued to gather momentum ahead of next year’s midterm elections, flipping a solidly Republican state House seat in a special election on Tuesday to represent parts of Oconee and Clarke counties.

Democrat Eric Gisler defeated Republican Mack “Dutch” Guest , with 50.85% of the vote, according to unofficial ...Read more

Congressional Democrats are sounding alarms over the deep involvement of Saudi Arabian and other Middle Eastern royal families in Paramount’s proposed bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

Warner Bros. Discovery owns CNN, HBO and the historic Warner Bros. film and television studios in Burbank, behind such beloved American classics as “Casablanca...Read more

MIAMI — Donald Trump wants to help Republicans by putting himself front and center in next year’s midterm elections.

He tried it in the race for Miami mayor and it didn’t work.

The candidate Trump endorsed in the race, Republican Emilio González, lost by nearly 20 points to Democrat Eileen Higgins Tuesday in a city Kamala Harris barely...Read more

A House Democrat filed articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday in a likely futile effort to oust the health and human services secretary.

Kennedy “has turned his back on science, on public health, and on the American people – spreading conspiracies and lies, driving up costs and putting lives at risk,” Rep. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ran for Congress in 2020 to fix a system she believed failed to deliver for the people.

President Donald Trump, in her opinion, was the solution, but he needed more allies like her in office to make good on his promises.

“I was very disgruntled with Republicans in Congress,” she said during ...Read more

NEW YORK — Brad Lander, New York City’s outgoing comptroller, is challenging Congressman Dan Goldman in this summer’s Democratic primary election, portraying himself as a progressive stalwart who can do a better job at fighting President Donald Trump’s agenda on Capitol Hill.

Lander’s bid for Goldman’s 10th Congressional District, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office’s new leader starting later this year, at least on an acting basis, will be a veteran investigator with over three decades’ experience at the nonpartisan legislative branch agency.

Orice Williams Brown, currently the GAO’s chief operating officer, will take the reins from outgoing ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is expanding its group of targeted seats for next year, adding a handful of seats to its “Districts in Play” list.

They include Republican-held seats: California’s 48th District, held by Rep. Darrell Issa; Florida’s 15th, held by Rep. Laurel Lee; North Carolina’s 3rd, held...Read more

WASHINGTON — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is running for Congress, launching a Democratic primary challenge against Rep. Dan Goldman for a seat representing lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.

“I’ve always believed that you fight for the things you love, and I love this city,” Lander said in an announcement video. “I love ...Read more

This page has long supported the responsible use of nuclear power to generate electricity. Illinois was the birthplace of the first-ever reactor at the University of Chicago, after all, and now has more reactors than any other state.

Today, we’re optimistic that modern nukes using up-to-date technology could pull off a comeback. America needs...Read more

Immigrants who waited for years, had taken classes, paid rising fees, passed background checks, and aced the new U.S. citizenship test, found themselves being pulled from the line last week before they could take the oath of allegiance at their naturalization ceremony.

Why? Because one individual from their home country (out of the 80,000 ...Read more

During the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, five major studios competed for actors, directors, scripts and audiences. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Paramount, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox all had clout.

Still, some in Hollywood worried about the consolidation of power, which explains why Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary...Read more

If you’re a parent — or considering becoming one — you likely understand that it’s a pricey prospect. Consider: The annual cost of raising a child in Illinois is an estimated $23,821 — nearly $430,000 over 18 years — according to a 2024 SmartAsset study. Saving and investing for these children is a good thing, and something many ...Read more

The Supreme Court will decide numerous politically and socially important cases throughout this term, with implications for redrafting congressional maps, campaign finance rules, the death penalty, transgender rights and much more on the docket. But do not expect the court’s decisions on these cases to honor the past.

Under Chief Justice John...Read more

Minnesota finds itself in a harsh spotlight as President Donald Trump revs up his attacks on Gov. Tim Walz, an old political foe, while simultaneously expanding his demonization of Somali Minnesotans.

After unleashing torrents of foul language against Walz last weekend, and then this week referring to Somali Americans, including U.S. Rep. Ilhan...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested he could seek to oust Federal Reserve governors appointed by President Joe Biden if their commissions were signed by autopen, in his latest bid to exert control over the central bank.

The gambit is unlikely to come to fruition.

Previous Trump declarations that he was voiding Biden actions where the former ...Read more

MOUNT POCONO, Pa. — President Donald Trump’s raucous rally Tuesday night in Pennsylvania was billed as the launch of a national tour focused easing voters’ economic anxieties that threaten Republicans’ hold in Washington with the 2026 midterms looming.

But the economy couldn’t maintain the president’s interest for the duration of ...Read more

MOUNT POCONO, Pa. — A smattering of people pushed their luck Tuesday at the Mount Airy Casino Resort, tapping neon slot buttons, flipping dice onto felt craps tables, and wandering the rows of glowing, dinging machines.

A floor below, President Donald Trump was set to speak in a sprawling ballroom, where event staff hung a huge blue banner: ...Read more