President Donald Trump’s most concrete step to rein in unprecedented U.S. budget deficits — sweeping tariff hikes — faces the danger of a legal reversal that would put the nation’s finances on an even shakier footing.

Trump and top aides including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have argued that federal borrowing needs will shrink in ...Read more

For many decades, politicians of both parties and almost all economists have recognized the independence of the U.S. Federal Reserve as a cornerstone of the American economy — and indeed the world economy. The Fed’s independence itself fuels the U.S.’ prominence in the world economy and supports international and domestic investment. ...Read more

Katherine Green, a dominatrix who creates online adult videos, wasn’t expecting a windfall from President Donald Trump’s signature push to make tips tax-free.

The Houston-based OnlyFans Ltd. creator, who goes by the title Mistress professionally, is not a waitress, a rideshare driver or a golf caddy — professions typically associated with...Read more

The Donald Trump-inspired “gerrymandering wars” spreading across the country portend chaos for the most fundamental pillar of our political system — representative democracy. Congress must put its own House in order, and it can do so, in a clear, workable fashion.

From the sidelines, gerrymandering appears a rather harmless game, one ...Read more

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said President Donald Trump “cherry picks which political violence he’s going to condemn,” after the president delivered remarks on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk Wednesday.

“I think we need to be universal in condemning all political violence,” Shapiro, a Democrat, told ABC News...Read more

In state legislatures around the country, medication abortion has emerged as the central focus of the fight over abortion rights. As Democratic lawmakers in blue states enact shield laws to protect abortion medication prescribers, their Republican counterparts — particularly in states that have banned abortion — are filing a flurry of bills ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Key House GOP appropriators are raising concerns about the White House’s use of a legally untested budgetary tool to terminate billions in foreign aid funds as the Supreme Court decides whether to weigh in on a tactic that could overhaul congressional funding power.

Hard-line conservatives have cheered on the Trump ...Read more

The shock Israeli strike against Hamas officials in Doha, followed by Russian drones piercing the airspace of NATO ally Poland, delivered twin blows to President Donald Trump’s longtime boast that friends and foes respect the U.S. under his leadership like never before.

Trump voiced unhappiness with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is set to spend time in New York and London as the clock ticks toward a possible government shutdown, a break from the hands-on approach he used to help lock in the Republican-led tax and spending measure he signed on July 4.

After attending a New York Yankees baseball game Thursday night in the Bronx as he...Read more

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump Friday dismissed Republican Curtis Sliwa as a cat-loving lightweight who has little chance of winning the New York City mayor’s race against Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.

Riffing on Sliwa’s well-known penchant for felines, Trump said the GOP standard-bearer does not have the gravitas to beat ...Read more

Poland’s prime minister rejected Donald Trump’s assertion that this week’s incursion by Russian drones may not have been intentional as European leaders struggle with the president’s apparent ambivalence.

The U.S. leader said Wednesday’s incident, in which NATO forces shot down several Russian drones that had breached Polish airspace,...Read more

In the theater of American politics, promises are political capital. Most politicians make promises cautiously, knowing that if they fail to fulfill them, they will be held accountable

But President Donald Trump has rewritten the script. He repeatedly offers sweeping vows, yet the results often don't follow; somehow, he escapes the day of ...Read more

Does God play a role in U.S. elections? Most Americans are doubtful, according to new polling.

In the latest Pew Research Center survey, a majority of respondents said they do not believe recent presidential elections were influenced by divine intervention.

That said, sizable minorities view the 2020 and 2024 election outcomes as part of God�...Read more

Universities, corporations, hospitals and other institutions across the country face a painful dilemma when President Donald Trump’s administration tries to force them to change long-standing practices and policies to suit the president.

Do they submit or embark on an extended court battle? The first option risks going down a road akin to ...Read more

President Donald Trump said incursions by Russian drones into Polish airspace could have been a “mistake,” but also expressed his frustration with an incident that has alarmed Warsaw and other NATO allies.

“It could have been a mistake, but regardless, I’m not happy about anything having to do with that whole situation,” Trump told ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he intends to attend the funeral for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed at an event on a college campus in Utah.

“I will be,” Trump told reporters Thursday at the White House as he departed for a trip to New York. “I believe it’s in Arizona. It’s in Arizona, and they’ve asked me ...Read more

Among lawmakers’ typical discussions in the Capitol building Thursday about government funding, Senate rule changes and health care subsidies, the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk never seemed to lurk far from the surface.

The shooting death of the 31-year-old in Utah the previous day was mentioned in nearly every media scrum and ...Read more

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown warned of possible race-based policing across this country" and a rollback of decades of civil rights progress following a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that authorized federal immigration enforcement in Los Angeles to consider race and ethnicity in determining who they stop and question.

"It is a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Thursday with some bipartisan support that would boost prison sentences for migrants convicted of repeatedly entering the United States illegally or entering the country and committing a felony.

Eleven Democrats joined Republicans in a 226-197 vote to pass the legislation, which is part of a wider tough-on...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has never quite mastered the role of consoler in chief.

He tried again Thursday as the nation marked the 24th year since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But even before he arrived at the Pentagon for a memorial ceremony ahead of a scheduled evening appearance at a Yankees baseball game in New York City about ...Read more