MIAMI — When Brian Ballard, a prominent Florida lobbyist who raised millions for Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign, signed a contract with a wealthy Venezuelan to help expand his TV station into the United States, he disclosed the $50,000 monthly retainer on a lobbying form with the U.S. government in 2017.

But when former Florida ...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than five years after violent riots at the U.S. Capitol, President Donald Trump still can’t avoid lawsuits seeking to hold him legally responsible for the chaos that temporarily disrupted Congress’ certification of the 2020 election.

A federal judge in Washington handed a multipart loss to Trump on Tuesday night, keeping...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Despite a circuit judge’s ruling that voided the resolution impeaching Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman, her April trial in the state Senate will continue as planned, lawmakers say.

Tuesday morning, Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd voided Goodman’s March 20 impeachment in the House, saying she committed no ...Read more

House Republicans caved to pressure Wednesday and agreed with the Senate to pass a partial funding bill to end the Department of Homeland Security government shutdown that spawned chaos at airports.

Reversing his previous stance, House Speaker Mike Johnson agreed to push for passage of the bipartisan Senate bill that funds DHS agencies ...Read more

A profanity-laced tweet from U.S. Rep. Susie Lee’s personal X account about President Donald Trump has raised some eyebrows on social media.

The post from Lee, D-Nev., appeared to criticize the president for his decision to attend a U.S. Supreme Court hearing Wednesday regarding birthright citizenship.

“So f——— f—ed up,” the post...Read more

WASHINGTON — During the nation’s 250th anniversary, the British are coming — this time by invitation.

His Majesty Charles III, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on April 28, House and Senate leaders announced Wednesday.

“The relationship between the United ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will address the nation Wednesday night as soaring gas prices, an unpopular war in Iran and his slumping approval number have become a collective political thorn for Republicans heading into November’s midterm elections.

Trump will use the prime-time address to repeat his Tuesday declaration that the U.S....Read more

WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump watching in the courtroom, the Supreme Court justices gave a mostly skeptical hearing Wednesday to his claim that he may revise the Constitution to end birthright citizenship for babies born in this country to parents who were here unlawfully or temporarily.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer said ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A majority of the Supreme Court expressed hostility Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to restrict birthright citizenship, even as he became the first sitting president in the modern era to attend oral arguments.

An attorney for the U.S. urged the justices to overturn multiple lower court rulings ...Read more

Progressives wasted no time characterizing the Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday on “conversion therapy” as an attack on the LGBTQ community. It is no such thing, representing instead a victory for the First Amendment.

The justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a religious counselor who challenged a 2019 Colorado law banning attempts to “change ...Read more

BOSTON — A Bay State man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump, according to the feds.

Great Barrington man Andrew Emerald, 45, allegedly posted messages on Facebook threatening to injure and kill Trump.

Emerald was indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of interstate transmission of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump watching in the gallery, the Supreme Court justices gave a mostly skeptical hearing on Wednesday to his claim that he may revise the Constitution to end birthright citizenship for babies born in this country to parents who were here unlawfully or temporarily.

Trump Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer said ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court, inserting himself directly into a high-stakes legal battle over one of the most consequential orders of his administration.

Trump arrived at the court Wednesday morning by limousine for arguments over whether the ...Read more

President Donald Trump appeared on former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino’s podcast in February 2026, where he stated: “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over, we should take over the voting.’ The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”

Trump’s call to nationalize elections, to transfer the constitutionall...Read more

In May 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice began sending letters to state governments demanding copies of statewide voter registration lists. The request was unprecedented: It demanded not only publicly available voter data, such as names and addresses, but also sensitive information, including driver’s license and Social Security numbers....Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear President Donald Trump's claim that he has the power to revise the Constitution and to end birthright citizenship for babies born in this country to parents who were here unlawfully or temporarily.

Trump proposed this potentially far-reaching change in an executive order. It has been ...Read more

President Donald Trump once remarked that his intuition and instincts were the key factors separating him from the mere mortals trying to negotiate good deals. “I have a gut, and my gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else’s brain can ever tell me,” the president said at one point during his first term.

And in many cases, Trump’s ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A year ago, Jake Johnson, a math teacher from Rochester who had never run for elected office, entered the race to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad without much fanfare.

He chose the Pizza Ranch in Fairmont, Minnesota, a solidly Republican area in Martin County, for his launch. Karen McConnell, the head of the Martin ...Read more

WASHINGTON — For a brief moment, it seemed like a bill to curb stock trading by members of Congress could see a vote in the House.

Blessed by GOP leadership with hopes of a floor vote in the first quarter of the year, it would have been a victory for the small group of Republicans leading the charge. But that time frame has come and gone, ...Read more

As Congress spends a two-week break no closer to a compromise on Homeland Security funding, U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean visited the federal detention facility in Center City Tuesday to do some research on the agency at the center of the fight.

ICE agents have been paid throughout the 46-day shutdown, but most other employees of agencies overseen ...Read more