GREENVILLE, S.C. — A near-total abortion ban for South Carolina failed to advance after a majority of a committee’s Republican state senators declined to cast a vote.

Four Republican senators abstained on the final vote after several amendments to remove the bill’s most extreme measures failed during a hearing Tuesday afternoon.

The bill...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass a federal standard governing oversight of artificial intelligence and warned that varied regulation at the state level risked slowing the development of an emerging technology that’s critical to the U.S. economy.

In a post on his Truth Social network Tuesday, the president urged...Read more

WASHINGTON — The CEOs of all three Detroit automakers have been invited to publicly testify before Congress on Jan. 14 for the first time in more than 17 years.

The last congressional hearing that featured the top executives of Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV (formerly Chrysler LLC) was in late 2008, when concurrent ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s lawyers appeared before an appeals court in Alabama to try to revive a civil suit accusing Hillary Clinton of leading a conspiracy to bog down his 2016 presidential campaign with bogus allegations tying him to Russia.

The packed hearing Tuesday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Birmingham came more than ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the incoming governor of New Jersey, will resign from Congress on Thursday at 11:59 p.m., allowing Gov. Phil Murphy to schedule a special election to fill the remainder of her term.

“It has been an honor to serve the residents of New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District,” Sherrill said in a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Progressive New York City Councilman Chi Ossé filed paperwork Monday to challenge Hakeem Jeffries for his Brooklyn-based congressional seat.

Ossé, 27, had previously shot down speculation that he was challenging Jeffries, the powerful House minority leader, saying in early October it would take a “dire situation” to convince ...Read more

ATLANTA — The strained relationship between Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the State Election Board is fraying.

The latest divide came last week when the board, which Democrat and Republican state lawmakers have described as dysfunctional, found out that secretary of state investigators would no longer attend board meetings...Read more

ATLANTA — The strained relationship between Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the State Election Board is fraying.

The latest divide came last week when the board, which Democrat and Republican state lawmakers have described as dysfunctional, found out that secretary of state investigators would no longer attend board meetings...Read more

President Donald Trump is drawing widespread criticism after lashing out at a female reporter who was pressing for information about files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

While speaking to reporters on Air Force One Friday, Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey attempted to ask Trump about the release of the so-called Epstein files, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday voted to disapprove of how Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, D-Ill., announced his retirement, adopting a resolution stating his conduct was “beneath the dignity of his office” and undermined “the process of a free and fair election.”

Led by Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, D-Wash., it was an unusual push...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House calendar for 2026 sets up a potential reprise of the chamber’s extended departure during the recent partial government shutdown.

According to the calendar circulated by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and obtained by CQ Roll Call, the chamber is scheduled to be in session for the first three weeks of ...Read more

DETROIT — A Grand Rapids man convicted of posting threats against U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance online has been sentenced, officials said.

James Donald Vance Jr., 67, was given two years in prison on Wednesday by a U.S. District Judge for threatening to kill or injure the president and vice president as well as ...Read more

President Donald Trump cannot accept defeat.

His psychologist niece explains it in her book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.”

He showed it to the world on Jan. 6 by trying to persuade his vice president to overturn the election he had lost.

The same character flaw explains why he told ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Gray was one of only six House Democrats — and the only one from California — who voted with Republicans in favor of a deal to end the government shutdown, and there was a calculated reason behind that decision.

Gray, a first-term Democrat from the Central Valley, is running for reelection in a majority Latino ...Read more

Donald Trump’s move to endorse a local mayoral candidate is turning Miami’s nonpartisan runoff election into a political referendum on Trump after widespread Republican losses earlier this month in New Jersey, California and Virginia, particularly among Latino voters.

If Democrat Eileen Higgins wins the runoff, she’ll be the first ...Read more

New federal restrictions under the Trump administration could put $41 million in homelessness funding for King County and Seattle at risk — jeopardizing housing for hundreds of households across the region.

On Thursday, the Trump administration announced it would shift money away from data-backed long-term housing strategies and toward short-...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump argued his administration was making process on lowering prices as he faces new political headwinds, pushing back on criticism from Democrats who blame his tariffs for high costs.

Trump touted economic policies he said have drawn trillions in new investments to fuel private-sector job growth and eased the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has scheduled the runoff election to fill an open House seat in Houston for Jan. 31, nearly 11 months after the death of Democratic former Rep. Sylvester Turner.

The race in the 18th District features two Democrats: acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council Member ...Read more

MIAMI — President Donald Trump’s move to endorse a local mayoral candidate is turning Miami’s nonpartisan runoff election into a political referendum on Trump after widespread Republican losses earlier this month in New Jersey, California and Virginia, particularly among Latino voters.

If Democrat Eileen Higgins wins the runoff, she’ll ...Read more