The assassination of Charlie Kirk has become a flashpoint in the deep divide between red and blue America.

The normal and obvious reaction of responsible leaders would be to call for calm and try to unite the country. At least that is what has happened in the past and enabled the Great Experiment to soldier on.

When the country was torn apart ...Read more

The nation’s highest court recently let U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement resume aggressive immigration stops in Los Angeles based on criteria such as speaking Spanish or gathering at locations where day laborers often congregate — simply put, for being Latino and poor. This was the latest, and one of the most sinister, in a hailstorm...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will formally designate antifa as a “MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” as the White House begins to fulfill its pledge to investigate what it calls left-wing extremism in the wake of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Trump telegraphed such a move earlier in the week, saying he would support ...Read more

LONDON — King Charles III urged the defense of Ukraine and the environment as he welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump and top tech and finance executives for a lavish state dinner at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.

“Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand together in support of Ukraine to deter aggression,” the...Read more

WASHINGTON — An increasingly rancorous standoff over funding the U.S. government intensified Wednesday as congressional Democrats swung big on a counteroffer, ratcheting up the risk of an Oct. 1 shutdown.

Democrats are demanding President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans agree to health care policy changes that House Speaker Mike ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took a final procedural step Wednesday to speed up consideration of President Donald Trump’s lower-level nominees, setting up the confirmation of dozens of appointees as early as this week.

The chamber voted 47-52 on a procedural question over the votes needed to invoke cloture on an executive resolution to ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom has responded to a social media post from President Trump saying the state was nearing approval of low-income housing in Pacific Palisades following January's firestorm, writing the claim is a "lie."

On Tuesday, Trump took to Truth Social to say Newsom was "in the final stages of approval to build low income housing in Pacific...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took a final procedural step Wednesday to speed up consideration of President Donald Trump’s lower-level nominees, setting up the confirmation of dozens of appointees as early as this week.

The chamber voted 47-52 on a procedural question over the votes needed to invoke cloture on an executive resolution to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Governors don’t get as much attention as members of Congress in a city dominated by federal politics. But gubernatorial races are having an impact on Washington as a growing number of lawmakers are leaving Capitol Hill to try to become the chief executive of their own states.

This is a huge cycle for governors, with New Jersey ...Read more

DENVER — University of Colorado Regent Wanda James unveiled her campaign to unseat Colorado’s longest-serving congressional lawmaker on Wednesday, hoping to ride a wave of Democratic dissatisfaction with longtime party officials.

“When you take a look at what’s happening right now in America, it’s pretty dismal,” said James, a ...Read more

ATLANTA — Now that the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office has been disqualified, the head of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia will decide who inherits the election interference case involving President Donald Trump and 14 of his supporters.

Pete Skandalakis could pick a sitting DA from anywhere in Georgia, a staff ...Read more

Upon Donald Trump’s arrival in the U.K. on Wednesday, the president was heard making a comment about Kate Middleton’s appearance.

The President and first lady Melania Trump were greeted by the Prince and Princess of Wales moments after stepping off Marine One to the grounds of Windsor Castle.

As the couples shook hands, Trump told Princess...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen of his allies is technically still alive — but on life support.

Its future rests with a Republican former prosecutor at an obscure state agency already familiar with a portion of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ racketeering ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Eleven pickleball courts popped up in the middle of the National Mall this week. For Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, it’s game on.

Capito is an honorary co-chair of the first-ever Congressional Pickleball Match and was charged with recruiting other lawmakers to compete. The West Virginia Republican helped start a bipartisan Senate ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz vowed to respond to gun violence as he jumped into the race for a third term Tuesday, after a summer marked by both a political assassination and multiple mass shootings. The message punctuated Walz’s evolution on an issue that’s taken on new urgency among Democrats in Minnesota.

In a campaign launch video, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Freshman Rep. Sarah Elfreth, a Maryland Democrat, on Wednesday announced her re-election campaign.

Elfreth was elected in 2024 to represent Maryland’s third congressional district, following the retirement announcement of Rep. John Sarbanes. The congressional district includes sections of Anne Arundel, Howard and Carroll ...Read more

Maryland has joined a lawsuit opposing President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for D.C. against Trump on Monday, becoming the 22nd state to join. The lawsuit was filed by D.C. Attorney...Read more

Congressman Martin Romualdez will step down as speaker of the Philippines’ House of Representatives, one of his deputies said, just over a week after a similar change in leadership at the Senate.

Romualdez has told President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that he will quit as House speaker on Wednesday, Deputy Speaker Ronaldo Puno told ABS-CBN News ...Read more