New York and New Jersey won a temporary court order blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on federal funds for the $16 billion Gateway tunnel under the Hudson River.

U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas on Friday granted a request by the two states for a temporary injunction restoring funding to the project while their lawsuit against ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump eliminated the extra 25% tariff he had imposed on Indian goods over the country’s purchases of Russian oil, the first step to cement the terms of a trade deal the two nations announced earlier this week.

“India has committed to stop directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil, has ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge has stopped the Trump administration from freezing funding for the Hudson River Tunnel project in an 11th-hour ruling.

The order by Manhattan Federal Court Judge Jeannette Vargas granted emergency relief to New York and New Jersey, prohibiting the federal government from continuing to withhold funds. Vargas said...Read more

CHICAGO — The three leading Democrats in the March 17 U.S. Senate primary clashed Friday over how they finance their campaigns and proposed reforms to federal immigration enforcement operations as Congress debates a new funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly and Raja Krishnamoorthi each called Lt. Gov. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday deleted from his social media account a video clip depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, following fierce backlash from Democrats and some Republicans who called it racist and urged the president to take it down.

The White House initially defended ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th District remained close Friday, with fewer than 500 votes separating progressive organizer Analilia Mejia and former Rep. Tom Malinowski and an estimated 6,000 ballots still to be counted.

Still, Mejia’s late emergence into first place Thursday night set the stage for a potential ...Read more

Iran said it agreed with the U.S. to continue indirect talks to de-escalate tensions and avert a military confrontation, with Tehran describing the first day as positive.

Negotiations, mediated by Oman in its capital Muscat, had a “good start,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state TV after the talks concluded for the day. He ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, Nevada’s lone Republican in Congress, announced Friday that he’s retiring at the end of his term in a development that appeared to catch state politicos by surprise.

“I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have strong voice in the federal policy and oversight ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is capping off another week in which he had to qualify many of his bold statements, while keeping his actual policy intentions masked or vague over a tidal wave of presidential words.

The former reality television host has become something of a narrator for his own second term — think a tough-talking, ...Read more

California lawmakers are expressing concern about how the future of Warner Bros. Discovery could affect Hollywood's workforce.

In an open letter addressed to Netflix Chief Executives Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters and Paramount Skydance Corporation CEO David Ellison, U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, and Rep. Laura Friedman, D-California, call...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday deleted from his social media account a video clip depicting former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, following fierce backlash from Democrats and some Republicans who called it racist and urged the president to take it down.

The White House initially defended the ...Read more

CHICAGO — Two leading congressional candidates are taking more and more attacks as the race heats up to represent a district that stretches from Chicago’s South Side, through the south suburbs into central Illinois.

Opponents are focusing on Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller after she landed a large fundraising haul. And they continue ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Longtime House appropriator Mark Amodei, R-Nev., who currently oversees spending for the Department of Homeland Security, announced Friday that he will not run for reelection in November.

“I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have a strong voice in the federal policy and oversight processes...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge was expected Friday to issue a ruling on a request for a temporary restraining order that would require the Trump administration to let federal funding resume for the construction of the Hudson River Tunnel project.

In arguments Friday, the New Jersey attorney general’s office said thousands of construction ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump’s call to nationalize election processes on Monday prompted a bipartisan response from Nevada political leaders this week.

Trump called for Republican officials to “take over” voting procedures in multiple states during a podcast interview — a contradiction to the U.S. Constitution, which gives ...Read more

President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer he would consider restoring funding for the Hudson River Tunnel project if lawmakers backed renaming at least two transit hubs after him, three sources confirmed to the New York Daily News.

In the course of negotiations over the project in recent weeks, sources told the Daily News...Read more

The Democratic primary to replace New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress remained too close too call as of Friday morning, but the early results already signal a major breakthrough for progressives in the state.

Analilia Mejia, a progressive who has worked for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and the Working Families Party, led former U.S. Rep. Tom...Read more

President Donald Trump’s calls this week to “nationalize” elections capped a year of efforts by his administration to exercise authority over state-run elections. The demands now have some state and local election officials fearing — and preparing for — a tumultuous year ahead.

“I don’t think we can put anything past this ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, Nevada’s lone Republican in Congress, announced his retirement Friday morning on his X social media account.

“I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have strong voice in the federal policy and oversight processes,” the 67-year-old Amodei said in the post. “I look forward to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday deleted from his social media account a video clip depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, following fierce backlash from Democrats and some Republicans who called it racist and urged the president to take it down.

The White House initially defended ...Read more