During an extraordinarily cordial meeting at the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump showered New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani with compliments and vowed to be “a big help” to his incoming administration — sparking perhaps the most improbable bromance in American politics.

The sympatico tone was a shocking turnaround for...Read more

WASHINGTON — A top Democratic super PAC is making a major investment into an upcoming Tennessee special election, seeking to make a statement ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

House Majority PAC, which has ties to House Democratic leadership, announced on Friday a $1 million investment across television and digital platforms to boost ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday warmly welcomed one of America’s most powerful self-described democratic socialists to the Oval Office, saying he hopes New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has a “great” term that builds a safer and more affordable Big Apple — after harshly criticizing him for months.

“The better he does...Read more

President Donald Trump took off the table the possibility of slashing federal funding for New York and vowed to actually be “a big help” to the city after an extraordinarily cordial meeting with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday.

The sympatico tone marked a shocking turnaround for Trump, who has for months smeared ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a Pennsylvania Democrat, said Friday she is “profoundly disappointed” in her Republican colleagues for not speaking up after President Donald Trump accused her and five other Democratic lawmakers of sedition.

Houlahan was one of six Democrats in Congress — all military veterans or members of the intelligence ...Read more

The United Farm Workers, along with more than a dozen farmworkers, are suing the Trump administration in California over a new Labor Department rule they argue will "undercut and adversely affect" wages paid to U.S. workers.

Eighteen farmworkers across the nation, along with the United Farm Workers of America and the UFW Foundation, filed the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — At least one of the Senate’s yet-to-be-unveiled fiscal 2026 appropriations bills could be released next week, even though lawmakers will be in their districts for the Thanksgiving recess.

There is a good chance the Senate will post its version of the Energy-Water bill, one of the four the Senate has not yet released, House ...Read more

WASHINGTON — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday set the special election to complete his successor Mikie Sherrill’s unexpired House term for April 16, giving candidates a little over a week to gather signatures to appear on the primary ballot.

The primary for voters to pick party nominees in New Jersey’s 11th District is ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia and his chief of staff are both under investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Ethics.

The committee on Friday said that the case against Collins, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, and Brandon Phillips had been referred to its members on Oct. 7. In it’s brief release, the committee ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Marjorie Taylor Greene made her support for releasing the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse files known long before she became a member of Congress.

“Despite what the Fake News Media says, this isn’t a conspiracy theory,” she wrote in July 2020 Facebook post about the case. “I will do everything under my power to bring down any ...Read more

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, pushed back Friday against President Donald Trump’s call for the arrest and potential “execution” of him and five other Democratic lawmakers over their call for military service members to defy illegal orders.

Invoking the recent murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Kelly called out Trump for ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-New York, has announced she won’t seek reelection in 2026 to her deep-blue congressional seat, ending a more than three-decade career in Congress for the trailblazing progressive lawmaker who was the first Puerto Rican woman ever elected to Congress.

Velazquez, affectionately dubbed “La Luchadora,” or ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is pushing for a moratorium on state artificial intelligence laws either in the annual defense policy bill or through an executive order directing the Justice Department to challenge state laws as unconstitutional or preempted by federal regulations.

But support for including a moratorium in the fiscal 2026 NDAA ...Read more

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has waged war on suspected drug smugglers in the waters off Venezuela, blowing up boats of what he calls “narco-terrorists” — people accused of bringing fentanyl and other deadly drugs into the United States.

These military strikes have drawn deserved condemnation. First, President Donald Trump’...Read more

The Trump administration filed a federal suit against California and its public university systems, alleging its practice of offering in-state college tuition rates to undocumented immigrants who graduate from California high schools is illegal.

The suit, which named Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, the University of California ...Read more

President Donald Trump is expanding tariff breaks for Brazilian food products, widening the scope of relief from import taxes amid growing U.S. voter dissatisfaction over the cost of living.

An executive order Trump signed on Thursday would exempt dozens of popular food items from a 40% levy he imposed on goods from Brazil earlier this year. ...Read more

DENVER — The district attorney who prosecuted Tina Peters urged Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday to reject the Trump administration’s effort to transfer the former Mesa County clerk into federal custody, where, he warned, she may be illegally released.

“Put simply, Ms. Peters is in prison today due to the crimes she committed that put Mesa’...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham blocked an attempt to repeal a controversial provision tucked into the bill ending the U.S. government shutdown that could reap him and several other Republican senators millions by allowing them to sue the Justice Department over telephone record seizures during the 2020 election interference probe.

Graham, ...Read more

As U.S. pressure mounts for Haiti’s transitional authorities to move the country toward long-overdue elections, human rights advocates are warning that a critical gap in a proposed election decree leaves the door wide open for gang members and bad actors who have never been arrested or convicted in Haiti, to run for office.

The draft plan—...Read more

New York Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to the House, said she won’t seek another term next year, joining a growing list of Democrats who say it’s time for fresh leadership.

“I love this work and I love my district, but I believe now is the right moment to step aside and allow a new generation of leaders ...Read more