The Trump administration can’t even retreat from its unconstitutional attacks on law firms with any sense of dignity.

After months of unsuccessfully arguing for Donald Trump’s farcical executive orders attempting to punish prominent law firms that had worked with his perceived enemies, the Justice Department had apparently seen the light ...Read more

One of the great conveniences of living in Central Maryland is the abundance of air travel options. We may not be home to a top-10 airport, but, collectively, BWI Marshall, Dulles International and Ronald Reagan National average more than 900 departures per day, or roughly the same as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, the nation’s ...Read more

President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme to run as the Republican contender for a Montana Senate seat, now that the incumbent, Steve Daines, is not running for reelection.

“Steve’s Term is up, and he has decided to leave the Senate and, ‘pass the torch’ to Kurt Alme, my TRUMP 45 and TRUMP 47 U.S. Attorney,” the ...Read more

Three Texas Republicans fought a bruising primary race to claim a US Senate seat, only to see Tuesday’s election force two of them — Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton — into a costly runoff.

Now President Donald Trump is vowing to put an end to it.

On Wednesday, Trump acknowledged the damage a drawn-out primary battle...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Ways and Means Democrats pressed Frank Bisignano, who leads both the IRS and Social Security Administration, on data access concerns at both agencies in his first testimony on Capitol Hill since he took on his newly created role at the tax agency.

Throughout the nearly five-hour hearing Wednesday, Democrats frequently ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Republicans unsuccessfully sought to block a redistricting referendum from going before Virginia voters next month by challenging the process used to get the issue on the ballot. Now, a conservative legal group is running a similar play in an attempt to block a constitutional amendment that would preserve abortion rights from ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A North Carolina Republican and Democrat seemingly joined forces this week against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying she failed to provide Helene relief funds to Western North Carolina communities fast enough and calling for her resignation.

Congress earmarked $29 billion in recovery funds to the states affected by ...Read more

NEW YORK — Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander is calling for the Supreme Court to be expanded and term limits for justices, saying the conservative judges “are putting partisan politics ahead of impartial justice.”

Lander, who is vying to unseat Rep. Dan Goldman, derided what he called the “MAGA Supreme Court” for its ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Members of the House Judiciary Committee used an oversight hearing Wednesday to challenge Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over delays in dispersing Federal Emergency Management Agency funds, as well as the Trump administration’s plans to overhaul the disaster relief agency.

The questions focused on Noem’s policy ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, announced on Wednesday he would not seek reelection amid redistricting woes in the Beehive State.

“After careful reflection, I have concluded that to continue this work, the next chapter of my mission would be best pursued outside elected office,” Owens posted to social media on Wednesday evening. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Wednesday sidestepped an effort by Rep. Nancy Mace aimed at publicly releasing documents related to sexual harassment allegations investigated by the House Ethics Committee.

The South Carolina Republican had moved to force a vote on the floor, but instead the House opted to refer her resolution to the Ethics ...Read more

Testifying before a U.S. House oversight panel Wednesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison clashed with Republican members of Congress over their handling of significant fraud in state government programs funded by the federal government.

Walz told the Republican-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis said Tuesday he would put a hold on floor action to confirm groups of presidential nominees and might soon expand that to legislation and nominees at four committees, part of his demand for Department of Homeland Security data on immigration enforcement in his state.

At a DHS oversight hearing at the Senate ...Read more

The entry this week of an Aspen-area Democrat in the primary to represent vast swaths of Colorado in the U.S. House of Representatives sets up a race between two businessmen from the Roaring Fork Valley.

Dwayne Romero on Tuesday announced his candidacy for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District — which covers western and southern Colorado, ...Read more

TROY, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday she would need more information before deciding whether Michigan would join at least 23 other states in opting in to a federal scholarship program giving taxpayers up to $1,700 for private school tuition or other educational uses.

The Democrat governor said President Donald Trump's Education ...Read more

Tejano singer Bobby Pulido’s political dreams live to see another round after securing the Democratic nomination for Texas’ 15th congressional district on Tuesday night.

The “Desvelado” artist garnered over two-thirds of the primary votes in his home district to beat out emergency physician Ada Cuellar.

Tuesday night’s elections were...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday it would investigate Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, who is facing sexual misconduct allegations and intense public scrutiny over how he treated a former staffer who later died by suicide.

The committee voted to establish an investigative subcommittee, announcing it would also ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has again signaled that he thinks Tina Peters’ prison sentence was too harsh as he considers granting some form of clemency — though not a full pardon, his office confirmed Wednesday.

In a social media post Tuesday night, Polis — who has also faced months of pressure from President Donald Trump to ...Read more