PHILADELPHIA — In the first three months of 2026, state Rep. Chris Rabb raised nearly twice as much as his opponents in Philadelphia’s open congressional race, a significant rebound for his campaign after his former treasurer last year made about $161,000 in unauthorized withdrawals before he reported her to authorities, according to new ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, leading a Pentagon prayer meeting, quoted a fictional bible verse taken from a violent monologue in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film “Pulp Fiction,” originally delivered by actor Samuel L. Jackson just before his character shoots a helpless man to death.

The secretary used the prayer to frame ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Two Democrats raised large sums of money this past quarter as they compete for the Democratic nomination against Pinellas County’s incumbent GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.

Retired Brig. Gen. Leela Gray raised about $565,000 to Luna’s roughly $585,000 during the first quarter of 2026. Luna’s total was split between her ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged that vaccination may have saved the 6-year-old Texas child who died from measles last year, even as he defended the Trump administration’s controversial policies at a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.

Kennedy’s questioning before the House Ways and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is slated to headline a Turning Point USA event Friday in Phoenix as several Arizona Republicans seek the state’s governorship and two competitive House seats in the upcoming midterm election.

Trump’s remarks to a “Build the Red Wall” event at Dream City Church will connect him with young right-...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to take his economic pitch on the road to western U.S. states, as the White House grapples with an increasingly unpopular war with Iran ahead of the November midterm elections.

The president’s trip this week to Nevada and Arizona, two swing states that Trump carried in 2024, reflects a growing ...Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday to extend deportation protections for Haitian immigrants with the help of all three of Miami’s Republican members of Congress, marking a significant victory for advocates but leaving the measure’s future uncertain in the Senate.

The measure, which was pushed by House Democrats ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to take his economic pitch on the road to western U.S. states, as the White House grapples with an increasingly unpopular war with Iran ahead of the November midterm elections.

The president’s trip this week to Nevada and Arizona, two swing states that Trump carried in 2024, reflects a growing ...Read more

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose illiberal right-wing policies have served as a template for President Donald Trump’s second term, was roundly defeated last Sunday. His electoral loss, after 16 years in power, offers a lesson for those seeking to safeguard the American experiment from the president’s autocratic bent.

Perhaps ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic state Sen. Sean McCann outraised incumbent GOP U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga by about $400,000 in the first quarter of 2026 as the longtime Republican lawmaker looks to withstand a potential blue wave in southwest Michigan and nationally.

McCann, D-Kalamazoo, brought in just over $1 million between January 1 and March 31. By...Read more

The Kentucky Senate censured a state Supreme Court justice and filed a judicial ethics complaint over his opinion in a case that terminated the impeachment effort against a Lexington judge.

Senate President Robert Stivers introduced Senate Resolution 305 late Wednesday — the final day of the 2026 General Assembly — censuring Supreme Court ...Read more

The war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s rhetoric have driven U.S. alliances with Europe near the breaking point.

The U.S. has offered a diplomatic version of the silent treatment to many European partners, refusing to loop them in about its plans for the conflict and progress in peace negotiations, officials on the continent say. That�...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California Assembly committee on Wednesday advanced a ban on law enforcement officers from coming near polling places unless they’re responding to a public safety threat — a bill supporters say is designed to insulate the state’s elections from intimidation tactics by federal agencies under President Donald Trump�...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Senate voted to table impeachment proceedings against Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman but vowed to return to the issue if a judicial oversight commission does not act on misconduct accusations against the judge on the final day of session.

On Wednesday morning, the Senate impeachment committee voted to table ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct gone, lawmakers are trying to add two more members accused of other ethics violations — Florida Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Cory Mills — to the chopping block.

Calls for the two to resign are not spread equally. Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat accused of using FEMA ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Republican-backed proposal that would have set up the framework for impeachment proceedings for Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison over fraud concerns failed to pass in a House committee on Wednesday.

There was little chance of the resolution passing in the tied House, where it was defeated on an 8...Read more

WASHINGTON — House GOP leadership faced a setback Wednesday in their push to reauthorize a key surveillance authority with no changes, amid signs they did not have enough support from privacy-minded conservatives to clear a procedural vote on the floor.

Key House Republicans had outlined a floor strategy to pass a measure that would extend ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans again fended off a Democratic attempt to force President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran, but there are signs GOP anxiety could bubble up as the conflict nears the 60-day mark.

The Senate on Wednesday voted 47-52 against a motion to discharge from the Foreign Relations Committee a joint resolution from Sen....Read more