President Donald Trump said he plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for about two years to carry out renovations after his takeover prompted a significant backlash.

“I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease ...Read more

Ballots are being counted in Costa Rica in an election dominated by soaring drug violence that has shocked a country historically known as a peaceful tourist haven in a turbulent region.

Ruling party candidate Laura Fernández, who served as chief-of-staff for President Rodrigo Chaves, led polls by a wide margin ahead of the vote largely due ...Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s public support remains solid while a new opposition alliance is struggling to resonate with voters, opinion polls over the weekend showed, positioning the ruling party for a comfortable majority in the upcoming lower house election.

A victory for Takaichi would consolidate the power of the Liberal ...Read more

The recent FBI raid of a Georgia county election office is a precursor to battles ahead as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to obtain sensitive voter information from states.

The effort has set up legal showdowns with 24 states and Washington, D.C., with the Justice Department suing them for refusing to turn over voter...Read more

If Democrats win back a House majority in this year's midterm election, Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal is vowing to pursue accountability for President Donald Trump's aggressive and increasingly unpopular mass deportation campaign.

That includes impeaching Cabinet officials like DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, conducting oversight hearings ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he wasn’t involved in the Texas Senate District 9 race, where a Democrat flipped a historically Republican seat in the Fort Worth-area, despite endorsing the candidate and urging voters to get out to the polls.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet’s defeat of Republican Leigh Wambsganss in the longtime GOP district ...Read more

Iran’s supreme leader warned of a “regional war” as tensions continued to mount over potential U.S. strikes on Tehran and top Israeli military officials visited Washington.

“We don’t want to attack any country,” 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a public speech broadcast on state television on Sunday. “But in response to...Read more

Costa Ricans are voting for president amid soaring drug violence that has shocked a country historically known as a peaceful tourist haven in a turbulent region.

Ruling party candidate Laura Fernández, who served as chief of staff for President Rodrigo Chaves, leads polls by a wide margin as voters back her hard line on crime.

Fernández, ...Read more

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned of a “regional war” as tensions continued to mount over potential U.S. strikes on Tehran.

“We don’t want to attack any country,” Khamenei said in a public speech broadcast on state television on Sunday. “But in response to anyone who harbors ambitions, wants to attack, and seeks ...Read more

House Speaker Mike Johnson voiced confidence that Congress will agree on measures to restrain federal immigration enforcement after a national outcry over the killings of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota.

With the U.S. government in a partial shutdown since Saturday, House lawmakers are returning to Washington on Monday to pass a funding deal ...Read more

Thousands of Danish veterans and supporters protested at the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen on Saturday over recent remarks by Donald Trump that allied NATO troops “stayed a little back” from the front lines during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The U.S. president’s comments have sparked widespread anger in Denmark, a country of 6 million ...Read more

The U.S. government stumbled into a partial shutdown Saturday while waiting for the House to approve a funding deal President Donald Trump worked out with Democrats following a national uproar over Border Patrol agents’ killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis.

The funding lapse is likely to be short, with the House returning from a weeklong ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Luther Campbell, the rap artist, coach, civic activist and champion of the First Amendment, is preparing to announce a run for Congress in South Florida. The biggest uncertainty is whether the district Campbell is eyeing will exist for the 2026 election.

His candidacy isn’t certain, but on social media and on ...Read more

The U.S. government stumbled into a partial shutdown Saturday while waiting for the House to approve a funding deal President Donald Trump worked out with Democrats following a national uproar over Border Patrol agents’ killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis.

The funding lapse is likely to be short, with the House returning from a weeklong ...Read more

MIAMI — In a July 2021 interview, an unnamed source told federal agents about a time when convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell introduced a woman to President Donald Trump.

“MAXWELL said things like, ‘oh I think he likes you. Aren’t you lucky. This is great,’” according to a report of the interview. “It was set up very much ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s bid to put home ownership in reach for more Americans is sputtering, just weeks after it launched.

With voters signaling that pocketbook issues are top-of-mind ahead of the November midterm elections, the White House has floated a series of trial balloons aimed at lowering the cost of buying a home, only to see ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Should federal lawmakers have term limits? A state lawmaker wants Idaho to join growing momentum among states calling for the change in Congress.

State Rep. John Shirts, a Republican, introduced a resolution this week that, if passed, would move Idaho into a formal position that U.S. senators and U.S. representatives should be ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A budget impasse in Congress is poised to halt large swaths of federal operations early Saturday as lawmakers in Capitol Hill turn to the next flashpoint in negotiations to reopen the government: whether to impose new limits on federal immigration authorities carrying out President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign.

Over the...Read more