WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have yet to vote on a government funding bill. But they’re not letting that interrupt blame-casting for a potential shutdown.

Members of both parties have spent weeks depicting their colleagues across the aisle as intent on shutting down the federal government. From Democrats, the message has been about Republican ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “really let me down” after meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss efforts to heighten pressure on Russia to enter negotiations that could help bring the Kremlin’s three-year war in Ukraine to an end.

“War is a different thing,” Trump said during a joint ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania did not have any interest in hosting former President Joe Biden’s post-presidential center as the 46th president had previously claimed, The Wall Street Journal reported this week.

Earlier this month, Biden embarked on establishing his presidential library in his home state of Delaware, ending ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican congressional leaders were engaging in a game of shutdown chicken Thursday, the day before the House’s expected vote on a seven-week stopgap bill due Sept. 30 to prevent a lapse in federal agency funding.

House GOP leaders were feeling good about their odds of getting the bill through their chamber ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested that U.S. broadcast networks should face scrutiny over their licenses if their content is overwhelmingly critical of him, and defended ABC’s decision to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show indefinitely over remarks about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“That’s ...Read more

A 49-year-old woman claiming to be the wife of President Trump showed up at Mar-a-Lago while the real first lady and her husband were headed to London for a visit with British Royalty.

Police responded to the Trump’s Florida estate Tuesday upon being told an “unwanted guest” was trying to deliver a letter to the President, according to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — At a banquet table fit for a king, but set specially for him, U.S. President Donald Trump called his state visit to the United Kingdom this week “one of the highest honors of my life.”

He then proceeded to tell guests at the white tie event that the United States was “a very sick country” last year before becoming “the...Read more

WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee on Thursday added three Texas districts to its list of targets for 2026, following changes to the state’s House map that make those seats much tougher for Democrats to hold.

The districts are the Houston-area 9th District; the 32nd District, which includes parts of Dallas; and the...Read more

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Charlie Kirk could’ve become president one day.

Speaking at a joint press conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump heaped praise on the slain conservative activist and disclosed that he told Kirk he had what it takes to win the White House.

“He was a great young man with an...Read more

WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee on Thursday added three Texas districts to its list of targets for 2026, following changes to the state’s House map that make those seats much tougher for Democrats to hold.

The districts are the Houston-area 9th District; the 32nd District, which includes parts of Dallas; and the...Read more

WASHINGTON — Instead of voting on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, U.S. House Republicans resorted this week to another arcane rules maneuver — all to prevent what could be politically uncomfortable votes for GOP lawmakers.

But in the process of basically putting the calendar on hold, we saw the first cracks in GOP support for ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a new technology partnership at a business roundtable Thursday, where they were joined by executives highlighting efforts to deepen ties on artificial intelligence and digital assets.

The agreement will create “billions of dollars in opportunities for American farmers ...Read more

The assassination of Charlie Kirk has become a flashpoint in the deep divide between red and blue America.

The normal and obvious reaction of responsible leaders would be to call for calm and try to unite the country. At least that is what has happened in the past and enabled the Great Experiment to soldier on.

When the country was torn apart ...Read more

The nation’s highest court recently let U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement resume aggressive immigration stops in Los Angeles based on criteria such as speaking Spanish or gathering at locations where day laborers often congregate — simply put, for being Latino and poor. This was the latest, and one of the most sinister, in a hailstorm...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will formally designate antifa as a “MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” as the White House begins to fulfill its pledge to investigate what it calls left-wing extremism in the wake of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Trump telegraphed such a move earlier in the week, saying he would support ...Read more

LONDON — King Charles III urged the defense of Ukraine and the environment as he welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump and top tech and finance executives for a lavish state dinner at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.

“Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand together in support of Ukraine to deter aggression,” the...Read more

WASHINGTON — An increasingly rancorous standoff over funding the U.S. government intensified Wednesday as congressional Democrats swung big on a counteroffer, ratcheting up the risk of an Oct. 1 shutdown.

Democrats are demanding President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans agree to health care policy changes that House Speaker Mike ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took a final procedural step Wednesday to speed up consideration of President Donald Trump’s lower-level nominees, setting up the confirmation of dozens of appointees as early as this week.

The chamber voted 47-52 on a procedural question over the votes needed to invoke cloture on an executive resolution to ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom has responded to a social media post from President Trump saying the state was nearing approval of low-income housing in Pacific Palisades following January's firestorm, writing the claim is a "lie."

On Tuesday, Trump took to Truth Social to say Newsom was "in the final stages of approval to build low income housing in Pacific...Read more