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Texas congresswoman dismisses renewed controversy as Democrats confront lingering divisions from bitter Senate primary WASHINGTON — Rep. Jasmine Crockett is facing renewed criticism from within her own party after her political action committee announced a new slate of endorsements while leaving Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico off the list. Crockett’s FIRE PAC announced endorsements for 14 candidates Monday, concentrating largely on state and local contests acr

By Scott Shields – Contributing Writer For Capitol Times Media – A Special Thanks A Close Friend. I also dedicate this article to one of the most brilliant individuals of wartime history who has past away. He taught so many of us how to think beyond what normal conditions allow us to witness. A Balance Most Could Not Achieve President Donald Trump has accomplished what leaders in history have failed to do: he possesses overwhelming power to destroy, yet exercises unprecedente

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping entered high-stakes talks at the White House on Thursday as the United States and China confront major disputes over trade, artificial intelligence, Taiwan, critical minerals and the continuing war with Iran. The September 24 summit brings Xi to the White House for his first visit to Washington in more than a decade and comes four months after Trump traveled to China for negotiations that produced a broad ec

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa judge has dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The Des Moines Register and former pollster J. Ann Selzer over a controversial 2024 presidential poll that showed Kamala Harris leading in a state Trump ultimately carried by a commanding margin, handing the newspaper and pollster a significant First Amendment victory while leaving unresolved broader questions about accountability for badly inaccurate political polling. Iowa District Judge

New pact expands America’s military footprint in Greenland, strengthens NATO defenses and shuts the door on a permanent non-NATO military presence in the strategically vital Arctic territory NEW YORK — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a major security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that expands the United States’ military role in the Arctic while preserving Danish sovereignty over Greenland, marking a significant development in Washington’s effort to strengthen

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump used one of the world’s biggest diplomatic stages Tuesday to defend America’s military campaign against Iran, warn Tehran that U.S. patience is limited and argue that American strength — rather than hesitation — remains essential to confronting threats abroad. Speaking before the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Trump presented a broad foreign-policy case built around military deterrence, national sovereignty a

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump took his America First message directly to world leaders Tuesday, using his address before the United Nations General Assembly to defend the exercise of American power, highlight his domestic record and confront some of the most difficult international challenges facing his administration. Speaking on the opening day of the 81st United Nations General Assembly general debate in New York, Trump began with a declaration intended as much for Ame

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has escalated his long-running confrontation with major news organizations, barring journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House after accusing the outlets of repeatedly publishing what he calls false and misleading coverage. Trump announced the action on September 18, saying the restrictions would take effect immediately and warning that other media organizations could face similar treatment. One day later, the policy mov

WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton has reopened one of the most painful questions surrounding the September 11 attacks: Could the United States have stopped Osama bin Laden before nearly 3,000 Americans were killed? In a new interview with WABC’s Cats Roundtable, Clinton said he had authorized the CIA to pursue the al Qaeda leader before 9/11, but an operation he believed could have succeeded was abandoned at the last minute because intelligence officials feared civil

DALLAS — Democrats entered the 2026 midterm campaign worried about congressional seats. Now they have another uncomfortable question to confront: why is one of their own senators sounding increasingly comfortable delivering messages Republicans have spent years trying to drive into the political mainstream? Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman made a surprise prerecorded appearance at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, introducing Republican Sen. Dave McCormi

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used Labor Day to put democratic socialism squarely at the center of his administration’s message to working-class New Yorkers, drawing fresh conservative criticism and reopening an old historical argument over the political roots of America’s labor movement. In a Labor Day message Monday, Mamdani pointed to the roughly 10,000 workers who marched through New York City in the first Labor Day parade in 1882, describing the processio

The legal fight over mail voting is accelerating just days before the first general-election ballots are scheduled to go out, turning one of the most disputed election issues in America into a high-stakes test of presidential authority, state control, and public trust. The Trump administration has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily blocked new mail-voting restrictions tied to President Donald Trump’s executive order. The order would allow the U.S. Postal Servi

The fight over election security is moving from the House floor to the Senate blockade, where one of the most consequential voting bills of the cycle is now facing the familiar wall of Washington procedure. The SAVE America Act, already passed by the House, would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration in federal elections and photo identification at the polls. Supporters frame the measure as a basic safeguard: American elections should be decided

WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders have handed a significant victory to the party’s pro-Israel wing, elevating three outspoken supporters of the U.S.-Israel alliance to influential positions on the House Foreign Affairs Committee even as the Democratic Party’s increasingly powerful left flank pushes to cut American support for the Jewish state. The appointments put Reps. Jared Moskowitz of Florida, Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Wesley Bell of Missouri into conseq

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers and tax-policy advocates are renewing a push to change the way Washington taxes investment gains, arguing that Americans should not be forced to pay capital-gains taxes on increases in value caused merely by inflation. The proposal is straightforward: adjust an investment’s original cost for inflation before calculating the taxable gain. Supporters say the reform would stop the federal government from effectively taxing Americans twice—first

WASHINGTON — Canada moved Tuesday to retaliate against President Donald Trump's latest trade offensive, announcing new tariffs on billions of dollars in American products as an increasingly bitter economic confrontation tests the relationship between two of the world's closest trading partners. Ottawa will impose counter-tariffs of 15%, 25% and 50% on U.S. goods beginning Sept. 8. The measures will cover C$27.6 billion in American imports and focus on products including steel

WASHINGTON — Oil prices moved sharply lower Monday as global markets braced for the Trump administration to unveil another major round of economic sanctions against Iran, putting America's financial power at the center of the escalating confrontation with Tehran. Brent crude futures dropped more than $1 a barrel during Monday trading, falling about 1.6 percent to roughly $92.90, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell about 2 percent to around $85.32. The retreat came a

President Donald Trump is throwing his political weight into South Carolina’s increasingly intense Republican Senate battle, traveling to Myrtle Beach to rally support for Sen. Darline Graham just days before voters decide whether she or conservative Rep. Ralph Norman will carry the Republican banner into November. The race has become far more than a routine special election. It is now a test of Trump’s continuing command over the Republican base — and a direct choice between

Vice President JD Vance returned to his home state of Ohio on Friday, mixing policy and politics with a distinctly local touch as he served customers beers and chili dogs, visited a hometown bakery and addressed steelworkers during a swing through southwest Ohio. Vance stopped at Price Hill Chili in Cincinnati after speaking at the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works steel plant in Middletown. Video from the restaurant showed the vice president working behind the counter, handi

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s remarks about new American flagpoles at the White House became the latest target of former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger on Wednesday, with the CNN commentator arguing that the president appeared more interested in discussing improvements to the White House grounds than demonstrating the seriousness Kinzinger believes the continuing conflict with Iran demands. But the criticism also highlighted a familiar divide in Washington: Tru