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

The WABC interview reunites President Trump with the former lawyer who testified against him—and puts Cohen’s claims of prosecutorial pressure back before the American people. WASHINGTON — For nearly eight years, President Donald Trump and Michael Cohen communicated through courtroom testimony, television appearances, podcasts, books, lawsuits and bitter public attacks. On Thursday, they are scheduled to do something far more consequential: speak directly to one another befor

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States entered a pivotal moment this week as President Donald Trump’s administration advanced an aggressive policy agenda while facing mounting legal, political, and geopolitical pressures ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. At the center of domestic headlines, the Trump administration appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow construction of a new White House ballroom to proceed, framing the project as essential to national security following

In a stunning political collapse, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell suffered a decisive defeat in Minnesota’s Republican primary, a loss widely seen as a direct rebuke from grassroots voters after his controversial embrace of amnesty policies. Lindell, once hailed as a staunch ally of President Donald Trump and a vocal champion of election integrity, stunned supporters in recent months by softening his stance on illegal immigration. His comments signaling openness to forms of “amnest

Washington is once again on edge as newly released text messages tied to Dr. Anthony Fauci expose what critics say is a troubling gap between private concern and public messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to verified reporting from The Wall Street Journal and CBS News, Republican investigators led by Sen. Ron Johnson and Sen. Rand Paul have obtained more than 34,000 text messages and hundreds of voicemails from Fauci’s government phone. Inside those texts, Fauci

A political firestorm erupted following comments by Tom Cotton during Sunday’s broadcast of Life, Liberty & Levin, where he issued a stark warning about the direction of the Democratic Party after Abdul El-Sayed secured the party’s U.S. Senate nomination in Michigan. Appearing alongside host Mark Levin, Cotton did not mince words. He described what he sees as a growing ideological shift inside the Democratic Party—one he framed as a dangerous alignment of far-left economic po

The U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed Cameron Hamilton as Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), installing the former Navy SEAL at the helm of the nation's disaster response agency during one of its most turbulent periods in recent history. The confirmation came as part of a Senate package approving 74 Trump administration nominees, including David Cummins to lead the Transportation Security Administration and Daniel Perez as U.S. ambassador to Brazil

Vice President JD Vance acknowledged that negotiations and efforts to end the conflict with Iran will not be quick or simple, but insisted the Trump administration remains confident that the United States will achieve its strategic objectives and prevent Tehran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon. His remarks came during an interview Wednesday on Fox News' The Ingraham Angle. Vance said Americans may become frustrated as negotiations experience advances followed by setbacks,

Washington's Democratic establishment suffered a humiliating political setback Tuesday after Rep. Haley Stevens lost Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate primary despite benefiting from more than $60 million in outside support—one of the most expensive Democratic primaries in U.S. history. Campaign advertising tracker AdImpact reported that $63.9 million in outside advertising backed Stevens, accounting for nearly 78 percent of all spending in the race. The largest contributor w

Former Vice President Mike Pence is calling on President Donald Trump to take decisive military action against Iran, arguing that diplomacy has reached its limits and that America must eliminate the regime’s remaining nuclear and military capabilities once and for all. His remarks come as the Trump administration continues to position U.S. forces across the Middle East while maintaining pressure on Tehran through military deployments and negotiations. Speaking Monday on Fox N

A sharp debate is emerging inside the Republican Party over the Trump administration's strategy toward Iran, with Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), a retired Air Force brigadier general and member of the House Armed Services Committee, warning that inconsistent messaging could embolden one of America's most dangerous adversaries. Speaking Monday on CNN's OutFront, Bacon argued that Tehran interprets Washington's alternating threats and diplomatic overtures as hesitation rather than stre

Prediction markets and several recent polling trackers are increasingly pointing toward a difficult November for Republicans, with expectations that Democrats could regain the House and potentially challenge Republican control of Congress. While prediction markets are not election results, they reflect the expectations of traders and should not be ignored. For Republicans, this should serve as a wake-up call. Voters ultimately decide elections, but concerns over inflation, an