WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into claims that national security officials participated in a conspiracy in late 2016 and early 2017 to link President Donald Trump to Russia’s election interference and undermine his legitimacy, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Attorney General Pam...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s expanded reciprocal tariffs will not apply to any products loaded onto a vessel for transport into the United States before 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, according to guidance issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The notice, posted by the federal government Monday, outlines ...Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Monday that his office has spent more than $5 million fighting the Trump administration in court over the last six months, but saved the state nearly $170 billion.

"That means that for every one dollar we've been given by the legislature and the governor from special session funding to do this work —...Read more

According to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta, California has gotten a bang for its buck through the state’s torrent of litigation against the Trump administration.

The two Democrats appeared at a news conference Monday to tout and defend Bonta’s whopping 37 lawsuits against the Republican administration, a rate of more than...Read more

California’s notoriously high gas prices are cheaper than usual, but you wouldn’t know it by watching politicians criticize each other about pain at the pump.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has sparred this summer with California Republicans and President Donald Trump over the issue. It’s a familiar fight in a state that regularly clocks ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolinians are still having abortions, despite the restrictive state ban, advocates and researchers say.

Shield laws, which allow doctors in other states to provide care virtually, and interstate travel, make it possible for people in the state to access abortions, even with a six-week ban in place. Bans just make it ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court set the stage for a potential earthquake in redistricting across the country in its next term after setting new rules for a court fight over Louisiana’s congressional map.

The order Friday, which set the legal question for the state and map challengers to answer, comes after years of litigation around the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sydney Sweeney has won the approval of Donald Trump, the leader of America’s MAGA movement, after he learned that she’s a registered Republican and facing backlash from the “woke” left for starring in a controversial blue jeans ad that’s been described as “Nazi propaganda.”

The president in fact doubled down ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After President Donald Trump abruptly fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, his declaration that “we need people that we can trust” has left Democratic lawmakers shaken.

The president said those words as he left the White House on Friday shortly after he ordered the ouster of Erika McEntarfer. While he did not ...Read more

As a growing number of the wealthiest U.S. colleges capitulate in their battles with the Trump administration, the strain from lost and frozen federal funding is putting pressure on the remaining holdouts to cut a deal.

Universities targeted by Donald Trump’s crackdown on diversity programs and other policies he says show a liberal bias are ...Read more

Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Monday called on their Republican counterparts to meet immediately to avert a government shutdown looming as soon as the end of next month.

The Democratic congressional leaders, both of whom are from New York, called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-...Read more

CHICAGO — More than seven months before votes are cast, Illinois’ 2026 political campaign season officially kicks off this week as candidates for federal, state and county offices fan out across the state to gather petition signatures to appear on the March 17 primary ballot.

The Tuesday launch date to begin gathering voter signatures is a ...Read more

President Trump once called Rupert Murdoch "my very good friend."

But the 94-year-old media baron, whose fortunes have risen in tandem with Trump's political ascent, has turned into an unlikely foe.

Trump has bristled over a Wall Street Journal report that he allegedly sent a suggestive letter to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th ...Read more

President Donald Trump went off script during a recent speech in Pittsburgh with a strange attack against U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, one of two House Republicans to vote against his signature domestic policy package.

Without using his name, Trump accused the moderate Bucks County Republican of being disloyal for opposing his “big beautiful ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will announce a new Federal Reserve governor and a new jobs data statistician in the coming days, two appointments that may dramatically shape his economic agenda amid global anxiety.

Trump made the comments to reporters Sunday on his way back to the White House from a weekend in Bedminster, New Jersey. He has ...Read more

The nine candidates vying to become Detroit's next mayor hit the final stretch of the campaign on Sunday, doing everything they can to reach voters, from hitting local airwaves and knocking on doors to making phone calls and canvassing neighborhoods.

Tuesday's primary will narrow the number of candidates to two who will go head-to-head in the ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s firing of the chief labor statistician was criticized by her predecessor, who called it an unfounded move that will undermine confidence in a key data set on the U.S. economy.

“This is damaging,” William Beach, whom Trump picked in his first term to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said on CNN’s "State of ...Read more

Billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Yass along with crypto industry donors helped President Donald Trump raise $236 million for his political operation in the first six months of 2025 — an unprecedented sum for a second-term president.

The latest filings to the Federal Election Commission show that the fundraising haul, which includes donations ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Josh Hawley's bipartisan proposal to ban members of Congress from trading stock advanced through a Senate panel last week and stirred a dustup with the White House, just a week after U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., was cited for an ethics violation following a years-long insider trading probe.

Hawley's bill was originally ...Read more

Secretary General Antonio Guterres is slashing more than $700 million in spending and laying plans to overhaul the United Nations as its largest sponsor, the U.S., pulls back support.

Guterres’s plan calls for 20% cuts in expenditures and employment, which would bring its budget, now $3.7 billion, to the lowest since 2018. About 3,000 jobs ...Read more