The deployment of the Texas National Guard to Chicago at the order of President Donald Trump this week is dividing state governors and sowing discord within the National Governors Association, a long-standing group committed to bipartisanship.

As reported by The New York Times, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, both ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s budget chief Friday said mass layoffs of federal workers have begun as the government shutdown stretches on with no end in sight.

There was no immediate further confirmation and scant details about how many workers might be fired nor a breakdown of the impact on various government departments.

“The RIF’s have ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As her office fights in court to preserve Missouri abortion restrictions, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has issued subpoenas demanding patient medical records, incident reports, and communication about patient care from Planned Parenthood.

The attorney general’s office is defending the state in a case brought by ...Read more

President Donald Trump Friday headed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what he described as a “semiannual physical” examination amid ongoing questions about his health.

Trump took a short helicopter ride to Walter Reed in suburban Bethesda, Maryland, where he said he was getting a fresh checkup just six months after his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson once again reiterated Friday he’s not bringing the House back to Washington as the federal government shutdown continues.

Rep. Kevin Kiley objects.

The California Republican, in a rare act of defying the Republican leadership, has been calling on Johnson to bring the House back.

“The Speaker ...Read more

President Donald Trump Friday headed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what he described as a “semiannual physical” examination amid ongoing questions about his health.

Trump took a short helicopter ride from the White House to Walter Reed in suburban Bethesda, Maryland, where he said he was getting a fresh checkup just ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee is getting into the ad fight over the ongoing government shutdown.

The DNC on Friday is rolling out digital spots on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, along with billboards and bus shelter ads near hospitals and clinics in a handful of Republican-held battleground House districts. The ads, shared ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As artificial intelligence companies race to change workplaces, energy use and the economy, concerns over the impact of the technology have only grown on Capitol Hill.

A number of bills and proposals have emerged this year that would impose safety regulations on its use or try to offset job losses. Some of those have come out ...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than many lawmakers, former Rep. Brad Wenstrup was well positioned to make an easy transition from Congress back to “civilian” life.

For one thing, he still keeps a foot in Washington, visiting roughly once a month and crashing on a couch in the same house where he used to live with a handful of fellow Republican ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia gubernatorial candidates Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger participated in the first and only face-to-face debate this election season. Right off the bat, it got contentious.

Republican Earle-Sears was first asked about how she would finance getting rid of the state’s car tax. She ...Read more

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appears poised to recognize President Trump’s authority to send soldiers to Portland, Oregon, with members of the court signaling receptiveness to an expansive new read of the president’s power to put boots on the ground in American cities.

A three-judge panel from the appellate court — including two ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to the city and state as part of its ongoing immigration enforcement push, saying she had no faith in the government’s claims of out-of-control violence and that it was federal agents who started it by aggressively targeting...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. air travel is starting to show signs of strain as lawmakers remain divided over a government shutdown that has stretched into its second week.

Flight delays caused by air traffic control staffing shortfalls have rippled across the country, impacting airports in Dallas, Chicago, Nashville and outside Washington, D.C., as ...Read more

Josh Shapiro's top argument for retaining Pennsylvania's Supreme Court justices is reproductive rights.

This week a super PAC supporting the retention bid for three of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court justices began running ads that feature a direct plea from the Democratic governor on the issue.

"They've proven we can count on them to protect a ...Read more

A court hearing on the legality of President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon became contentious on Thursday, as a panel of federal appellate judges heard arguments on whether a lower court order barring the use of the guard against protesters in Portland should be struck down.

The remote hearing before three ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Adelita Grijalva was out to eat at her favorite sushi spot in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona, on Wednesday when an image of Speaker Mike Johnson came on a screen in the restaurant.

The CNN chyron referenced rising tensions on the Hill amid the partial government shutdown, and she watched as the footage rolled: Arizona Sens. ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to the city as part of its ongoing immigration-enforcement push.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge April Perry is the latest setback for Trump, who has claimed ongoing violence and clashes between protesters and immigration ...Read more

DETROIT — Democrat Josh Cowen, a professor of education policy at Michigan State University, dropped out of the race for a battleground U.S. House district anchored by Lansing on Wednesday, saying he wasn't able to raise enough money last quarter to seriously compete with his primary rivals.

"I believe in data and in facts, and the facts are ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. judges have rejected the Justice Department’s requests to delay more than a dozen legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s policies as the government shutdown enters its second week.

The department has been winding down work on some civil cases since the shutdown began Oct. 1. Most judges have approved delays. But ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was feted by his Cabinet on Thursday over a long-awaited deal, saying that only the president could have brokered it. But it wasn’t an agreement to end a partial government shutdown that has no end in sight, and Trump showed little interest in seeking one.

Rather, with their federal agencies and ...Read more