Argentina is voting Sunday in a midterm election that will serve as a crucial referendum on President Javier Milei’s ambitious austerity policies and, potentially, a $40 billion rescue package from the Trump administration.

Voting stations close at 6 p.m. local time and results are expected later Sunday evening. Argentines are electing ...Read more

Argentina is voting Sunday in a midterm election that will serve as a crucial referendum on President Javier Milei’s ambitious austerity policies and, potentially, a $40 billion rescue package from the Trump administration.

Voting stations close at 6 p.m. local time and results are expected later Sunday evening. Argentines are electing ...Read more

In the crucial final days before voting ends on California’s redistricting ballot measure, the Republican-backed campaigns opposing Proposition 50 are just about out of cash to spend.

Together, the two main ‘No’ campaigns have about $2.3 million in the bank — not nearly enough to fund the kind of statewide ad blitz typically seen to ...Read more

Top trade negotiators for the U.S. and China said they came to terms on a range of contentious points, setting the table for leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to finalize a deal and ease trade tensions that have rattled global markets.

After two days of talks in Malaysia wrapped up Sunday, a Chinese official said the two sides reached a ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a flurry of trade deals during his first day in Asia, looking to shore up access to critical minerals and a market for U.S. agricultural goods ahead of a critical meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

“My message to the nations of Southeast Asia is that the United States is with you 100% and we intend...Read more

As a private citizen, Donald Trump surrounded himself with lawyers who defended him in myriad lawsuits and business disputes, sometimes — though not always — with remarkable success.

As president, Trump has filled key positions at the Justice Department and the White House with many of those same lawyers, ensuring he has a loyal team in ...Read more

With just over a week to go, the Minneapolis mayoral race is getting real.

Mayor Jacob Frey is “cautiously optimistic” about winning a third term, but the coalition opposed to him, anchored by challenger Sen. Omar Fateh, says not so fast.

Both sides have polls to support their case. But a lot of caveats are in order: polling has been ...Read more

President Donald Trump will look to sign economic agreements and critical minerals deals with trading partners during his trip to Asia, according to senior U.S. officials, as the administration moves to ramp up pressure on China ahead of a crucial meeting with Xi Jinping.

Trump will look for deals that will help unlock the region’s resources ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will look to sign economic agreements and critical minerals deals with trading partners during his trip to Asia, according to senior U.S. officials, as the administration moves to ramp up pressure on China ahead of a crucial meeting with Xi Jinping.

Trump will look for deals that will help unlock the region...Read more

LOS ANGELES — UCLA must release the Trump administration document that outlines the terms of the $1.2 billion settlement proposal at the center of talks between the University of California and the federal government, the California Supreme Court ruled Friday.

The decision is a win for UCLA faculty who have pushed for more transparency in the...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva faces an uphill battle in her lawsuit to allow someone other than Speaker Mike Johnson administer her oath to be Arizona’s 7th District representative, experts said.

Grijalva and the state filed the lawsuit in federal court in Washington earlier this week, arguing that Johnson has “unlawfully ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to rule for the first time on whether the president has the power to deploy troops in American cities over the objections of local and state officials.

A decision could come at any time.

And even a one-line order siding with President Donald Trump would send the message that he is free to use the ...Read more

President Donald Trump is expected to name the new White House ballroom, being constructed where the East Wing once stood for more than 120 years, after himself.

Trump insiders are already referring to the $300 million project as “The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom,” which is likely to become its official name, administration sources ...Read more

President Donald Trump is phoning it in for Republican Jack Ciattarelli as New Jersey’s gubernatorial race tightens.

Ciattarelli’s campaign said Friday that the president will be on the line for a 7 p.m. “Tele-Rally” to encourage early voting.

“The stakes couldn’t be higher — and on November 4th, we’re sending a powerful ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Dade College’s board of trustees could end its legal battle with historian Marvin Dunn by holding a new public hearing on giving away prime downtown land to be used for Donald Trump’s high-rise presidential library — but new court filings show the college would rather duke it out in higher court.

The college’s attorneys ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Decisions, decisions.

That’s what candidates in Eastern North Carolina are having to make after Republicans in the General Assembly redrew the state’s congressional districts to give their party an extra seat in the U.S. House.

State lawmakers openly explained that they targeted the 1st Congressional District as a potential ...Read more

SLEEPY EYE, Minnesota — At the Sleepy Eye Auction Market on Wednesday, between sales of fattened steers and a shaggy Highland bull, chatter drifted to farm country’s latest beef with the White House: President Donald Trump’s plan to buy more beef from Argentina.

Few at the southwestern Minnesota cattle auction barn thought it would make a...Read more

WASHINGTON — Key senators of both parties said they would try to find a way to pay all federal employees during the partial government shutdown after the Senate blocked consideration of dueling proposals Thursday.

Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who authored competing bills, talked up the possibility of brokering a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — One federal employee has taken out a bank loan. Another says she’s planning to seek help from a food pantry. A third says his family will likely need to take out loans, or incur credit card debt, to get by.

Those stories and more were detailed in court filings this week in a lawsuit challenging the legality of Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is soon slated to be 5,000 miles from Washington talking soybeans and tariffs, possibly hamstringing any efforts to end the government shutdown.

With Republican and Democratic lawmakers digging into their positions about how to revive the federal machine, perhaps only presidential prodding could help end ...Read more