BALTIMORE — Nancy Pelosi, 86, the Baltimore-raised congresswoman who, in 2007, became the first female speaker of the U.S. House, is to be honored by the Maryland House of Delegates on Monday night.

Maryland House will have a resolution for the Speaker Emerita. Then, Pelosi will address the delegates during their regular session in Annapolis,...Read more

President Donald Trump says the military is building a secret, secure project under his controversial $400 million White House ballroom.

Defending the opulent project against persistent criticism, Trump suggested the Pentagon was a driving force behind plans to construct an underground bunker of sorts beneath his sprawling new East Wing ...Read more

The British- and American-backed plot to overthrow Iran’s prime minister in 1953 laid the groundwork for the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and decades of hostility with the U.S. that have now culminated in a war launched on Iran by the U.S. and Israel.

Many Americans only know the anger and tension with Iran that has grown from those ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants Congress to nix a two-week recess and return to the Capitol to address the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, his top spokesperson said Monday.

“The president is also encouraging Congress to come back to Washington to permanently fix this problem and to fund and reopen the Department ...Read more

WASHINGTON — South Carolina Republican Mark Sanford, a former governor and congressman — and briefly a long-shot presidential contender — is seeking another comeback, joining the crowded field running for the open Charleston-area seat he held for five full terms.

Sanford filed his candidacy for the 1st District hours before Monday’s ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who served six terms in Congress, wants to return to Washington.

Sanford on Monday filed to run for the Republican nomination in the 1st Congressional District seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace. Mace is running for governor this cycle.

Sanford has been in private business ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas on Monday announced he will not run for Congress this year after months of speculation about whether he would seize on a new congressional map passed by Republican lawmakers.

Lucas, 41, made the announcement in a video and press release early Monday morning, solidifying that he will remain ...Read more

More than 125,000 protesters took to Bay Area streets Saturday as part of the third nationwide No Kings protest, with a primary focus on the war in Iran and the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement, according to a poll of organizers conducted by Bay Area News Group.

The tens of thousands of local participants were part of the ...Read more

The Supreme Court on April 1, 2026, will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the case that challenges the Trump administration’s efforts to bar the children of immigrants without legal status from birthright citizenship by reinterpreting the terms of the 14th Amendment.

In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington offered details on what a budget reconciliation bill could look like Friday, outlining an agenda that includes targeting fraud in the earned income tax credit program and finding savings in other means-tested benefit programs.

Arrington, R-Texas, and Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, ...Read more

Washington — a city built from scratch to be the nation’s capital — has always been a battleground for a so-called “American architecture.” From the city’s creation in the 1790s, grandiose classical intentions were a distinct part of it. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the first and third presidents, respectively, were active...Read more

Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly called on U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to resign after a House Ethics Subcommittee concluded she had committed 25 ethics violations, including breaking campaign finance laws.

Jolly, who is a former member of Congress, is the only major Florida Democrat to call for the Broward-Palm Beach ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With the Iran war in its fifth week, support for President Donald Trump is at its lowest point ever, with a growing body of recent polling showing him losing ground with key voting blocs that helped power his 2024 victory.

While public dissatisfaction is evident among many groups surveyed, the decline in support for the ...Read more

Frustrated legislators tucked an unusual provision into the recently passed $839 billion defense appropriations bill, demanding answers from the Pentagon on its proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense project. Defense officials were given until early April to detail planned expenditures over the next two years and must report annually ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As of 7:50 p.m. Saturday, police, some on horseback, and a small group of demonstrators remained locked in a standoff outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center.

Earlier officers had arrested dozens of protesters after authorities fired tear gas and pepper balls into the crowd, leaving at least one person with an eye ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department issued a citywide tactical alert “due to incidents occurring on Alameda between Aliso and Temple” in the downtown area.

The Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal prison, is located at that intersection.

Authorities declared the tactical alert at 5 p.m., said LAPD Officer Jeff Lee.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered at the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul on Saturday for a rally serving as the “national flagship” for a third round of nationwide protests against what participants call the authoritarian aims of President Donald Trump.

The “No Kings” rally headlined by singer Bruce ...Read more

NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of protesters railing against ICE, the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s “ongoing consolidation of executive power” took to Manhattan’s streets Saturday with one unified cry: “No Kings.”

Toting banners reading “We Will Not Be Silenced,” “Dump Trump” and “No War, No Kings,” and ...Read more

MIAMI —Yes, they chanted and sang. But for the protesters who packed Tropical Park on Saturday for a “No Kings” rally, their signs carried the main message.

“No Kings. No Felons,” read one. “Dump Don,” read another.

Others signs were just as blunt when it came to President Donald Trump or ICE, and spiced with an F-word or two.

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