Top lawyers at the White House and OMB reportedly signed off on spending DHS funding on ads celebrating President Trump. Their track records explain why.

New polling shows Democrats leading governor’s races deep in Republican territory, while GOP Sen. Steve Daines warns 2026 “looks a lot like 2006.” Antonia Hylton speaks with Former Senators Jon Tester...

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Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.

Paxton complained he can’t change anything about his own campaign.

Trump has a huge, growing problem with Latinos.

France proposed to release some of its diesel stockpiles after an emergency G7 meeting.

A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.

The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.

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Lawyers for Marimar Martínez, the Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent in October, said evidence released this week “shows the world” that Trump administration officials “have created a culture...

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It’s unclear if Donald Trump even likes Paxton all that much.

Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.

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The Department of Homeland Security said it found 16,000 noncitizen voters in one state—but didn’t get a single name right.

The judge issued an injunction on the policy.

Triumphal Arch, here we come!

The Israeli prime minister is increasingly isolated in the world.

The California Supreme Court ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County to return ballots to election officials after he confiscated them for an investigation.

GAO documents array of costly problems as ICE pursues controversial plans to rapidly increase detention capacity

A TV spot claims the US president is trying to sway October’s presidential vote in favour of Lula’s far-right opponents

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Rain, flooding and gusty winds are in the forecast this weekend for the Northeast, including New York and Boston.

The GOP holds a major cash advantage over Democrats, but there’s likely no amount they can spend to persuade voters to ignore their own economic pain.

Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist

The latest kleptocratic actions by the Trump administration from the week of August 31, 2026

He will only get crazier, and at some point Republicans will cut their losses.

A federal judge said he would not approve a plan to inscribe President Trump’s name on the building.

In a blistering attack on the court, President Trump said “these are not the people I interviewed” to serve as justices.

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Even some Republicans are losing faith in Trump’s economy, a New York Times/Siena poll found, and Democrats were favored on the top issues as the sprint to the midterms gets underway.

The kingdom is in a state of strategic shock after coming under attack from an emboldened Iran and failing to win more U.S. military support, analysts say.

In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.

President Donald Trump and Joe Biden were compared as both attended seperate September 11 memorial ceremornies, with many pointing out Trump's closed eyes

Donald Trump can’t handle even simple questions about his midterm bribe.

Senator John Fetterman, who has become alienated from his own party, appeared in a short video filmed in front of a steel mill, saying he is “always going to reject the extremes in socialism.”

Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says

The decision means the gerrymander won’t be used in the 2026 midterms.

At a first-of-its-kind midterm convention, President Trump mostly offered retreads and self-congratulation. Then, he offered to pay Americans $5,000 apiece if Republicans kept power.

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