The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.

After decades on Maine's midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court's chief justice more isolated than ever.

Installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to Pentago defense board raises conflict-of-interest concerns

"At the same time Jared Kushner has acted as a key negotiator in the war in Gaza, his private equity company, Affinity Partners, has held the largest stake in an Israeli firm backing businesses…

"South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pushed back on President Donald Trump’s assertion that Korea had agreed to commit hundreds of billions of dollars in new U.S. investments, including up to $54…

Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska

"A MAGA-backed ministry leader vying to be Colorado’s next governor once laughed about slamming his wife into a door, recounted how he threw his toddler across the room and declared that God gave him…

A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...

Republicans could lean on congressional procedure to defy the will of voters. But if they try that, the Senate has a clear way to fight back

"Donald Trump has agreed to stop fighting in court the disbursement of E Jean Carroll’s $5m verdict in her 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against him, a procedural development as these…

"A new A.I.-powered search tool that President Trump unveiled Tuesday to help Americans get information from the federal government provides facts that contradict false claims he has made about…

View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.

These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign

Russian cash helped Essar, the firm behind the steel factory, manage major debts. Now the group's investing in the US.

After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere

As rural hospitals struggle to make childbirth services financially sustainable, doctors warn that mothers and babies are bearing the risk.

Chipmaker Nvidia said Monday it is introducing a new software platform to address concerns about artificial intelligence agents that have “gone rogue” and operated outside human control.

Wall Street Journal: "Some Greek officials say they are happy their country, often overlooked in Washington, has the attention of an ambassador who can easily reach the U.S. president."

"Voting records in Georgia and Nevada show Georgia House candidate David Dillie (D) cast ballots in both states in the 2026 primary elections," the Atlanta Journal-Consitution reports.

Former Kennedy Center employees accused the iconic performing arts venue’s leadership in a letter to Congress of halting planned waterproofing repairs earlier this year. In the Thursday lette…

Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...

Rebuilding trust will take generations.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to deploy a system that merges personal data from across the government. Questions remain about its reliability.

The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.

Four swing states will soon elect the official who will run the 2028 presidential election. The candidates are alarming.

The system could be used to scrub voter rolls and potentially challenge election results.

Highlighting the growing list of people killed by federal immigration agents, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree and other Democratic members of Congress on Tuesday heard from family members of those killed…

The raw pork, beef and goat products from Star Meat Delivery Inc. of North Carolina were distributed across the United States.

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

Federal immigration agents in Evanston, Ill., mistakenly detained a U.S. citizen, who was later released after he identified himself.

ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...

Hung Cao, acting US navy secretary, answered questions from US senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter

According to Forbes, President Trump’s net worth hit $7 billion in 2026.That’s more than triple where it was in early 2024.

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"The Trump administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one U.S. territory, and officials have not indicated when or whether the shots will become available...

Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.

White House press coverage row continues while anchor-less channel of the administration’s ‘latest and greatest’ streams propaganda for the Maga faithful

The absence of the annual estimate on the tax gap could make it more difficult to assess whether more taxes are going unpaid since President Trump took office.

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

The bill was designed to alert consumers about where their drugs came from. After two major changes to the proposed law, experts worry it won’t be as effective.

Courting authoritarianism with a rapacious Trump.