Politics
Democrat Mallory McMorrow suspends her Michigan Senate campaign and scrambles the pivotal race
Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Sunday, abruptly reshaping the party primary just a month before the election and leaving a two-person contest...
Largest reported naval gathering in U.S. history sails into New York Harbor for America’s 250th
Vice President J.D. Vance joined the International Naval Review 250 on Independence Day at the Port of New York and New Jersey to commemorate America’s semiquincentennial. Saturday’s event is...
Platner borrows from the Trump playbook in maverick left-wing run for U.S. Senate
Graham Platner is adopting elements of President Trump’s populist approach in the Maine Senate race, tapping into voter frustration with a system they believe is stacked against them and...
Democratic congressman asks the CFPB to investigate ‘rent now, pay later’ companies
NEW YORK — A Democratic member of Congress is calling for the federal government to investigate the growing “rent now, pay later” industry, saying Americans may not understand the...
Democratic socialists chalk up another win in Colorado
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another...
Trump nominates acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to be agency’s permanent chief
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he will nominate Keith Sonderling to be the secretary of labor, elevating him from the agency’s acting director two months after Lori...
Trump says he’ll meet with D.C.’s ‘communist’ likely mayor
resident Trump said Sunday said he will meet with D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George, the likely future mayor of the District whom Mr. Trump described as a “communist.”...
States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the companies that manage them for health plans
TOPEKA, Kan. — As consumers worry about medication costs, states are trying to lower drug prices by reining in big companies that oversee prescription coverage for health insurers. Some...
Trump vows to protect religious liberty, combat ‘godless’ communism
President Trump promised to protect religious freedom, telling an evangelical group that “religion is back” and everyone will “suffer or die” if the country opens the door to communism....
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration facility is shutting down
Just shy of its one-year opening, Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” is closing its doors, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday. He said the immigration detention center in the Everglades had done...
