WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to push forward with a fund to compensate his allies if two Republican holdouts will not support his nominee for attorney general, injecting fresh uncertainty into a Senate confirmation vote planned for next week and underscoring once m
By Ernest Scheyder Aug 1 (Reuters) – If the Senate does not confirm Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination, he will stay in his current acting role, President Donald Trump said on Saturday, adding that he would also push Congress to codify a proposed “anti-weaponization” fund that could help his
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland said he is “very concerned” that President Donald Trump will wield the power of the federal government to thwart the midterm elections this fall as the Republican tries to maintain his grip on power during the final two years of his administration. In
July 31 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled an executive business meeting for Tuesday to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche to be U.S. attorney general, according to the committee’s website. Blanche’s nomination has been stalled after a standoff with fellow Republicans
By Sarah Kinosian, Gram Slattery and Matt Spetalnick July 31 – An unofficial adviser to the Trump administration who has played a leading role in shaping U.S. Venezuela policy and multimillion-dollar deals to exploit the OPEC state’s vast oil resources has told Reuters he is no longer overseeing the
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump takes his Cabinet meeting to Camp David, using the setting to highlight his administration’s achievements. He warns of a migrant crisis in Spain, claiming it could happen in the U.S. if Republicans lose the midterms. Trump criticizes Spain’s government a
DETROIT (AP) — The jokes practically wrote themselves as an eclectic group of progressive pastors, imams and a rabbi walked into a room, finding their seats around a table to talk about religion and politics. Though there was no shortage of levity, a sense of urgency filled the Detroit meeting room
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Richard Cowan and Steve Holland CAMP DAVID, Maryland/WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday to consider Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general, after President Donald Trump said his $1.8 billion “anti-wea
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The last time Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma hosted the nation’s governors, it didn’t go so well. The annual gathering of state leaders in Washington in February was overshadowed by a fight with President Donald Trump, who refused to allow two governors — both Democrats — to atten
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Over the past several years, Missouri voters have amended the state constitution to create abortion rights, legalize marijuana and sports betting and expand Medicaid healthcare coverage for low-income adults. None of those initiatives would have passed under a ballot measu
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump convenes a Cabinet meeting on Friday at his Camp David retreat as he grapples with how to resolve his war against Iran and bring down gasoline prices that are threatening Republicans in November midterm elections. Unlike some pa
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just months before the midterm elections, Democrats hope to convince voters that lawlessness under President Donald Trump’s administration is the biggest threat to their rights and pocketbooks. But the party’s past debates over crime and safety threaten to undermine that pitch. Acr
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says a new breakthrough in Gaza could end the cycle of war. In a post on Truth Social, Trump hailed what he calls the “historic” agreement reached by the Board of Peace for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza. He argues this i
CAIRO (AP) The United States and Iran traded missile barrages Thursday, snapping an uneasy rhythm of restraint back into open hostilities and dimming any hope for a quick end to the five-month conflict. The political lesson is clear: when Tehran refuses to stop threatening its neighbors and attackin
By Alexandra Ulmer and Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s pro-Trump political group is planning to spend up to $120 million to turn out Republican voters in the November congressional elections, the New York Times reported on Thursday. America PAC said in a statement to Reuters t
By Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order giving federal officials the power to block exports of old batteries and other electronic waste filled with critical minerals, part of a broader push to boost domestic recycling and counter China’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Mandela Barnes dropped out of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor on Thursday amid news that the state party had reviewed past allegations of inappropriate behavior, further shaking up the race less than two weeks before the Aug. 11 election. The former lieutenant gove
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff July 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to withdraw until next year his nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as U.S. attorney general, escalating a standoff with Senate Republicans who have objected to a proposed “anti-w
US Strikes Revolutionary Guard Sites as President Trump Weighs Broader Campaign By The Media Line Staff The United States launched a heavy wave of strikes against Revolutionary Guard targets across Iran after what US officials described as an attempted Iranian missile attack on American forces in Jo
By Brad Heath, Kristina Cooke, M.B. Pell and Benjamin Lesser July 30 – Christian Garcia admits that he threw a water bottle toward officers guarding a federal building near Los Angeles during an immigration protest last summer. The plastic bottle was empty, he said, and hit no one but Garcia himself
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Trump administration to revive a plan to place anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the department was no longer pursuing the redesign. The Obama
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters who have already returned their absentee ballots for the state’s primary are not allowed to void those and request a new one, a judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling deals a blow to Democrats, who filed a lawsuit seeking to give voters a do-over because of a chaotic
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) – Todd Blanche’s bid for Senate confirmation as U.S. attorney general faced a setback on Wednesday, as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley postponed a scheduled confirmation vote because of key Republican holdouts.
July 29 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on Wednesday demanded documents and answers from Elon Musk about the environmental and public health impacts of his xAI Colossus data center operations in Tennessee and Mississippi. •
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham returned for the last time Wednesday to South Carolina, where powerful friends remembered him as someone who never stopped working for the state he loved. After Graham was eulogized Tuesday in the nation’s capital as an indefatigable dealmaker by the preside
WASHINGTON—(AP) With the first midterm ballots expected to hit the mail stream roughly six weeks from now, Americans are watching the U.S. Postal Service—and the politics swirling around it. This election season is about control of Congress, but in practice, it is also about whether millions of vote
WASHINGTON (AP) —In a move that is likely to inflame an already fractured political battlefield, Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions from senators during a Republican-led committee hearing focused on the Trump-era and Obama-era decisions that shaped the COVI
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrat Josh Turek got an assist Wednesday from former President Barack Obama, who endorsed his bid to flip a Republican-held U.S. Senate seat in a video of the two shooting hoops. The seat held by retiring two-term Sen. Joni Ernst is among the tough targeted races for
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) – Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff have asked the U.S. securities regulator to probe whether Truth Social parent Trump Media’s plan to sell early access to President Donald Trump’s social media posts breaks the law, according to a let
Roughly six weeks before the first midterm ballots are mailed out, the U.S. Postal Service is emerging as a pivotal player in an election season that will determine control of Congress. President Donald Trump is seeking greater control over mail balloting through an executive order while a change to
