HOUSTON (AP) — Juli McShay had a few pointed questions for James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Texas, when she stood up during a town hall in Houston. Black audiences such as this one are key to Talarico’s effort to defeat Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton and be
By Jan Wolfe and Jack Queen WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) – News outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico will ask a federal judge on Wednesday to immediately restore their access to the White House after President Donald Trump banned them in one of his most dramatic clashes with the media to date. The outl
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) – A group of US Senate Democrats will introduce legislation on Wednesday to sanction individuals or groups that facilitate Israel’s “E1 project,” a widely condemned West Bank settlement plan cutting across land the Palestinians seek for a state, acc
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) – US states may have added more than 30,000 self-declared non-citizens to the nation’s voter rolls since 2000 because of software glitches and clerical errors made while processing their driver’s license and state ID applications, according to official r
(Corrects Trump’s approval rating in paragraph three) By David Hood-Nuño and Evan Garcia DONNA, Texas, Sept 23 (Reuters) – South Texas unfurls in long stretches of highways across flat landscapes dotted with pump jacks, mesquite trees, and gas stations sporting prices that voters swear should not be
By Andrew Chung Sept 23 (Reuters) – Challengers to a redrawn congressional map in Missouri aimed at favoring Republicans returned to the US Supreme Court on Tuesday, urging it to halt its use in November’s midterm elections after a St. Louis-based federal court again ordered its reinstatement despit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are growing increasingly grim about their chances in November, with aligned groups pumping money into reliably GOP states and candidates scrambling to distance themselves from unpopular White House policies. From Texas to Ohio and Alaska to Iowa, campaigns are grappling
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration’s whole-of-government effort to find and prosecute noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases that have led to 160 arrests, Homeland Security Investigations senior official Matthew Millhollin said in a press brief
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Utah threw out more than 300 mail ballots that were being sent to voters for the state’s June primary, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said during a news conference that Damon Matai Seei
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday warned that countries shouldn’t interfere in the internal affairs of other nations, while also urging world leaders to take stronger action in response to intensifying global conflicts. The mixed messages came as Lula spoke to the United Natio
By Helen Coster NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) – As CNN, MS NOW and Politico await a Wednesday court hearing over President Donald Trump’s decision to ban them from the White House grounds, reporters from the news outlets covered his visit to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday using media p
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – A Republican US senator on Tuesday called for an investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s family is profiting from his time in office, saying any perception that family members are exploiting their position undermines trust in the government
By Bo Erickson and Christy Santhosh WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is halting enrollment in Obamacare health plans for more than 760,000 enrollees it believes were fraudulently signed up, Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday, part of an anti-fraud effort he estimated wou
NEW YORK (SRN NEWS) – President Donald Trump heads to the United Nations General Assembly today, prepared to defend his foreign-policy record and argue that American strength is making the world safer. The president’s address comes at a turbulent moment. The war with Iran has disrupted global energy
By Nandita Bose and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – As President Donald Trump’s agenda has increasingly encountered resistance, he has turned to a familiar strategy: invoking national security. Just this weekend, Trump declared that his planned 250-foot triumphal arch near Washington would
By Jack Queen NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump’s move to ban several news outlets from the White House over his dislike of their coverage likely runs afoul of US legal prohibitions against viewpoint discrimination by the government, four legal experts told Reuters. Trump’s ann
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Three-quarters of Americans, some 73%, worry that AI companies haven’t gone far enough to prevent AI from causing serious harm to society, as concerns grow about where the technology may lead, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The four-day poll, wh
By Nathan Layne Sept 21 (Reuters) – Two Republicans in tight US Senate races called on Monday for a swift end to the war in Iran, the latest sign that vulnerable candidates are trying to put some distance between themselves and President Donald Trump over a conflict that has pushed up fuel prices, i
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) – A US appeals court ruled on Monday in favor of a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri that aimed to help the party maintain its slim majority in the House of Representatives, although the map will not be used in November’s midterm elections withou
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad on Monday, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept their cameras away in protest of CNN being banned from the grounds. A light drizzle fell on the South
(SRN NEWS) – President Donald Trump’s battle with major news organizations is now headed to federal court. CNN, MS NOW, and Politico filed a joint lawsuit Monday after the White House blocked their reporters from the grounds and disabled or confiscated their press credentials. The outlets argue that
(Fixes typo) WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers on Friday urged President Donald Trump to keep in place a ban on Chinese automakers out of the US market, ahead of his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping this week. “We urge you to maintain strong protection
CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment. Meanwhile, Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to th
As Kamala Harris mulls whether to run for president again, she’s throwing herself into the midterms by campaigning with fellow Democrats, starting with a Tuesday trip to Michigan on behalf of Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. It’s an especially notable destination for the former vice president. Michiga
The main Kremlin party has further strengthened its already overwhelming control of parliament, according to results Monday from Russia’s first wartime parliamentary election, a tightly orchestrated vote that excluded virtually any genuine opposition. With over 95% of the vote counted, the top Kreml
By Bo Erickson, Steve Holland and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump has invoked Joe Biden’s name almost 900 times this year, a Reuters review shows, keeping his predecessor at the center of debate as Republicans fight to hold their fragile grip on Congress in No
WASHINGTON (AP) — Communism, President Donald Trump says, is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced. This summer, citing similarly grave concerns, he took the rare step of delivering a primetime address to the nation, accusing China of “sinister election meddling” in 2020 and reviving his years
(AP) – An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man Sunday afternoon during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas, prompting an immediate law-enforcement response and a large protest at the scene. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the man was shot once in the torso on the city’s
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N. General Assembly. The meeting is scheduled for Monday and at Gracie Mansion, the official mayoral residence, according to Anna Bahr, Mamdani’s communication
Russia’s main Kremlin party, United Russia, was dominating the country’s first wartime parliamentary election, according to early returns released Monday from a tightly controlled election virtually devoid of opposition to President Vladimir Putin’s policies. The vote, which is all but certain to ce
