(AP) – President Donald Trump addressed a huge roomful of journalists Friday night at a correspondents’ dinner rescheduled from April after a shooting upended the first edition. Said the president: “As I said three months ago, the show must go on.” Trump entered the ballroom to polite applause, and
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has acknowledged in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state” — in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) – South Carolina is poised to remain the Democrats’ first presidential primary state over Nevada after a vote by a powerful party committee on Friday, a racially fraught decision that pitted Black and Latino state leaders against each other. After two days o
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Democrats who have been scrambling to tap a new nominee for a pivotal U.S. Senate race against Republican Susan Collins are expected to nominate Troy Jackson at a last-minute convention this weekend. Jackson, a progressive Democrat, is a former president of the state’s D
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters in swing state Wisconsin whose absentee ballots don’t arrive by Election Day should be allowed to cast provisional ballots at the polls to ensure their votes are counted, a lawsuit filed Friday argues. The lawsuit comes amid growing concerns about how quickly the United S
By Helen Coster and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will deliver a “unifying yet vicious” speech to the White House Correspondents’ Association on Friday at a dinner celebrating press freedom that was postponed after a shooting outside the original event, the Whi
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina was selected Friday to once again lead off the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential nominating schedule, cementing a dramatic break from decades of tradition by leaving Iowa out of the early-state lineup altogether and elevating more racially diverse states. The deci
A federal judicial panel has allowed Tennessee to use a new congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis, providing another legal victory for Republicans who hope to gain an additional seat in this year’s midterm elections. A three-judge panel on Thursday declined to issu
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state has sent more than 3,000 letters to Alaska voters asking them to verify their citizenship ahead of the Aug. 18 primary, a number a top state elections official said is unusually high. The letters have raised concerns among some state lawmakers, including one who said
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 150,000 California voters had their mail-in ballots rejected for the state’s June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state attempts to make voting easier with the goal of boosting participation and counting every ballot. California has become notorious for i
(SRN NEWS) – Texas Rep. Brandon Gill’s proposed “Citizenship Act” is drawing sharp conservative praise for taking a hard line on what supporters call abuse of America’s citizenship rules. Gill’s legislation—unveiled alongside documents described in a recent report—would limit birthright citizenship
As President Donald Trump pushes for stricter proof of citizenship laws ahead of the midterms, social media users are falsely alleging that an old clip shows former President Barack Obama telling people in the U.S. illegally to vote in the 2016 election. The clip is from a video posted by mitú, a La
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters who have already returned their absentee ballots could void those and request a new one under a lawsuit filed Thursday by three people supported by the state’s Democratic Party, which is going through a chaotic primary for governor. The move would allow voters w
BOSTON (AP) — More than two dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring them to comply with election and immigration conditions to receive billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters. The lawsuit, filed in Rhode Island and challenging Federal Emergency Management Ag
By Luc Cohen July 23 (Reuters) – A coalition of mostly Democratic-led states asked a federal judge on Thursday to block the Department of Homeland Security from withholding certain disaster-related funds until states adopt election administration practices favored by Republican President Donald Trum
By David Shepardson July 23 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is urging Congress to make daylight saving time permanent, deprioritize bicycle lanes and mass transit, cut funding for electric vehicle charging stations and speed adoption of self-driving cars as part of legislation needed to renew f
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain. The 214-208 vote requiring congressional appro
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) – Capital One executive Brian Johnson, U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told lawmakers on Thursday that he would not prejudge whether to pursue pending administration plans to fire most of the agenc
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – Moderate Amish Shah on Wednesday won the Democratic Party primary election in Arizona’s U.S. House of Representatives first congressional district, according to media projections. Democrats’ drive to win majority control of the House depends in part on their ability t
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Steve Hilton launched his general election campaign for California governor Wednesday with a gambit to win over left-leaning voters who dominate the state: Even if they loathe President Donald Trump, he said, they should consider voting for him. During an event in Los A
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Capitol Hill are walking a cautious election-year line on the Iran war as the future of the conflict seems increasingly uncertain and polls show most Americans think the war isn’t worth fighting. The potential political peril has only grown in recent days, particular
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump’s partisan budget plan and voting restriction initiatives in a push to boost the party before the November midterm elections. In a flurry of votes, House Republican
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a massive defense policy bill on Wednesday, despite Democrats’ concerns about its huge price tag, the Iran war and a provision that would boost Pentagon ties to Israel. The fiscal 2027 National Defense A
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration named former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on Wednesday as board chair of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Separately, a group of the city’s landlords filed a lawsuit a
(In paragraph 11, corrects first name of Harvard Law School professor to Alex, not Alexander) By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said this week that he had determined he lacked the legal authority to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested f
July 22 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday said it would evaluate putting nuclear energy projects in federal waters as part of its agenda to expand domestic energy production and speed deployment of advanced nuclear technologies. The Marine Minerals Administration, which oversees deve
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that the U.S. will destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump’s latest threat to target infrastructure came as the war continues with no clear offramp, threatening further
NEW YORK (AP) — When midterm campaigning began, each major political party had a clear game plan. Republicans would emphasize border security and an economy that was finally shaking off years of high inflation. Democrats would focus attention on a deeply unpopular President Donald Trump to energize
By Bo Erickson MARIETTA, Georgia, July 22 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will campaign in Georgia on Wednesday amid Republican concerns that his renewed focus on election fraud claims could hurt the party’s chances in one of the country’s most competitive Senate races. Trump’s trip follows month
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – From too many zeros to too few, and even the letter ‘O’ typed in its place, the new systems at the Pentagon have uncovered a trail of mistakes as the Defense Department pursues its first clean audit. After years of work, the Pentagon is on track to pass
