The U.S. Supreme Court again rejected a push to use Missouri congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump on Thursday, a loss for Republicans trying to maintain control of the House in the fast-approaching midterm elections. The decision means Missouri will run the general election with a dif
DALLAS (AP) — Republicans gathered in Dallas for their midterm convention with a clear message: the November elections will determine whether President Donald Trump can continue advancing his agenda during the final two years of his term. Although history often favors the party out of power in midte
DALLAS (AP) — Republicans at their midterm convention know that history is not on their side this election season, but they are counting on President Donald Trump and his two-day extravaganza in Dallas to rally voters to protect their House and Senate majorities. They spent the first night denouncin
By Nathan Layne DALLAS, Sept 10 (Reuters) – One year after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the organization he co-founded, Turning Point USA, has grown dramatically, expanding its presence at colleges and high schools and cementing itself as a force in Republican politics. But some of the young voters
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would most likely cost more than $1 trillion a
DALLAS, Sept 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would issue a $5,000 dividend to every adult in the United States if Republicans maintain control of Congress in November’s election. “If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of
Sept 9 (Reuters) – Top White House advisers, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have privately warned President Donald Trump that the conflict with Iran could extend through the remainder of his presidency, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing U.S.
By David Morgan Sept 9 (Reuters) – Democratic Senator John Fetterman, who has increasingly broken with fellow Democrats on issues including Israel, the Iran war and immigration, will make a surprise video appearance at President Donald Trump’s Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday, Ax
By Andrew Chung Sept 9 (Reuters) – Challengers to a redrawn congressional map in Missouri aimed at favoring Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to suspend a federal judge’s order that allowed only those reconfigured boundaries to be used in November’s midterm elections. The map’s c
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice and Education Departments alleged on Wednesday that admissions practices at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law deliberately favored Black applicants and discriminated against white and Asian candidates. A joint probe
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A battle over Missouri’s congressional districts vaulted back to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, two months before a pivotal November election that will determine control of Congress and affect the fate of President Donald Trump’s agenda. A series of conflicting court
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections. Oil prices on Wednesday jumped more than 3%, pushing international Brent crude past the $100 threshold for the first time since
WASHINGTON , Sept 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday predicted that the war with Iran will end “immediately after” the U.S. midterm elections in November because Tehran was trying to influence the vote but would not be able to hold out more in the face of U.S. economic pressure. “I th
By Julia Harte Sept 9 (Reuters) – The Trump administration proposed on Wednesday changing the national census to include only U.S. citizens and permanent residents, a move that could significantly change how much political representation and federal funding each state receives. The U.S. Census Burea
By Jonathan Stempel Sept 9 (Reuters) – U.S. states filed two lawsuits on Wednesday accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of illegally weakening the federal Endangered Species Act, a landmark law that has shielded the bald eagle and other wildlife from dangers posed by development. The law
By Humeyra Pamuk and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump gave tens of thousands of dollars in cash gifts last year to executive assistant Natalie Harp and three other close aides working in the West Wing, according to financial disclosures released by the White House.
Republicans are gathering in Dallas on Wednesday for a highly unusual two-day midterm convention, a first for the party, that will put President Donald Trump at the center of this fall’s midterm elections. Trump plans to take the stage both nights, delivering a keynote address Wednesday and then clo
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s congressional map remained unsettled Tuesday after dueling court decisions created new uncertainty just eight weeks before Election Day, while a federal judge moved to preserve the districts used in the August primary and prevent what he called potentially chaot
DALLAS — Republicans are gathering in Dallas this week for an unconventional midterm convention designed to energize the party’s voters, spotlight its candidates and keep President Donald Trump at the center of the 2026 campaign. Dubbed a “Trump-a-Palooza” by Republican National Committee Chairman J
By Nathan Layne and Nandita Bose DALLAS, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Republicans gathering in Dallas this week will celebrate President Donald Trump and rally support ahead of U.S. midterm elections, but a disappointing showing in the November 3 vote could sharpen an already simmering debate over who comes n
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are more skeptical of government information than they were a few years ago, with majorities now saying they have little or no trust in federal government information about elections and politics, foreign affairs or the environment, a new poll finds. The survey from The A
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin is launching a new gun rights group aimed at restoring firearm access to Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes, an initiative that seeks to boost conservative turnout in this fall’s midterm elections. Mart
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – President George W. Bush was jogging around a Florida golf course before dawn when I first saw him on September 11, 2001. As one of two Reuters correspondents traveling with Bush that day, I was covering what was expected to be a routine event with sch
By Nathan Layne, Nandita Bose and Steve Holland DALLAS, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Republicans will kick off their first-ever midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday, betting President Donald Trump can energize core supporters and help the party hold onto its congressional majorities despite polls showing
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee is hoping to avoid becoming the first incumbent governor in any state to lose a primary since 2018 as he tries to fend off an intraparty challenge from former CVS executive Helena Foulkes in Wednesday’s state primary. McKee narrowly defeated Foulke
SEATTLE (AP) — The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon, according to newly released data highlighting concerns about recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations ahead of this fall’s pivotal midterm election. The struggling
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dueling court orders eight weeks before Election Day left Missouri’s congressional map uncertain Tuesday as legal wrangling over a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump sparked fresh confusion. A federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday temporarily blocked the st
(This Sept 8 story has been republished to change an image, with no changes to text.) By Andrew Chung Sept 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to reinstate a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri aimed at helping the party maintain its slim majority in the House of Repr
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General said on Tuesday it plans to conduct an independent review of allegations from a whistleblower who has warned proposed USPS mail-in voting restrictions could result in thousands of legal ballots bei
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A senior U.S. House Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to file suit in behalf of Congress to block the Trump administration from starting work on a triumphal arch in Washington. “Congress has neither appropriated funding nor granted authori
