By David Shepardson FARNBOROUGH, England, July 20 (Reuters) – A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week to make daylight saving time permanent will face a tough fight in the Senate to win approval, a lawmaker said Monday. Senator John Kennedy, a Republican, said President Donald T
Troy Jackson, a former state legislator, moved into a strong position to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine after several of his opponents dropped out Sunday. The quick change in the landscape of the race came on a weekend when party committees across the sta
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) – Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins in November, winning support from a majority of delegates ahead of the state’s convention next weekend,
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — Senate candidate Haley Stevens talks often about manufacturing, taking on President Donald Trump and why she’s the Democrat best positioned to win Michigan. The congresswoman has far less to say about the pro-Israel group that has spent millions trying to get her elected. T
PHOENIX (AP) — As the head of the conservative Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House, Rep. Andy Biggs was one of the Republican Party’s most hard-line brawlers in Washington, championing President Donald Trump’s agenda while frustrating establishment leaders. U.S. Rep. David Schweikert says those uncompr
Two weeks after shuttering his bid for Wisconsin governor, David Crowley reentered the state’s Democratic primary on Saturday, with the Milwaukee County executive boasting a last-minute backing from outgoing Gov. Tony Evers in a seeming move to best position the party for success in November. Evers
ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly a decade ago, Jon Ossoff was a 30-year-old Democratic congressional candidate promising Georgia suburban voters he would “cut wasteful spending” and make “both parties in Washington” be “accountable to you.” His Republican opponent even complained that Ossoff “talks like a Repu
By Lawrence Delevingne July 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican, plans to run for the U.S. Senate in the state following the death of longtime Senator Lindsey Graham, Norman said on Saturday. “I will be laser-focused on passing President Trump’s America First
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter used to be one of President Donald Trump ’s favorite political targets, a catchall foil for feckless Democrats that he could jeer at to make himself look strong and decisive. But lately, Trump’s sentiments on the 39th president have become more wistful as he faces some
Fetterman Says He Will Leave Democrats if Party Adopts Anti-Israel Platform By The Media Line Staff Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said Thursday he would leave the Democratic Party if it formally adopted a platform opposing US aid to Israel, calling such a move a “red line” following a House vote
By David Thomas and Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is seeking detailed records and depositions from 14 major law firms that were targeted by White House executive orders last year or that made deals with President Donald Trump to avoid his directives, acco
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump released a trove of documents during a primetime address to the nation that allies had hyped as a smoking gun that would prove his long-debunked allegations of mass voter fraud. Speaking from the White House on Thursday night, he described shocking revelation
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, July 17 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration cannot rely on a White House budget office regulation to terminate billions of dollars in grants because they no longer align with the president’s priorities. U.S. District J
NEW YORK (AP) — Citizens Bank said it plans to wind down its financial relationship with two private prison companies that have been government contractors under the Trump administration to help run immigration detention centers, bowing to public pressure from advocates and left-leaning city governm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday warned that state officials could lose funding or face investigations if they fail to go along with President Donald Trump’s election security demands, part of the Republican president’s longstanding attempt to undermine Americ
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he had asked Darline Graham, the sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, to run for the U.S. Senate in a special Republican primary in South Carolina on August 11. “I hope Darline does this, in that there would be
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) – The sole Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission on Friday criticized President Donald Trump’s call for Disney-owned ABC and Comcast unit NBC to lose their broadcast licenses because they refused to air his speech. During a nearly half-ho
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley plans to jump back into the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor after Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez abandoned her campaign for the state’s top office Friday amid a campaign finance scandal. Crowley will announce his return to the race Saturday, less than two
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, has his support to run for a full term to replace her brother in the U.S. Senate. He wrote on social media that she “has been a WINNER all of her life and, should she accept, has my C
