WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that there was not much a Democrat-led House of Representatives could do to stop the Trump administration’s agenda. “I think there’s very little,” Bessent said in an interview on 2Way TV two weeks ahead of November’s
By Renee Hickman GARDEN CITY, Kansas, Oct 20 (Reuters) – The last time the state of Kansas sent a Democrat to the US Senate, the Great Depression was ravaging the state, wheat prices had collapsed and drought was turning the Great Plains into the Dust Bowl. Some 94 years later, Kansas may do it agai
By Bo Erickson and Kanishka Singh PARK CITY, Kansas, Oct 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday the US Department of Agriculture will launch what he called a new “harvest fuel relief program” that will provide farmers with $8 billion in support to offset diesel costs during the harvest
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by a Democratic-appointed member of the National Labor Relations Board to challenge the legality of her firing by President Donald Trump. The justices turned away former NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox’s ap
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission not to approve a petition to allow political AI-generated robocalls from conservative political group Club for Growth ahead of the November congressional el
President Trump endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ahead of next week’s elections. Trump hailed Netanyahu, whose party is facing a tough race, as the right partner for the US to have against Iran as he called for Israelis to flock to the polls to support the prime minister.
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Americans vote on November 3 in midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. Democrats need a net gain of four seats in both the US House of Representatives and US Senate to overturn R
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 – US President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration would begin renovation work immediately on a historic Washington golf course that a federal judge had ordered could not proceed without prior court notification. The renovation work, which Trump a day earlier said
By Nandita Bose and Gram Slattery Oct 17 (Reuters) – The day after waiving sanctions and tariffs related to Russian exports, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he has yet to announce a final decision on the matter, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said officials want more time to evaluat
(Washington, DC) — President Trump is stumping for Republican candidates in Kentucky. Trump is speaking at midterm rally at Northern Kentucky University.in Highland Heights, near Cincinnati, this afternoon. Along with urging supporters to get out and vote, Trump warned that “radical Democrats” will
(Washington, DC) — New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has been fired just five days on the job. That’s according to multiple reports. Before departing for a rally in Georgia today, President Trump told reporters maybe the job isn’t for her. He went on to say he suggested to her “If I wer
(Dalton, GA) — President Trump is once again asking voters to “pretend” he’s on the midterm ballot. While campaigning in Dalton, Georgia Friday, Trump warned against low GOP voter-turnout, and urged the crowd to go to the polls. He’s campaigning for Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins in his ch
By Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was fired after less than a week on the job, two US officials said on Friday, after a rocky start as President Donald Trump’s top spokesperson. Zacharia was “let go” and is “tr
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The FBI and the US cyber defense agency CISA are urging election officials — and the American public — to be on guard against AI-powered tricks ahead of next month’s midterm elections. Here are more details: • An alert issued Friday by CISA and the FBI says that hacker
(Dalton, GA) — President Trump’s push to shore up support for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections continues today with a visit to Georgia. He’s scheduled to be in Dalton, where he’ll be campaigning for Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins in his challenge to incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff.
By Emily Schmall and Karl Plume CHICAGO, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The town of Shirley, Illinois, population 135, is an unlikely place for a campaign stop. Yet billionaire Democrat JB Pritzker traveled there to spar with his opponent in his bid for a third term as governor of the state in the November midt
(Washington, DC) — The midterm elections are now less than three weeks away. President Trump will participate in a number of tele-rallies today after being on the road earlier this week. Trump will hold a rally in Georgia tomorrow and will speak in Kentucky on Saturday. Elsewhere, debates are taking
NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday threw out a Trump administration lawsuit that sought to block New York City laws limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, finding the government did not have a valid basis to sue. • US District Judge Ramon Reyes in Brooklyn s
US authorities have disrupted three alleged violent plots since December 2024 involving threats against a pro-Israel lobbying organization, politicians associated with it, and government institutions, according to federal court records and law enforcement statements. The cases, investigated in Flori
By Andrew Goudsward and Luc Cohen WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department sued California on Thursday, asking a federal judge to block the state from counting mail ballots for the November 3 midterm elections from more than 20,000 voters the Trump administration alleges are likely n
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The FBI and US Postal Service’s law enforcement arm said on Thursday they were investigating suspicious mailings, including some sent to state election officials and lawmakers’ offices ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. The FBI said some of
President Donald Trump is continuing his midterm campaign blitz after rallies in Arizona and Montana, where he sought to energize Republican voters and boost candidates in key races. House Democrats are laying out an ambitious 100-day agenda if they retake the majority, focusing on affordability, he
The Justice Department is threatening California with possible legal action after it says the state mailed ballots to noncitizens ahead of the midterm elections. The DOJ sent a letter on Tuesday to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber informing her that federal officials provided Los Angeles
WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Nvidia and Apple each committed $25 million for US President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, according to a Washington Post report on Thursday that showed $333 million in private donations for the project. The Adelson family, longtime financial supporters
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Just over half of major party candidates in the most competitive US Senate races told Reuters they will accept election results regardless of the outcome, while some signaled a degree of uncertainty less than a month before the November 3 midterms. Reut
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff Oct 15 (Reuters) – The first Justice Department subpoena demanding voter information caught Democratic Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar off guard. It was June, and his office had been working informally with the FBI on routine election security. Weeks later, in a July 1
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Karen Sloan and Joe Cash WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Oct 14 (Reuters) – The new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, faced questions on Wednesday about her legal career before becoming the top spokeswoman for US President Donald Trump. Zacharia, who joined the White House on Mon
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court again sided with Republicans on Wednesday in the latest clash over a new Federal Communications Commission policy that gives party committees access to discounted TV and radio advertising rates long available to political candidates
By Daniel Wiessner Oct 14 (Reuters) – A federal judge declined on Wednesday to block an effort by President Donald Trump to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by companies that do business with the US government. US District Judge Adam Abelson in Baltimore, Maryland, said that gr
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the US Department of Agriculture from proceeding with its planned agency reorganization, in a blow to President Donald Trump’s sweeping overhaul of the executive branch. The ruling from the District Court for the North
