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
July 22 (Reuters) – Prediction market operator Kalshi said it had launched a new hub for tracking the U.S. midterm elections, offering users real-time election forecasts alongside polling, fundraising and historical election data. The New York-based company said the hub will provide a market-based v
By Jarrett Renshaw and Idrees Ali DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware, July 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump attended a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for four U.S. service members who returned to American soil in flag-draped caskets on Wednesday after being killed in Iranian atta
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – AI giant Anthropic will donate $20 million to a lobbying organization that supports AI regulation, according to a company statement released on Wednesday, its latest move to influence U.S. policy on the technology. The company is donating to Public First Action, a pol
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – Former professional football player Jay Feely, who is endorsed by President Donald Trump, on Tuesday won the Republican Party primary election in Arizona’s U.S. House of Representatives 1st congressional district, according to media projections. Republicans’ quest to
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a short-term measure to avert a possible government shutdown ahead of the November midterm elections by funding federal agencies through December 4. The vote sends the stopgap, known as a contin
Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields said Tuesday he would not seek reelection to his redrawn Louisiana congressional district that was at the center of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling on race and redistricting. The majority Black congressional district was redrawn by the state legislature in May to f
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to rally in Michigan next week as early in-person voting begins in the battleground state’s primary, where voters will choose nominees for open Senate and governor’s races. The rally is set to take place in Oakland County on Monday, according to a pers
By Nate Raymond July 21 (Reuters) – A White House lawyer nominated by President Donald Trump to serve on a court that hears litigation regarding trade laws and tariff policies was confirmed to the bench on Tuesday after she apologized for past social media posts that attacked various senators includ
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A chaotic Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor that has seen numerous candidates drop out and re-enter the race has threatened to leave thousands of voters who have already returned their ballots with worthless votes for the state’s top office. That possibility prompted the
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies, along party lines. The 9-8 vote came after some Democrats had praised Clayton and indicated that they might vote for him. But that
By Joseph Ax and Doina Chiacu PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 21 (Reuters) – Nearly 400 New Jersey residents who were not U.S. citizens cast ballots after thousands of non-citizens were accidentally registered to vote between 2023 and 2024 due to a software error, Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill said
By Daniel Wiessner July 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination moved on Tuesday to scrap a requirement that employers annually submit data on the race and sex of their workers, which since its adoption in the 1960s has been a cornerstone of civil rights en
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers on Tuesday that military training would need to be curtailed without an urgent funding boost, as a senior Republican senator said some military branches were facing a near-term solvency crisis. “There is training righ
HADDONFIELD, New Jersey (AP) — About 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens while obtaining New Jersey driver’s licenses and other state IDs were improperly registered to vote in 2023 and 2024, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Tuesday. The Democratic governor, who took office this year, blamed a M
By Doina Chiacu July 21 (Reuters) – Roughly 6,600 people who were not U.S. citizens were accidentally added to New Jersey’s voter rolls because of a software error at the state motor vehicles department, but fewer than 400 actually cast ballots in elections since 2023, Governor Mikie Sherrill said o
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission could hamper its ability to enforce the law and should be investigated by the congressional watchdog agency, a top Senate Democrat said on Tuesday. In a letter to the Government Ac
NEW YORK (AP) — The progressive movement may already have hit its high point in the 2026 midterms. Or this may be the beginning of a much more powerful shift as voters, eager for change, decide to embrace far-left populism on a national scale. It depends upon who you ask within a Democratic Party th
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – The chief security officer for TikTok U.S. will testify before a U.S. House committee on September 15, a congressional aide said on Tuesday, allowing lawmakers to ask about Chinese involvement in the short-video app. Chief Security Officer Will Farre
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives face a crucial political test on Tuesday as they try to advance legislation crucial to President Donald Trump’s agenda, including major defense legislation and portions of his partisan voter ID bi
