By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Siding with Republicans, the US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Federal Communications Commission to avoid for now a judicially imposed deadline in a Democratic challenge to the agency’s new political advertising policy. With November midterm electi
Oct 8 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump on Thursday said comments he made that Iran could “take out” California cities had been misinterpreted and that he was instead referring to the need for people to tolerate higher gas prices. Trump made the remarks at a political rally in Nebraska on Monday
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Republican US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News he does not know if he will remain in politics if his party loses control of the chamber in next month’s congressional election even as he insisted his focus was on protecting the party’s majority
By Jack Queen Oct 8 (Reuters) – A lawyer for CNN, MS NOW and Politico urged a federal judge on Thursday to extend their protection against being barred from the White House by US President Donald Trump, while the Justice Department defended the bans as fair and justified. US District Judge Timothy K
(San Antonio, TX) — President Trump says Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton is possibly the best Attorney General in the history of Texas. Appearing alongside Paxton in San Antonio Wednesday night, Trump urged his supporters to get out to vote in the midterms and pretend he’s on the ballot. Trump
By Jan Wolfe and David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Democratic Party officials sued US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, seeking a court order blocking his administration from using taxpayer money to pay for election-related TV ads. The lawsuit, filed by the Democratic National Commit
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The US Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is proposing to boost grants for major transit projects by 10% in areas that have above-average marriage and birth rates and imposing strict deadlines to ensure projects remain on schedule. Democr
By Bo Erickson, Jarrett Renshaw and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would fire two top election advisers if their work for a Bosnian territorial government posed a conflict of interest weeks ahead of critical US elections, then concluded that i
By Nathan Layne Oct 7 (Reuters) – Michigan Republican Mike Rogers, locked in one of the nation’s most competitive Senate races, called on Wednesday for an end to the US-Canada tariff dispute, breaking with President Donald Trump on a second major issue ahead of next month’s election. Rogers, who has
By Jonathan Landay ATHENS, Oct 7 (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday urged Western nations to embrace the ancient Greek values of “heroism, honor, and duty”, tying the ideals to President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda. “It’s become fashionable today to believe that enl
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – A Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission urged the agency on Wednesday not to approve a petition to allow political AI-generated robocalls from conservative political group Club for Growth. The group, which is spending millions of dollars ahead of th
By Hannah Lang Oct 7 (Reuters) – After suffering a major legislative defeat at the hands of Senate Democrats last month, the crypto industry is grappling with a dilemma three weeks out from the November election: punish Democrats, or preserve the bipartisan ties it has spent years building. During t
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump is sending $2.35 billion in direct payments to millions of Americans just weeks before the November 3 elections that will determine whether his Republicans will maintain control of the US Congress. Here is a list of Trump’s rec
By Nandita Bose Oct 7 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Wednesday for the third time in a month, placing unusual focus on a state he won easily in 2024 but where Republicans now face unexpectedly tight midterm election battles as they seek to retain control of Congress. Trump i
By Nathan Layne and David Morgan Oct 7 (Reuters) – Two-thirds of Republican candidates in competitive US House and Senate races have broken with President Donald Trump on policy or played down ties to him, a Reuters review found, revealing a widespread effort to distance themselves from the presiden
By Courtney Rozen and Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Most US voters think President Donald Trump’s administration and Congress are not taking the risks of AI seriously enough and want the government to write new regulations for the technology, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The si
By Jarrett Renshaw Oct 6 (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers from northeastern US states urged Energy Secretary Chris Wright to take action to cut soaring heating oil costs they blamed on President Donald Trump’s war with Iran and administration policies, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesda
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Democratic US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday pressed Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, an ally of President Donald Trump, to cooperate with a congressional watchdog’s inquiry into his criminal referrals of alleged mortgage fraud. I
(Grand Island, NE) — President Trump heads to Maryland today after visiting deep-Red Nebraska on Monday for another rally ahead of the midterm elections. He spoke in Grand Island in support of Senator Pete Ricketts and other Republicans running in the state. Trump warned about turning power over to
(Amends word order in paragraph 1) By Timour Azhari RIYADH, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy said the US Department of Defense denied him access to a key US military base in Qatar during a visit to the Middle East, describing it as part of a US government effort to conceal the im
By Richard Cowan MEDINA, Ohio, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Voters started lining up while it was still dark on Tuesday morning at the Medina County Board of Elections as early voting began in Ohio, a state that looms large in the nationwide campaigns between Republicans and Democrats battling for control of t
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – An overwhelming majority of Americans said that it is inappropriate to use taxpayer funds for TV ads featuring the president around an election, in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as spots with President Donald Trump air ahead of Novem
By Steve Gorman and Bo Erickson LOS ANGELES, Oct 6 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump suggested to a crowd of his supporters in Nebraska that Iran could “take out” a major US city like Los Angeles or San Diego, drawing a swift rebuke from California’s Democratic leaders and some fellow Republicans.
By Jacob Bogage FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct 5 (Reuters) – US Vice President JD Vance cast Alaska as Republicans’ midterm election firewall in their bid to retain control of Congress as he rallied with voters on Monday for Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican locked in a tight reelection campaign. Conservat
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday said taxpayers will no longer pay for television ads featuring him shortly before the November congressional elections after widespread criticism of the campaign-style spots. Ethics experts and lawmakers from both pa
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, under pressure from rising energy prices fueled by the war in Iran, on Monday tried to shift the blame for high gasoline prices to the Democrats and Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries. “What’s driving up Gasoline is no longer the Strait
(Grand Island, NE) — President Trump will be in Nebraska today as the countdown continues to the midterm elections. He’ll be speaking to supporters at a rally in Grand Island where he’ll appear alongside Republican Senator Pete Ricketts as he campaigns for re-election. Over the weekend, the presiden
By Will Dunham Oct 5 (Reuters) – Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House of Representatives speaker who later admitted to sexually abusing boys as a high school wrestling coach and pleaded guilty to charges arising from the scandal, has died, CBS News reported on Monday, citing a cor
By Jan Wolfe Oct 5 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump’s administration asked an appeals court on Monday to let it terminate more than $2 billion in grants awarded to Harvard University, a major target in the Republican president’s broader campaign against elite US universities. During an oral arg
By Jarrett Renshaw and Gram Slattery GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska, Oct 5 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump pledged to expand access to tax-exempt diesel fuel while warning of a dark future if Democrats win the midterms during a rally on Monday night in Nebraska, a state where farmers and truckers face
