By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Two Republican committees have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve a federal policy that would give them access to discounted television and radio advertising rates long available to political candidates, as President Donald Trump’s party seeks to k
By Steve Holland and Michael Erman WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new round of drug-pricing agreements with international pharmaceutical companies and some smaller biotechs on Monday, part of a push to make healthcare more affordable for Americans. Deals were
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Prediction market company Kalshi said on Monday it imposed a penalty of more than $71,000 on former U.S. Congressman George Santos and permanently banned him from its platform for betting on his own attendance at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. San
Aug 31 (Reuters) – Kalshi permanently banned former U.S. congressman George Santos from its platform on Monday and imposed a penalty of $71,356, citing insider trading. The company said in a disciplinary action that its compliance department had found reasonable cause to believe the former lawmaker
WASHINGTON (AP) — Massachusetts Democrats will decide the latest head-to-head matchup between the party’s moderate and progressive wings in a state primary Tuesday, but this time, top progressives are backing the incumbent against a more moderate challenger. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey faces a competitive D
By P.J. Huffstutter LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug 31 (Reuters) – A decade ago, Hallie Shoffner quit a career in non-profits to help her aging parents run the family farm. For more than a century, their land had endured droughts and floods, booms and busts, the shift from traditional farming to the mech
By Jarrett Renshaw Aug 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has accused U.S. oil refiners of gouging Americans, called for a Justice Department investigation and urged companies to use their bumper earnings to bring down gasoline prices that spiked amid the ongoing conflict with Iran. On Tuesday, h
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has frequently suggested he wants to seek a third term, posting about mounting another campaign, donning 2028 caps and discussing ways to make it happen — even as he’s acknowledged the Constitution prohibits it. But lately, Trump has begun showing signs that
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to speak Monday at the annual gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition, an opportunity for him to assuage concerns among conservative Jewish activists about his views toward Israel and his association with controversial figures like Tucker Ca
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A plan in one of Texas’ largest counties to use dozens fewer polling locations than in previous years is drawing protests from Democrats who say the reductions could create confusion in the November midterm elections. The proposal, set for a vote Tuesday, would reduce the number
The drumbeat by President Donald Trump and his allies about the perceived threats of voting by people who are not U.S. citizens is getting louder as the November election approaches. He is pushing to have the U.S. Postal Service send mail ballots only to voters verified as U.S. citizens. The Census
BOSTON (AP) — Climate change has been the backdrop to Charles Hughes’ entire life, from kindergarten lessons about disappearing habitats to wildfire smoke billowing through the air he breathed while growing up in Colorado. But now that he’s a college student in Massachusetts, he said global warming
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Wyoming’s attorney general is investigating how two U.S. Department of Justice officials monitored poll workers and observed voters in the state’s most populous county during the Aug. 18 primary, a spokesperson for Republican Gov. Mark Gordon said Friday. Gordon called the
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s ruling that blocked limitations on mail voting before the midterm elections, the latest twist in a court fight unfolding days before the first states begin sending out mail ballots for the pivotal November elections. The notice of app
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) – A federal judge denied Donald Trump’s attempt to move his already decided New York state hush money case to federal court, in a setback on Friday for the U.S. president’s effort to erase his criminal conviction. Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Alvin Hell
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday appealed a court order requiring it to make payments for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel project after losing its latest bid to halt funding for the New York – New Jersey rail link. The project aims to build a new co
By Blake Brittain and Nate Raymond GREENBELT, Maryland, Aug 28 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday declined to immediately block U.S. President Donald Trump’s newest executive order limiting the number of people eligible for birthright citizenship, even as she sharply questioned its viability afte
NEW YORK (AP) — In a Michigan swing district just north of Detroit, Democratic congressional candidate Christina Hines said voters are far more worried about affording fuel, groceries and healthcare than about left-wing extremists gaining ground in her party. “It costs me $73 to fill up our minivan
(AP) – As the fall midterm campaign enters its final stretch, some Republican candidates are adjusting how prominently they feature President Donald Trump in their campaign messaging—but party leaders say the changes reflect normal general-election strategy, not a break with the president. In Texas,
A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting. The move stalled the directive for a second time only about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for the rapidly approaching midterm ele
(This Aug 27 story has been republished, with no changes to text.) By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has issued a memo for universities that seeks to restrict issuance of certain internship work authorizations for international students as the f
(This Aug 27 story has been republished, with no changes to text.) By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing core parts of a new rule it adopted at President Donald Trump’s direction that would tighten mail-in voting requ
NEW YORK (AP) — “AIR FORCE VETERAN. SMALL BUSINESSMAN. TRUMP CONSERVATIVE.” The all-caps headline on Texas Republican congressional candidate Carlos De La Cruz’s website used to align him with President Donald Trump. Not anymore. “NATIVE TEXAN. AIR FORCE VETERAN. SMALL BUSINESSMAN. PROVEN CONSERVATI
By Daniel Wiessner Aug 27 (Reuters) – A group of mostly Democratic-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block President Donald Trump’s administration from stripping funding for family planning services for low-income and uninsured people from states and providers that oppose the Re
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Mike Gibbons sat out the presidential election two years ago, frustrated that Democrat Kamala Harris did not take a stronger stand against Israel’s war in Gaza and unable to bring himself to cast a vote for Republican Donald Trump. That is not his plan this year. The 33-year-ol
By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Companies donated a record $646 million to U.S. political campaigns in the 18 months through June, 40% more than the total spent during the entire 2024 presidential election cycle, according to new data from watchdog group Public Citizen. The spenders dri
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – An attorney for a U.S. lawmaker on Thursday urged a federal judge to again block the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington from inscribing President Donald Trump’s name on the facade. The hearing before U.S. District Judge Chris
(AP) – Six months into the U.S. conflict with Iran, President Donald Trump says American and allied forces have achieved major military gains, even as the administration works to turn those battlefield successes into a lasting agreement. Trump initially predicted the war would last four to five week
SAUGATUCK, Mich. (AP) — When Democrats gathered this week in a West Michigan congressional district they’re trying to flip blue, they wanted to talk about the cost of living under President Donald Trump. But it didn’t take long for the conversation to turn to a controversy dividing their party. One
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A man who is serving time in a federal prison in New York advanced on Wednesday from the primary for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat. Eric Hafner, a registered Democrat, also ran for the seat in 2024 and secured a spot on the general election ballot that November despite a challe
