By Nathan Layne and Steve Holland Aug 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s Republican Party is increasingly viewing its first-of-a-kind midterm convention in Dallas next month as crucial to regaining momentum at a time when opinion polls show voter frustration over the economy and the Iran war, a
By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s frustration that his administration was not doing enough to address what he considers a likely contributor to autism drove a U.S. executive order this month that cut back the number of childhood vaccinations,
By Suzanne McGee, Nicholas P. Brown and Siddharth Cavale PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Republican politicians on Sunday framed recent primary wins by candidates from the Democratic Party’s left wing as a sign of extremism, while some Democrats said they welcome a debate with progressi
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The last time Pete Buttigieg was giving a political speech in South Carolina, it was to mark a distant finish in the state’s primary that effectively ended his campaign for president. Returning this weekend as he mulls a second run for the White House, Buttigieg set out to re
By Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump capped celebrations of the U.S. 250th anniversary with a first-of-its-kind auto race through the streets of Washington, closing a summer of sports and spectacle as drivers sped past the capital’s iconic landmarks. IndyCar’s Freedo
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94. Kassebaum Baker died Friday of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum. “She loved Kansas. She love
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — “Do they still like Trump in Nebraska? I think so,” the president said during a recent event in Washington. Given that the state easily backed Republican Donald Trump three times and hasn’t supported a Democrat for the White House since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, the answer may se
(SRN NEWS) – The United States has imposed fifty-percent tariffs on roughly twenty billion dollars’ worth of Canadian products, after last-minute negotiations between Washington and Ottawa failed to produce a deal. The tariffs took effect early Saturday and cover a range of Canadian goods, from hock
In his most recent challenge to the results of the 2020 U.S. election, President Donald Trump this week cited a report claiming to show that thousands of noncitizens voted, a practice studies have found to be extremely rare. Trump’s Truth Social post on Tuesday referenced a report published by the U
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to continue construction of his White House ballroom project for now, temporarily pausing a judicial order that would halt much of the development. The court’s action, known
By Karen Sloan Aug 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Education on Friday moved to strip the American Bar Association of its longstanding status as the federally recognized accreditor of U.S. law schools, deepening a clash between President Donald Trump’s administration and the nation’s highest-p
By Jarrett Renshaw, Jacob Bogage and David Morgan MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina, Aug 21 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump campaigned on Friday for political novice Darline Graham in the race for her late brother’s U.S. Senate seat, a contest that could test the White House’s political clout before N
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump sought Friday to boost Sen. Darline Graham’s effort to win a full term, telling thousands of supporters that the first step toward keeping her as their senator involves helping the political newcomer triumph in a Republican runoff next week. The Repub
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance returned to his hometown on Friday to campaign for Republican candidates at the steel plant where his grandfather worked and portray the Democratic Party his Papaw once supported as unrecognizable today. Vance has highlighted his Rust Belt roots while
By Richard Cowan and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Democrat Aisha Wahab, a member of the California state Senate, was projected on Thursday to win a special election to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to multiple U.S. media outlets. Wahab defeated D
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The FBI has raided a home belonging to former Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell, a prominent antagonist of President Donald Trump before he resigned from Congress, as part of an investigation into sexual misconduct claims against him, accordin
Democrats on Thursday narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed President Donald Trump. Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin said in a statement the ci
By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) – A handful of billionaires and companies are driving corporate spending in U.S. midterm elections this year, and they aren’t the usual power brokers who have sat atop the political food chain in Washington in previous decades. Crypto companies, artificial
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has allowed new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump to be used in the November elections, rejecting a bid by to put the Republican-friendly districts to a statewide vote of the people. The ruling Wednesday by Cole County Circuit Judge Dan
Florida Democratic voters delivered another shock upset to the party establishment by nominating state Rep. Angie Nixon, a democratic socialist, over Alex Vindman, a moderate former national security professional who played a central role in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment. Democrats have
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A centrist Democrat advanced in Alaska, bolstering the party’s hopes of winning control of the Senate in the November elections that will determine control of Congress, while a left-wing candidate scored an upset victory in Florida, the latest chapter in an insurgency
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A Democratic board member of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said she will seek a court order blocking Republican President Donald Trump’s name from being newly inscribed on the building’s facade, months after a federal judge said only Congress could
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola wasted no time preparing for their general election campaign after Tuesday’s primary in Alaska, criticizing each other’s records and previewing the next phase of a high-stakes Senate race that has drawn n
(Correct spelling of Sharan Rosen in paragraphs 7 and 29; Mike Lawler in paragraph 24) By Maria Tsvetkova NEW CITY, New York, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Richie Rosen, 43, was born with a rare genetic condition called Williams syndrome. His hands are weak and unreliable. He longs for human connection but get
By Jason Lange and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump and his family have inappropriately profited from cryptocurrency since his return to power and that his policy decisions are influenced by his private business dealings, a new Reuters
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Darline Graham stumbled in a Tuesday night debate over an elementary question about foreign policy, a signature issue of her late brother. It was a high-profile misstep a week before she faces a runoff election in her bid to hold onto the South Carolina seat to which she w
Nigeria on Wednesday kicked off campaigns for the presidential election scheduled in January, with incumbent President Bola Tinubu seeking reelection against a fractured opposition. Africa’s most populous country will hold the election against a backdrop of worsening economic and security crises tha
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – A former Department of Justice attorney has said the Trump administration’s probes of U.S. universities over accusations of antisemitism lacked evidence and had predetermined outcomes. Investigations by a Trump administration task force into alleged a
NEW YORK (AP) — Locked in a competitive reelection race, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared on social media last week that a new poll was evidence that her campaign was “gaining momentum.” Just a few days later, the truth emerged: The poll was fabricated. The California results were among at leas
Aug 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has issued subpoenas in an investigation into whether a Senate candidate in Alaska with the same name as a Republican incumbent entered the race to confuse voters, according to a source familiar with the probe. The grand jury subpoenas are part of a
