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Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The government shutdown on Wednesday entered its 36th day, officially becoming the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That means the two longest shutdowns in American politics have occurred [Read More…]

adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — High-profile races are unfolding across the country on Tuesday, including New York City’s mayoral election and governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia. In California, voters will consider a ballot measure [Read More…]

adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — High-profile races are unfolding across the country on Tuesday, including New York City’s mayoral election and governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia. In California, voters will consider a ballot measure [Read More…]

Former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Sunshine Summit opening dinner in 2015. (Tom Benitez – Pool/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, considered by many political observers to be the most politically [Read More…]

Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eyes are on New York City as Election Day arrives, marking the final opportunity for voters to weigh in on the high-stakes mayoral race. While New Yorkers [Read More…]

Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) – One of 2025’s major elections could have major reverberations for the 2026 midterms. Californians are voting on a ballot initiative, “Proposition 50,” to determine if [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is mandating that personnel can no longer engage lawmakers or their staff about most major issues confronting the U.S. military without prior approval — a list [Read More…]

joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Back in April, President Donald Trump made his decadeslong view on tariffs the official policy of the United States by imposing sweeping levies on virtually all global trade partners. [Read More…]

pabradyphoto/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — The Republican candidate has a familiar closing message in the Virginia gubernatorial race. Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign spent millions of dollars on ads attacking Democratic nominee and former Rep. [Read More…]

by Marc Guitard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has committed to partially funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program with a $4.65 billion payment — but using emergency funds to pay for reduced SNAP benefits [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — From New York and New Jersey to California, millions of Americans are voting this fall in multiple states, in several notable local and statewide elections for the first time since [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As the negative impacts of the 33-day government shutdown compound, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday he doesn’t see the present funding impasse in terms of politics, insisting what Democrats are [Read More…]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Beginning Saturday,  some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the government shutdown continues. The [Read More…]

Vice President JD Vance sits with his wife Usha Vance prior to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty [Read More…]

Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday denied reports that he’s made a decision to strike inside Venezuela. “There are reports that you are considering strikes within Venezuela. Is that true?” a [Read More…]

The Lincoln Bedroom, formerly the Blue Suite, in the White House, Washington, DC, circa 1962. (Archive Photos/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump isn’t just remaking the East Wing of the White House. On Friday, [Read More…]

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Thursday marks the 30th day of the federal government shutdown and the American public has grown more concerned about the shutdown throughout the month and more disapprove of how President [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Most Americans oppose the demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make way for President Donald Trump’s ballroom, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel. [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for their first face-to-face talks in six years with hopes of ending a monthslong trade war — a meeting that [Read More…]

Mayoral candidates, Independent nominee former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani participate in a mayoral debate at Rockefeller Center on October 16, 2025 in New York City. [Read More…]