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What to know about nationwide ‘No Kings’ rallies set to protest Trump
Protestors march during an anti-Trump “No Kings Day” demonstration in a city that has been the focus of protests against Trump’s immigration raids on June 14, 2025 in downtown Los Angeles, California. Jay L Clendenin/Getty [Read More…]
Obama endorses New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill
Democratic candidate for New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill speaks to a crowd alongside Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, in Westville New Jersey on Saturday, October 11, 2025. Sherrill is set to square off against Republican nominee [Read More…]
Trump to host Zelenskyy at White House with Tomahawks, Putin call on agenda
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House, Aug. 18, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump, just days after celebrating an Israel-Hamas ceasefire [Read More…]
Trump announces deal to reduce cost of specific IVF medication
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on October 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel provided [Read More…]
B-52s fly off coast of Venezuela in show of force by Trump
B-52-Bomber in the blue sky. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an eight-engine long-range bomber of the US Air Force. (BOSSIER PARISH, La.) — Three B-52 bombers took off from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana on Wednesday [Read More…]
Thune says he offered Democrats a vote on Obamacare subsidies to end government shutdown
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters as Senate Republican leaders hold a press conference following their weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 15, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Senate [Read More…]
US-China rare Earth minerals fight explained
Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty (WASHINGTON) — Just weeks before the planned meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, China dramatically expanded its restrictions on rare earth minerals, a move [Read More…]
Trump vows federal ‘surge’ in more American cities to combat crime
U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House following a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump traveled to Walter Reed to visit with [Read More…]
Democratic senators want investigation into Noem’s TSA video that blamed Democrats for the shutdown
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump’s administration held the roundtable to discuss [Read More…]
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa launches Democratic bid for governor
In this Aug. 18, 2025, file photo, Rep. Gina Hinojosa reacts as a proclamation by the Governor is read inside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas. Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via Getty [Read More…]
Ex-girlfriend of GOP Rep. Cory Mills granted restraining order against him
Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last votes before August recess, on Wednesday July 23, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (FLORIDA) — A Florida judge issued a protective [Read More…]
Supreme Court appears ready to limit key part of Voting Rights Act
Voting rights activists protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the court prepares to hear arguments in a case challenging Louisiana’s congressional map in Washington on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via [Read More…]
What to know about Trump administration’s $20B bailout for Argentina
Farmer Scott Thomsen, pictured here with ABC’s Matt Rivers, is preparing for the fall soybean harvest in eastern Nebraska. Ben Siegel & Matt Rivers/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s $20 billion bailout of Argentina’s [Read More…]
Johnson says he doesn’t ‘have any strategy’ to negotiate with Dems on shutdown
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed the possibility he could change his strategy to end the government shutdown by negotiating legislative changes with Democrats, telling reporters on Tuesday that he doesn’t “have [Read More…]
‘I don’t have any strategy’: Speaker Johnson still backs GOP’s clean CR as shutdown drags into 3rd week
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed the possibility he could change his strategy to end the government shutdown by negotiating legislative changes with Democrats, telling reporters on Tuesday that he doesn’t “have [Read More…]
In ‘monumental’ voting rights case, Supreme Court weighs use of race in redistricting
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When a federal court concluded Louisiana’s 2022 congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act by discriminating against Black voters, the state legislature created a new map with a second majority-Black [Read More…]
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan calls on Jack Smith to testify over Trump investigations
(WASHINGTON) — The House Judiciary Committee wants former special counsel Jack Smith to testify before the panel behind closed doors about his investigations into President Donald Trump. Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Tuesday requested an [Read More…]
North Carolina is the next state to take up partisan redrawing of congressional maps
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (RALEIGH, N.C.) — North Carolina’s GOP statehouse leaders say the legislature will meet next week to consider redrawing the state’s congressional districts, saying they want to bolster President Donald Trump as the [Read More…]
Mental health, substance abuse staffers fired amid government shutdown: Sources
A view of the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were laid off in the [Read More…]
Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’ appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgement
Alex Jones speaks to protestors gathered outside the Texas State Capitol during a rally calling for the reopening of Austin and Texas on April 25, 2020 in Austin, Texas (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]