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Decades of near-uniform U.S. backing for Israel are splintering within the Democratic Party as the Gaza war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ties to U.S. Republicans, and shifting public opinion fuel challenges to long-standing military assistance. Lawmakers, primary voters and polls indicate growing willingness among Democrats to debate, restr…
President Donald Trump described his separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Washington as positive. Both leaders were in the capital to attend a memorial service for Senator Lindsey Graham. Trump posted short remarks on Truth Social but offered no detailed account of the discu…
President Donald Trump's attorneys have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to set aside a $83.3 million defamation judgment in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll. Court filings show Carroll has already received nearly $5.63 million from previous awards; her total civil verdicts against Trump now total $88.3 million, stemming from denials he made beginn…
A three-day online Reuters/Ipsos poll finds nearly half of Americans say they do not understand democratic socialist policies even as candidates aligned with that movement have been successful in recent primaries. The Michigan Democratic primary between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and moderate Haley Stevens is spotlighted as a consequential contest,…
Internal government records and interviews with affected families and advocates show that the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with hundreds of thousands of leads during President Donald Trump’s second term. The disclosures are linked to more than 12,000 arrests of sponsors, children and househ…
U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Washington as both the Iran-related conflict in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine enter decisive moments. Netanyahu is seeking visible U.S. support ahead of an October 27 election amid tensions in U.S.-Israel ties, wh…
A Pentagon spending plan shared with lawmakers in May indicates $400 million in U.S. assistance for Ukraine would be obligated in fiscal 2026 and fully delivered by the year ending September 30, 2029. The timeline means final aid deliveries would occur after President Trump’s term concludes on January 20, 2029, prompting criticism from members of b…
A recent nationwide survey finds only about one-third of Americans back the U.S. campaign against Iran, the lowest approval since the conflict began. Most respondents said President Trump has not clearly articulated the objectives of U.S. military involvement. The poll also recorded a modest uptick in the president’s approval rating and pointed to …
Troy Jackson, a fifth-generation logger and former Republican from northern Maine, is expected to formally accept the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate on Saturday, concluding a rapid selection process to replace Graham Platner on the November ballot. Jackson emerged as the presumptive nominee after his backers dominated delegate selection,…
The Democratic National Committee’s Rules & Bylaws Committee voted to keep South Carolina as the first state in the 2028 presidential nominating contest, rejecting Nevada’s push to move ahead. The decision, reached after two days of sometimes acrimonious debate and late-night lobbying, split party leaders along racial lines and will likely be ratif…
A U.S. district judge in Virginia ruled that the certification requirements imposed in 2023 for prescribing mifepristone were unlawful, finding the Food and Drug Administration did not adequately explain why those limits were needed after repeatedly confirming the drug's safety and effectiveness. The decision stems from a 2023 lawsuit by three abor…
President Donald Trump will attend and speak at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Friday after an April 25 shooting at the Washington Hilton forced that evening's cancellation. The event has been relocated to the Waldorf Astoria and will be held with heightened security measures. The dinner will honor the Secret Service officer …
U.S. presidential financial disclosures for 2025 show more than $1.4 billion in income tied to the Trump family’s crypto ventures, highlighting a dramatic shift toward digital-asset revenue. The filings detail nearly $800 million from World Liberty Financial and $635 million from sales of Trump-branded meme coins, while traditional businesses such …
Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia have asked a federal judge in Rhode Island to block the Department of Homeland Security from withholding portions of disaster-preparedness grant funding unless states comply with new election administration measures announced by the administration. The suit argues the federal action exceeds DHS and FE…
The Trump administration has sent lawmakers a set of policy requests tied to renewing federal surface transportation programs, calling for permanent daylight saving time, redirected spending away from bicycle and mass transit programs, cuts to electric vehicle charger funding, and accelerated permissioning for robotaxis. The Transportation Secretar…
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a war powers resolution directing President Donald Trump to end U.S. military action against Iran unless Congress authorizes it, while the Senate rejected a comparable motion later the same day. The House vote was 214-208 with four Republicans joining Democrats; the Senate blocked its m…
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution instructing President Donald Trump to stop military operations against Iran without authorization from Congress. The measure passed 214-208 with four Republicans joining Democrats. Lawmakers cast the vote after the administration announced increased strikes and additional U.S. service member d…
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a war powers resolution directing the president to end U.S. military participation in hostilities with Iran unless Congress provides authorization. The 214-208 vote included support from four Republicans and follows an uptick in regional strikes and U.S. air operations.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Bill Cassidy said he intends to vote to move Erica Schwartz's nomination for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director forward. Schwartz was nominated by President Donald Trump. Cassidy called her capable in an opening statement at the committee meeting, adjourned the panel and…
The U.S. House passed its version of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, approving $1.15 trillion in military authorizations by a 216-212 margin. The vote fell largely along party lines, with most Republicans in favor and most Democrats opposed, amid disputes over the bill's price tag, ongoing costs of the Iran war and a provision e…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced he lacks the legal power to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested in the city despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant. Independent legal experts cite U.S. non-membership in the ICC, a 2002 U.S. statute barring extradition to the court, and diplomatic and head-of-state imm…
The U.S. Justice Department has asked New Jersey to provide identifying information for about 6,600 non-U.S. citizens who were mistakenly added to the state's voter rolls, and additional details on roughly 400 people the state says cast ballots. The move intensifies a larger federal push to obtain non-public voter data from states and follows a sof…
President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Marietta, Georgia, reiterating calls for stricter nationwide voting rules and renewing criticisms of the state's 2020 election handling. His remarks, part of an extended focus on election security, have prompted anxiety among some Georgia Republicans who say the rhetoric could discourage supporters fr…
Anthropic said it will contribute $20 million to Public First Action, a tax-exempt political organization that promotes measures to mitigate significant AI risks. The company said the gift follows a $20 million contribution made in February and emphasized the funds cannot be used to influence elections. The move comes as federal and state authoriti…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2-1 to publish a proposed rule that would end the long-standing requirement for employers with 100 or more workers to file annual EEO-1 reports detailing employee race and sex. The move, led by the agency's Republican majority, would also remove similar reporting obligations for unions, state and lo…
