The Trump administration will not renew direct federal funding of community-based organizations that work on HIV prevention, according to multiple groups impacted by the freeze.

The move is the latest step in the administration’s push to eliminate funding for DEI-focused initiatives that help the LGBTQ community.

But this one directly ...Read more

President Donald Trump used a nationally televised address on July 16, 2026, to unveil a collection of declassified documents. He said these documents, which the White House posted online during the address, show serious vulnerabilities in American election systems, extensive Chinese acquisition of U.S. voter data, and an intelligence ...Read more

President Trump is admitting his luxe new Air Force One plane will be taken out of service for a new round of retrofitting.

After Trump was forced to ditch the Qatar-donated jet in Turkey over concerns about its safety, he told reporters that the Boeing 747 would need to be “maxed out," implying it must be upgraded to meet expectations to ...Read more

Voters in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District want more oversight and regulation of artificial intelligence — regardless of which major party they most align with, according to a recent poll conducted in the ultracompetitive district north of Denver.

The survey of 500 voters found remarkable unanimity between voters leaning left or right ...Read more

MIAMI — The National Republican Campaign Committee is adding Florida’s new 22nd District stretching across almost the whole of South Florida as a key target to keeping control of the U.S. House in November.

House Republicans’ main campaign fundraising group added the district to its target list Monday, shortly after Democrats also ...Read more

Thursday night, Donald Trump launched into a primetime TV diatribe rehashing his obsession with the idea that the 2020 election was stolen from him and that forthcoming elections must be made more “secure” in ways that ultimately keep eligible people from voting in a way that benefits him. This time around, he pointed to declassified ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Hoping for a few final wins before the midterms, Republicans are going for reconciliation — again. That’s partly because other legislative paths to President Donald Trump’s desk are disappearing.

They’ll spend a good chunk of this week on plans for a third round of the filibuster-proof budget process, this time for a $95 ...Read more

BEIRUT — President Donald Trump long railed against forever wars.

For years, whether as president or candidate, he flayed electoral opponents and previous presidents with his signature barbs, calling their entanglements a "complete waste of time" (Afghanistan), "the worst single mistake ever made in the history of our country" (Iraq) and "...Read more

Hazel Brannon Smith was almost certainly the most unpopular woman in Mississippi when she wrote an editorial in 1963 lambasting the racist White Citizens Councils in the Lexington Advertiser, a newspaper she owned.

“The hierarchy of rulers in this totalitarian-like organization permit no deviation from its official line – and ...Read more

Shortly before Independence Day, President Donald Trump suspended U.S. tariffs on fertilizer from Morocco after declaring that threats to domestic supplies of the product constituted a “national emergency.”

As Bloomberg News reported at the time, the action was intended to help farmers and consumers worried about Iran-related price hikes. ...Read more

President Donald Trump said a Boeing Co. 747-8 gifted by Qatar serving as the stopgap Air Force One will be outfitted with additional security features later this year.

The remarks appear to acknowledge the retrofitted plane, which Trump began using earlier this month, may lack some of the defensive measures and capabilities of its predecessor....Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat facing a tough path to winning reelection in a newly crafted, toss-up district, has turned into a fundraising powerhouse.

Moskowitz raised more in the latest fundraising quarter than any other Democratic or Republican incumbent or challenger in South Florida, newly filed campaign ...Read more

The Pentagon has a well-deserved reputation for erring on the side of secrecy when classifying documents. Now it wants even more power to hide information from the American taxpayer.

CBS News reports that Defense Department officials are asking Congress to “create a new section of federal law allowing the defense secretary to exempt certain �...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After failing to persuade U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz not to run for reelection in Broward’s 20th Congressional District, and unable to coalesce around a single opponent, several of her Democratic primary competitors are frustrated.

Dale Holness, one of the candidates, protested Wasserman Schultz’s decision ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s obsession with unfounded claims of election fraud has defined his second term in office. But in recent months his fixation has moved from executive nominee litmus tests and executive orders reinforcing proof of citizenship to vote into legislation – dragging Congress into the fray.

The Safeguard American ...Read more

A group of Democratic state attorneys general and governors won a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of illegally using a budget loophole to block billions of dollars in federal grants for public services that were already approved by Congress.

The grant terminations improperly trampled the spending authority of Congress, which ...Read more

The latest political fundraising reports are out in California, and the campaigns for Reps. Ken Calvert and Young Kim — two Republicans hoping to win the redrawn 40th Congressional District seat — struck triumphant tones when talking about their latest hauls.

Kim’s camp said she outraised her opponent during the three-month window that ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s prime time speech on supposed shortcomings in the nation’s election systems failed to deliver any significantly new evidence and didn’t cast doubt on his loss in the 2020 presidential election.

The 25-minute address to the nation from the White House was billed as exposing “shocking vulnerabilities in our ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican leaders laid the groundwork for a final dash to pass partisan legislative priorities before August recess. But if this week was any indication, it won’t be an easy run.

First, Washington was struck by the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on July 11. Moving quickly, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster chose...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — President Donald Trump is expected to campaign in Michigan ahead of the state's Aug. 4 primary election, according to three sources with knowledge of the Republican leader's plans.

The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the president's travel publicly. They said the ...Read more