GOP senator blocks bill to stop Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center
The bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials was thwarted in the Senate by an objection from…
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Jasmine Crockett’s PAC released new endorsements. Talarico is still not on the list.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has stepped back from Texas’s high-profile Senate race since losing the Democratic primary in…
Read at source →Brisket is missing from Texas menus. A Democrat blames Republicans.
Vicente Gonzalez releases a new ad connecting high beef costs to the loss of an important South Texas tradition.
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Abdul El-Sayed unveils a health-focused agenda to persuade Michigan supporters of the Make America Healthy Again…
Read at source →Democrats coalesce around a message about the cost of corruption
Their message accuses Republicans of flagrant corruption, tying the attack to the billions President Donald Trump has…
Read at source →$10 for a gallon of gas has red Alaska thinking about a Democratic senator
Mary Peltola hopes to unseat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in a race all about prices, federal aid and Donald Trump.
Read at source →How Trump’s sweeping changes are remaking Washington
No modern president has done more to personally reshape the nation’s capital.
Read at source →Tennessee to execute a woman for first time in over 200 years
Christa Pike was convicted in a brutal 1995 killing committed when she was 18. Advocates pushing for her life to be…
Read at source →FEMA can’t condition security grants on election changes, judge says
The Trump administration had sought to limit anti-terrorism funding for local governments that didn’t check the…
Read at source →Texas governor declares emergency to bring down fuel prices
Gov. Greg Abbott, in a tight reelection race, allows for commercial use of diesel normally reserved for agriculture.
Read at source →Andrew Bailey, No. 2 at FBI, resigns in latest shake-up at bureau
Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general, was hired for the leadership role about a year ago.
Read at source →White House to reopen part of Lafayette Square after eight months
Administration officials are still pursuing plans to build a permanent fence around the park.
Read at source →The 9 Senate seats most likely to flip in November
Democrats need to win several races in red states to retake the Senate majority, but Republicans could also make some…
Read at source →After mistrial, Pirro says she’ll bring Trayon White bribery case to new jury
The D.C. Council member was charged with taking bribes from a city contractor who handed him envelopes of cash during…
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Trump dined with the Anthropic CEO who called for AI slowdown
The president’s first one-on-one meeting with Dario Amodei followed months of tensions.
Read at source →In Iowa, Republicans feel the heat and try to motivate ‘frustrated’ base
The political environment for the party has led to widespread alarm. “It feels like it could be a wipeout,” one…
Read at source →Trump says he has an off-ramp to his biggest political problem. He refuses to take it.
There is nothing holding back Republican political fortunes this year more than the war that President Donald Trump…
Read at source →Senate Republicans make a final legislative push ahead of the midterms
In their last week in Washington before the elections, GOP lawmakers are pressing their party to do more to address the…
Read at source →White House expands taxpayer-paid ad campaign boosting Trump
The taxpayer-funded campaign borrows the president's political rhetoric as the White House defends the spots as “public…
Read at source →This Texas crooner could help Democrats win Congress, one quinceañera at a time
Bobby Pulido would be the only member of Congress with a Latin Grammy to his name. That comes with its upsides and…
Read at source →In Knoxville, cheers for Trump — and some quiet doubts
The president, booed at other big sporting events this year, drew mostly cheers at Neyland Stadium. In the parking…
Read at source →Soaring diesel prices are clobbering Trump’s MAGA faithful, exposing rifts
Pain at the pump for rural Republicans is shifting the political map.
Read at source →Lawmakers slam Trump’s move to cancel $810M in funding approved by Congress
The White House announced plans to cancel funding for refugee services and other domestic programs. Lawmakers say it…
Read at source →A past FBI inquiry complicates Susan Collins’s campaign message in Maine
News of a probe involving political contributions and federal contracts has some in a shipyard town raising questions…
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Trump heads to Texas-Tennessee football game as midterm rallies slide
Trump will attend the Tennessee-Texas college football game on Saturday and the President’s Cup golf tournament on…
Read at source →Men who allegedly targeted Trump’s UFC fight converged online. Most never met.
Prosecutors say the plan was coordinated between men in at least six states, taking shape in mere weeks ahead of the…
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Democrats now have easier paths to flipping the Senate. Here are races to watch.
The goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot. Now it's feasible.
Read at source →White House has not acted on RFK Jr.’s push for proof ultra-processed foods are safe
A draft letter obtained by The Post shows Kennedy’s favorable response to a petition that food experts said could lead…
Read at source →Supreme Court blocks Missouri congressional map favoring GOP for third time
The ruling ends a complicated legal fight that has injected uncertainty into November’s midterm elections in the state.
Read at source →Jury in Trayon White Sr. bribery trial says it can’t reach verdict
White was charged with accepting $35,000 from a D.C. government contractor in exchange for agreeing to pressure D.C.…
Read at source →Trump embraces Xi as a peer, testing a new approach to China
The presidents praised their relationship over tea and viewed America’s founding documents, with few apparent…
Read at source →New Jersey lieutenant governor resigns after report finds harassment, ethics violations
An investigation found that Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell sexually harassed a woman and violated state ethics rules. He denied…
Read at source →Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war
With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of…
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Bipartisan group of senators urge Trump to disinvite Putin from G-20
Top senators on the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees argue the invitation legitimizes the Russian…
Read at source →Saudis have not ruled out developing nuclear weapons, U.S. intelligence assesses
The sobering outlook has compounded concerns from some U.S. lawmakers about President Donald Trump’s agreement to…
Read at source →Republican senators are starting to break from Trump in noticeable ways
And what else happened this week in the Trump administration.
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