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A Reuters/Ipsos national online poll of 4,557 U.S. adults found President Donald Trump’s approval rating steady at 36%, near the lowest of his term. The survey showed widespread doubts about the 79-year-old president’s temperament and mental sharpness following recent incendiary public statements related to the war with Iran and attacks on Pope Leo…
Virginia residents are voting on a Democratic-drawn congressional map that could shift four Republican-held U.S. House seats to Democrats in November. The referendum follows an intensive, high-dollar campaign by both parties, ongoing court challenges, and a broader national contest over redistricting sparked last year.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the Archdiocese of Denver and allied Catholic entities seeking exemption from Colorado’s preschool funding program nondiscrimination requirement. The case pits the Free Exercise Clause against state conditions that require participating preschools to offer equal enrollment opportunities regar…
A federal appeals panel has permitted construction of a $400 million ballroom at the site of the White House's demolished East Wing to continue while it considers an appeal of a lower court's injunction. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit put a preliminary injunction on hold and set oral arguments for June 5 to decide whether the projec…
Michigan state officials have refused a Justice Department demand for ballots and related materials from Wayne County tied to the 2024 election, calling the request baseless. The department, led on the matter by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, has pursued access to voter records in multiple states while facing court setbacks.
The U.S. Department of Justice has added Joseph diGenova, an attorney who has advised former President Donald Trump, to the team in the Southern District of Florida working on an inquiry into former CIA Director John Brennan, CNN reported. The move follows staffing changes in the Miami U.S. Attorney's Office and comes amid internal frustration over…
With a statewide special election looming, Virginia has become the focal point of a national battle over congressional maps. Former President Barack Obama has emerged as a prominent presence in advertising from both sides: he has publicly supported the referendum that would allow the state legislature to redraw districts, while Republicans are repu…
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday allowed construction to continue on a $400 million ballroom at the site of the White House's demolished East Wing, putting on hold a federal judge's order that had halted the project. The appeals court granted a temporary stay of the preliminary injuncti…
A federal judge in Rhode Island rebuffed the U.S. Department of Justice's effort to obtain non-public voter registration data for roughly 750,000 residents, ruling the department did not demonstrate legal authority under federal election statutes or the Civil Rights Act of 1960 to pursue the files. The decision follows similar defeats for the depar…
Two additional Democrats, former California attorney general Xavier Becerra and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, met the polling criteria to participate in next week’s gubernatorial debate after Congressman Eric Swalwell withdrew from the race. Nexstar Media Group’s commissioned Emerson College Polling places Becerra at 10% and Mahan at 5%, reshaping the…
Federal investigators are lining up roughly half a dozen interviews in a criminal inquiry tied to former CIA Director John Brennan's role in the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russian election interference. The probe, run out of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami and active for months, reportedly focuses on Brennan's 2023 congressional testimony …
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wrote to Taiwan’s legislative leaders, saying pending U.S. weapons sales to the island are expected to be announced in the coming weeks and urging Taipei to speed up stalled defense expenditures as China increases pressure. The letter, sent April 14, outlines specific capability packages and comes ahead of a plan…
BCA Research cautions that current prediction markets may be underestimating the risk that an Iran-related energy shock could alter U.S. midterm prospects. The firm says delayed second-round effects on consumer prices and demand could worsen Republican chances and lift the odds of a Democratic Senate sweep, with investment implications favoring Tre…
Voters in a northern New Jersey district will decide a special election on April 16 to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by Mikie Sherrill. Democrat Analilia Mejia leads Republican Joe Hathaway in fundraising and is widely viewed as the favorite. A Mejia victory would reduce the Republican House majority and comes amid recent resignations, a new GOP…
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s written testimony for congressional hearings centers on nutrition, food safety and other administration priorities while leaving out previously prominent proposals on changing the vaccine schedule and investigating autism. The move comes as the White House, according to sources, has pushed officials to empha…
The U.S. Senate on April 15 defeated two resolutions aimed at stopping roughly $447 million in military equipment transfers to Israel, with Republican senators uniting behind President Donald Trump’s support for the ally. While the Democratic caucus largely supported the measures, the votes fell short in the chamber, underscoring persistent biparti…
The California Supreme Court has revoked the law license of conservative attorney John Eastman, agreeing with a state bar court that he violated professional ethics in his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The court did not immediately publish its written opinion. Eastman plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, and his disbarm…
U.S. President Donald Trump reposted an apparently AI-generated image on Truth Social showing him and a figure of Jesus with eyes closed and foreheads touching, following the deletion of an earlier post that prompted accusations he had likened himself to Christ. The move comes amid an escalating public dispute with Pope Leo over the pontiff's comme…
Eric Swalwell’s decision to leave the California governor’s race and resign from Congress after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct has narrowed a crowded June primary field. The development could concentrate Democratic support around a smaller set of contenders and alter the dynamics of the June 2 jungle primary, with implications for debate…
Erika Kirk, the widow of slain activist Charlie Kirk and CEO of Turning Point USA, withdrew on Tuesday from a Turning Point event featuring U.S. Vice President JD Vance after receiving threats against her life, Vance told students at the University of Georgia. Vance said he spoke with the Secret Service and was not worried about his own safety; he …
Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress are preparing another war powers resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s military authority in Iran, with a Senate vote possible as soon as Wednesday and a House vote expected on Thursday. Democrats say they will continue filing and bringing up such measures weekly while the conflict, which began…
President Donald Trump called on Republican members of Congress to unite behind a clean extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, warning the authorization is critical to U.S. military operations and is scheduled to lapse on April 20. Trump said he is coordinating with key House leaders to move the measure through the H…
Kevin Warsh, President Trump's nominee to head the Federal Reserve, reported personal assets valued between $131 million and $209 million in a filing with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The disclosure details large investments he has pledged to divest, consulting income, and liabilities, while raising political and procedural questions ahead…
The SAVE America Act is facing an uphill battle in Congress, but a Reuters analysis finds that 23 mostly Republican-led states have enacted or adopted measures that echo central provisions of the bill ahead of November's midterms. Changes include new proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration, tightened photo ID rules at polling place…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Federal Reserve should delay lowering interest rates while the conflict in Iran remains unresolved, praising the central bank for monitoring developments. He argued that recent price increases driven by higher oil and gas costs are unlikely to become entrenched in consumer expectations, while noting the …
