ArticleTrump’s grip on Sen­ate may be loosen­ing

WASHINGTON – Texas Sen. John Cornyn’s bruis­ing elec­tion loss showed Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump is as dom­in­ant as ever in the Repub­lican Party. It also under­lined another harsh polit­ical real­ity: His era with near-total con­trol over a fully...

ArticleMusical acts pull out of US anniversary events linked to Trump

At least seven of the nine fea­tured musical acts meant to play in a con­cert series organ­ised by the Trump admin­is­tra­tion to mark the United States’ 250th anniversary have dropped out, just one day after the lineup was announced. The first to...

ArticleLouisi­ana law­makers pass a new elec­tion map to help the GOP

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisi­ana law­makers passed a new con­gres­sional map Fri­day designed to pick up a Repub­lican seat while leav­ing the state with just one of its two major­ity-Black House dis­tricts rep­res­en­ted by Demo­crats. Approval of the...

ArticleLatest polls could help with your vote

Just a few days before the dead­line to sub­mit their bal­lots, plenty of Cali­for­ni­ans remain stuck on their choice for gov­ernor, per­haps because they aren’t pleased with their eight major­party options. Some are undoubtedly wait­ing to find out:...

ArticleInquir­ies into Venezuela leader hit turn­ing point

MIAMI — The Trump admin­is­tra­tion has quietly instruc­ted fed­eral pro­sec­utors in Miami to avoid pur­su­ing crim­inal invest­ig­a­tions into Venezuela’s act­ing Pres­id­ent Delcy Rodríguez, a long­time tar­get of the U.S. Drug Enforce­ment...

ArticlePentagon recruit­ing troops to watch UFC fight

The Pentagon is mov­ing to recruit hun­dreds of troops to appear as spec­tat­ors next month at Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump’s UFC cage- fight­ing event on the White House lawn, and requir­ing those who attend to pay their own way and meet height and...

ArticleDemo­cratic Rep. Jared Moskow­itz announces where he’ll seek reelec­tion in redrawn Flor­ida

Article$250 bill mock-ups fea­ture Trump

WASHINGTON – The Treas­ury Depart­ment has pre­pared mock-up designs for a new $250 bill that would fea­ture Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump’s por­trait, a move that would make him the first liv­ing per­son fea­tured on Amer­ican cur­rency in more than 150...