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...

ArticleNum­ber of the Week

$33m The House primary record price tag for the ad blitz in Ken­tucky’s 4th Dis­trict GOP primary, per Adim­pact. The flood of out­side money helped sink Rep. Thomas Massie to a Trump-backed chal­lenger, rein­for­cing polit­ical risk for Repub­lic­ans...

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