3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (476+ words) (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has blocked Missouri Republicans from moving forward with a U.S. House map that the state’s highest court had already invalidated ahead of the November election. In a brief unexplained order, and over no noted dissent by any…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (605+ words) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would give American adults a $5,000 “dividend” if Republicans kept the House and Senate in the midterm elections this fall, marking at least the second time he’s promised to use tariff revenue…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (260+ words) (WASHINGTON) — U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff made nearly $107 million last year from a holding company affiliated with World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency firm he cofounded with President Donald Trump and members of their respective families, according to financial disclosures obtained…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (350+ words) (WASHINGTON) — D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro vented frustration at reporters on Wednesday as she repeatedly refused to answer questions about a topic that has landed her in hot water with President Donald Trump: his demands that she revisit the now-dismissed…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (535+ words) (WASHINGTON) — Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from his position, the institution said Tuesday, after seven years of leading the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. “I have fought for as long as I can. I love this…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (451+ words) A 38-year-old Ohio man was arrested Sunday after allegedly “pushing his way” through a crowd at a fair where Amy Acton, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Ohio, was speaking, according to authorities. The suspect, identified by police as Patrick Havas,…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (496+ words) The Trump administration on Sunday filed another emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to immediately implement new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot rules for November. The application is not meaningfully different from the request the administration filed on Sept. 3, but…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (936+ words) (NEW YORK) — A Utah judge ruled that Tyler Robinson can stand trial on a capital murder charge stemming from the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Judge Tony Graf’s decision follows final oral arguments from both sides in the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (580+ words) by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois September 1, 2026 A federal judge this week ordered the U.S. Forest Service to suspend a commercial logging project in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, finding the 2024 approval of the project under President Joe Biden violated the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (885+ words) (WASHINGTON) — An anonymous government employee whistleblower has come forward to Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, warning that a “rushed, chaotic and fundamentally flawed” effort by the U.S. Postal Service to implement President Donald Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order risks a…...