WASHINGTON — Rep. Randy Fine remembers pulling an all-nighter before his first day in the House.

“I was a congressman-elect for 22 hours,” he said.

After winning a special election in Florida’s 6th District last April, Fine left his victory party at 10 p.m., drove two hours to the airport, and arrived in Washington the next morning.

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Monday advanced a procedural motion to block a vote on President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda, potentially delaying a politically uncomfortable vote on his most prominent economic policy until at least July.

The motion will be voted on by the chamber this week. Republicans have a razor-thin majority, so ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rep. Jerrold Nadler endorsed Monday his longtime aide and protege Assemblyman Micah Lasher in the Democratic primary race to succeed him representing the congressional district spanning the Upper East and Upper West sides of Manhattan.

The long-serving liberal lawmaker called Lasher the best choice to carry on his progressive ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Trump administration mounted a multipronged legal effort Monday to turn back an order to restore federal funding for the construction of the $16 billion Hudson River tunnel, getting the deadline to pay up pushed back by several days.

Attorneys for the federal Department of Transportation asked a judge to pause a temporary ...Read more

In the first weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a strange pattern emerged in Western media coverage. Headlines oscillated between confidence and confusion. Kyiv would fall within days, one story would claim, then another would argue that Ukraine was winning. Russian forces were described as incompetent, then as a terrifying ...Read more

The January 2026 release of additional files related to the Justice Department’s investigation of convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell has brought renewed attention to the late financier’s connections to the world’s rich and powerful.

However, the failure to redact identifying victim information and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers set up oversight hearings starting this week after the fatal shootings of two Americans by immigration agents, platforms that could result in hours of high-profile criticism of one of President Donald Trump’s signature political issues.

Representatives from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The ongoing fight over fiscal 2026 funding for immigration enforcement is threatening millions of dollars in home-state earmarks for disaster preparedness projects.

The compromise full-year Homeland Security bill, which was dropped from the $1.2 trillion spending package enacted last week, includes $272.7 million across 203 home...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has shrugged off a controversy surrounding a racist meme of the Obamas shared on his social media account, ignoring rare pushback from several Republican lawmakers.

One White House ally, granted anonymity to be candid, dubbed the posting of a meme depicting former President Barack Obama and former first ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s unconventional plan to lower prescription drug prices is being met with a skeptical eye from Republicans as Congress places a greater focus on drug pricing ahead of the midterm elections.

Trump’s plan is to establish “most favored nation” pricing to bring U.S. prescription drug pricing more in ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Trump administration on Monday filed papers to fight a court order that would restore federal funding to the $16 billion Hudson River Tunnel as a deadline looms to resume payments.

Attorneys for the US Department of Transportation filed a notice asking the Second Circuit federal appeals court to pause a Friday night ruling that...Read more

WASHINGTON — Another week, another appropriations deadline for lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

While 11 of the 12 annual spending bills have become law for fiscal 2026, the Homeland Security Department’s funding will expire on Friday.

With no signs of tangible progress in negotiations over changes to immigration enforcement policies, the main ...Read more

The Trump administration plans to appeal a temporary court order that blocks the federal government from withholding funds for a $16 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

The Gateway Development Commission is building the new tunnel but had to stop construction late Friday because it’s exhausted all of its funding sources.

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U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna stood outside of Levi's Stadium on Sunday as thousands of football fans streamed inside the venue.

The congressman wasn't there to cheer on his favorite team. He had stopped by to send a message: Federal immigration agents were not welcome at the Super Bowl.

"This is my district and this is a time for elected leaders to be ...Read more

Thailand’s ruling conservative party clinched a surprisingly solid election win Sunday, marking the first victory this century for a party aligned with the country’s royalist establishment and a clear defeat for an emerging progressive movement.

The Bhumjaithai Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, is set to secure ...Read more

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian described the Friday nuclear talks with Washington as “a step forward,” even as he pushed back against any attempts at intimidation.

“Dialogue has always been our strategy for resolving issues peacefully,” Pezeshkian said in an X posting on Sunday, referring to the talks that featured Iranian Foreign...Read more

Back in October, Sanae Takaichi struggled to wrangle enough seats in parliament to become prime minister. Now she has the biggest election mandate of any Japanese leader since World War II.

The surprisingly large victory margin allows the staunch conservative to implement her nationalist vision of a more forceful, outspoken, self-sufficient ...Read more

Since the turn of the century, election night has usually been great for pro-democracy reformers and miserable for Thailand’s royalists. Now the establishment has finally backed a winner, and the country may see some stability as a result.

Early results from Sunday’s vote show the ruling Bhumjaithai party is on track to secure 191 seats in ...Read more

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s pro-royalist party scored a resounding win in Sunday’s election over a progressive group seen as a pre-poll favorite.

His conservative Bhumjaithai Party rode on a wave of nationalism tied to a simmering border clash with neighboring Cambodia and championing the status quo to emerge as the ...Read more

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said Sunday that he expects the Department of Homeland Security will shut down Friday as negotiations over immigration enforcement have stalled, an outcome that could impact air travel and emergency response across the nation.

“I absolutely would expect that it’s going to shut down,” the Pennsylvania Democrat said...Read more