WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was “withdrawing my support and Endorsement” of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, in an escalating feud with a once stalwart conservative ally.

“I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he had made “progress” on Venezuela in regard to halting the flow of drugs amid speculation that his administration is preparing to strike targets in the country.

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Friday he had “sort of made up my mind” when asked if he had come to a decision on next ...Read more

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin acknowledged Friday that his vote, along with a small number of Democrats, to back a Republican-led measure ending the nation’s longest government shutdown last week could exacerbate divisions between party progressives and moderates.

But the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat and Illinois retiring senior senator also said the ...Read more

DENVER — Federal officials have formally requested that former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters be transferred to federal custody, the latest in a monthslong effort by the Trump administration to free the election conspiracy theorist from a state prison cell.

Officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons sent a letter about Peters to Colorado...Read more

WASHINGTON — A Senate plan to take up a major fiscal 2026 appropriations package on the floor next week is looking increasingly like a long shot.

After finally bringing a 43-day partial government shutdown to an end, Senate leaders were eager to get going on long-delayed appropriations work for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.

Majority ...Read more

ATLANTA — Campaign finance violations linked to Stacey Abrams’ 2018 Democratic campaign for Georgia governor may inspire new legislation aimed at curbing illegal election funding.

In January, the New Georgia Project — founded by Abrams — admitted it illegally raised and spent millions of dollars to support her candidacy, and the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With the longest government shutdown in U.S. history now behind them, lawmakers aren’t rushing to give out any extra credit.

“An ‘I.’ Indecisive,” said Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett when asked how Congress’ recent performance would stack up on a report card.

“Is there a grade below ‘F’?” Wisconsin ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups urged the Supreme Court on Friday to block new California laws that will require thousands of companies to disclose their emissions and their impacts on climate change.

One of the laws is due to take effect on Jan. 1, and the emergency appeal asks the court to put it on hold ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Michigan U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib is leading a resolution in Congress officially "recognizing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza" with the support of 20 House Democratic members and over 100 organizations.

The resolution is unlikely to advance in the Republican-led House, where most lawmakers support Israel. Israel has...Read more

ATLANTA – A veteran prosecutor said Friday he is appointing himself to take over Georgia’s closely-watched election interference case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen others.

Pete Skandalakis, the head of the state agency tasked with naming a replacement prosecutor after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was ...Read more

The drumbeat to release the Epstein files just got a lot louder. Emails from disgraced financier and sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein released by House Democrats Wednesday say President Donald Trump “knew about the girls” and “spent hours” with a victim at Epstein’s house. Those allegations, whether true or not, must be addressed — ...Read more

Vote counting began Friday in Bihar — India’s poorest yet one of its most politically significant states — in an election seen as a key test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity after a year marred by economic headwinds and foreign policy challenges.

Exit polls released after Tuesday’s final phase of voting project that Modi�...Read more

A senior Trump administration official has referred U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., to the U.S. Department of Justice for an investigation over alleged mortgage and tax fraud tied to a Washington, D.C., home, NBC News reported Thursday.

Swalwell, a former Dublin council member, dismissed the allegations as politically motivated.

“As the ...Read more

The British Broadcasting Corp. issued a formal apology to Donald Trump on Thursday over the misleading edit of the U.S. president’s speech in a documentary program late last year, but rejected his demands for compensation.

BBC Chairman Samir Shah sent a personal letter to the White House “making clear to President Trump that he and the ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — A group of 22 Michigan Republican lawmakers has asked President Donald Trump's U.S. Department of Justice to deploy monitors to vote-counting facilities and to provide general oversight for the state's upcoming elections in 2026.

In a letter sent Thursday to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, the GOP legislators said their ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congress flouted several legal principles with an unusual provision creating a streamlined path only for senators to file lawsuits and collect at least $1 million each for government actions in the previous administration, experts and critics say.

That includes a constitutional limitation on lawmaker pay increases, creating a new...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order to expand foster care services to children moving out of the system into adulthood, bolstering one of first lady Melania Trump’s initiatives.

“We are going to protect American children in foster care, and we’re going to ensure that they will never, ever be forgotten,” Trump...Read more

Proponents of an effort to stop members of Congress from trading stocks are cautiously optimistic that it could pick up steam now that the government shutdown has ended.

The House Administration Committee will meet Wednesday morning for a hearing on the issue, a small step forward for the lawmakers threatening to use whatever procedural tactics...Read more

NEW YORK — Council member Erik Bottcher threw his hat into a crowded ring to compete for Rep. Jerry Nadler’s House seat, he said Thursday.

Nadler, 78, announced his retirement in September, leaving an opportunity for younger politicians vying for a shot. His Manhattan district, which spans from 14th Street to the top of Central Park, ...Read more