If you gathered every American with a prison record into one contiguous territory and admitted it to the union, you would create the 12th-largest state. It would be home to at least 7 million to 8 million people and hold a dozen votes in the Electoral College.

In a close presidential race, this hypothetical state of the formerly ...Read more

WASHINGTON — It’s once again a war powers week on Capitol Hill, with both chambers poised to vote on efforts to halt the U.S. military action against Iran without congressional authorization.

Both the House and Senate were already expected to take up war powers resolutions this week, but since the United States and Israel launched attacks ...Read more

From the stage of the Minnesota Republican state convention in 2022, Kendall Qualls made his case for governor by offering a specific pledge: He would not pick Michele Tafoya, who had described herself as “pro-choice,” as his running mate.

“All life is precious, I’m a pro-life candidate,” Qualls told the convention delegates in ...Read more

Three rounds of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran failed to persuade President Donald Trump that a solution to the two country’s nuclear impasse lay in diplomacy, rather than military action. A perceived lack of progress in the last of those indirect negotiations on Feb 26, 2026, was enough to prompt Trump to green-light a massive ...Read more

After the largest buildup of U.S. warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades, American and Israeli military forces launched a massive assault on Iran on Feb. 28, 2026.

President Donald Trump has called the attacks “major combat operations” and has urged regime change in Tehran. Iranian media reported Supreme Leader ...Read more

In his State of the Union address, the president announced a new type of government retirement account designed for Americans who don’t have access to one. Whether he can make good on this promise remains to be seen, given the likely need for legislative approval from a deeply divided Congress in an election year.

Donald Trump in 2026? Try ...Read more

U.S. farmers have been looking for some stability after a mercurial year under President Donald Trump’s tariffs. But after new trade upheaval last week, it’s becoming increasingly clear that uncertainty is the only constant.

“One of the things in this industry is that there’s always uncertainties,” Krista Swanson, chief economist at ...Read more

WASHINGTON — For a decade, President Donald Trump promised to end what he calls forever wars, casting himself as a leader opposed to prolonged conflicts in the Middle East and who would rather pursue peace in the world.

Now, early in his second term, Trump is taking military action against Iran that could expand well beyond a limited effort ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers who oppose President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran will have a chance to weigh in next week, but they may not be able to successfully rein him in.

Both chambers of Congress were already expected to vote next week on war powers resolutions aimed at constricting Trump’s ability to launch military ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” targeting Iran early Saturday morning, with Congress awaiting votes on use of force against that country as soon as next week.

“The United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent ...Read more

OpenAI has agreed to deploy its own artificial intelligence models within the Defense Department’s classified network after rival Anthropic PBC saw its relationship with the Pentagon implode over surveillance and autonomous weapons concerns.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said late Friday that he’d reached an agreement with the ...Read more

To critics, renaming Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump smacks of political graffiti. But the coming grift is what they should be most concerned about.

The Trump Organization said Trump was “deeply honored that the people of Florida are considering renaming his hometown airport in his honor.”

But the people of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on March 2 over a federal law that bans drug users from buying or possessing firearms, the latest in a string of cases where the conservative-controlled court is positioned to reshape gun control laws nationwide.

The Trump administration asked the justices to overturn a ruling from the U...Read more

OpenAI has agreed to deploy its own artificial intelligence models within the Defense Department’s classified network after rival Anthropic PBC saw its relationship with the Pentagon implode over surveillance and autonomous weapons concerns.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said late Friday that he’d reached an agreement with the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is seeking to delay court proceedings over whether it must refund importers billions of dollars in tariffs recently struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a contentious start to the next phase of the legal fight.

The government wants to wait as long as four months before reviving litigation before...Read more

Former President Bill Clinton delivered a sweeping denial of any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes during roughly six hours of closed-door testimony Friday before a House committee investigating the disgraced financier’s political connections.

“I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Clinton said in a statement prepared for ...Read more

If everything is bigger in Texas, President Donald Trump’s decision Friday to not endorse two high-profile Republicans on Friday ahead of Tuesday’s Senate primary vote amounted to a Lone Star-sized cliffhanger as the midterm elections heat up.

On one hand, the campaigner-in-chief opted against endorsing the more conservative candidate — ...Read more

Former President Bill Clinton delivered a sweeping denial of any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes during roughly six hours of closed-door testimony Friday before a House committee investigating the disgraced financier’s political connections.

“I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” Clinton said in a statement prepared for ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to stop using technology from San Francisco artificial intelligence company Anthropic, escalating a high-profile clash between the AI startup and the Pentagon over safety.

In a Friday post on the social media site Truth Social, Trump described the company as "radical left" and "woke."

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday defended his secret meeting with President Donald Trump a day earlier, as well as his proposal to the president to build 12,000 apartments in Queens.

At the White House meeting Thursday, the mayor asked Trump for the green light — and $21 billion — for the plan to build atop Sunnyside Yard. To ...Read more