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Donald Trump’s return to the White House unleashed a market rally, dealmaking went into overdrive, and bankers embraced all things Trump to rake in the big money.

The new year is offering Wall Street enough reason to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign to unify his party behind his takeover of Venezuela succeeded Wednesday when all but three Senate Republicans voted to block a resolution opposing further ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday rejected a request to extradite a California physician accused of providing abortion medication to a Louisiana patient, marking the latest clash between states with ...Read more

DENVER — A panel of Colorado Court of Appeals judges appeared to seriously consider Wednesday whether discredited elections clerk Tina Peters’ nine-year prison sentence was unfair, while also expressing skepticism that...Read more

NEW YORK — The Trump administration on Wednesday opened an investigation into New York City’s public school system over a policy that allows students to participate in sports based on their gender identity, federal ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of Barry Croft Jr., one of the ringleaders of a plot to kidnap and harm Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, meaning he will likely remain in federal prison barring a pardon or ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Administration Committee cleared a path for their proposal to curb congressional stock trading, advancing it Wednesday along party lines.

The bill could now get a floor vote in the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge appeared open to siding with House Democrats at a hearing Wednesday over a new Department of Homeland Security guidance restricting congressional oversight visits to immigration detention ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Republican chairmen of the Senate’s defense oversight panels, in back-to-back floor speeches Wednesday, made the case for supporting America’s European allies, contrasting with the Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House easily passed a package of two fiscal 2026 appropriations bills with broad bipartisan support Wednesday, teeing up a second set of long-delayed spending bills for the Senate to consider.

The $76.6...Read more

As President Donald Trump threatens to acquire Greenland, Sen. Chris Coons is boarding a plane to Denmark to push back.

Coons, D.-Del., who opposes the president’s takeover proposal, is bringing a bipartisan group of ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A longtime leading Republican in the California Assembly announced Wednesday he would run in a special election to serve out the term of Doug LaMalfa, the Northern California congressman who died ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A leader of the White House’s artificial intelligence strategy offered House lawmakers few details Wednesday on what Congress can expect from the administration’s planned legislative recommendations for ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that veteran downstate Republican Rep. Mike Bost has standing to pursue a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Illinois’ election law that allows mail-in ballots ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s high testosterone levels and ability to survive a fast-food diet “full of poison” have left Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in awe.

Days after launching the Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Iran has become the foreign policy thorn President Donald Trump can’t seem to extract from his proverbial side as lawmakers and leaders from both parties express uncertainty over the president’s promised...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that candidates for federal offices have the right to file lawsuits that challenge election rules that govern the counting of votes, regardless of their chances of ...Read more

DETROIT — A Ford Motor Co. worker who heckled Donald Trump, prompting an obscene gesture from the president, during a Detroit-area factory visit on Tuesday, is at the center of a political firestorm over his exchange.

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A pair of fundraisers for the Michigan autoworker who drew expletives from President Donald Trump by accusing of him of covering for child sex abuse collected more than $450,000 overnight.

Trump appeared to raise his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Reps. Doris Matsui and Mike Thompson want to impeach Homeland Secretary Kristin Noem. So do dozens of other Democrats.

They said Wednesday they’re backing an impeachment resolution in the House led by Rep...Read more