President Donald Trump threatened to withhold Helene relief funding for North Carolina if Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley does not win the seat — after which the president said he’s “only kidding.”

Trump on Wednesday held a rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport in Gaston County where he spoke about crime in the state and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senators from both parties emerged from a classified briefing with the Pentagon’s policy chief on Thursday morning expressing outrage at what they described as the official’s stonewalling.

The stated purpose of the briefing by Elbridge Colby, the undersecretary of Defense for policy, was to update the Senate Armed Services ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar chastised President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda and warned him against listening to his advisers in a new campaign ad released Thursday — just seven weeks before she’s up for re-election for a congressional seat that Democrats are hoping to flip this year.

“Mr. President, ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte leaders are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s portrayal of the city and North Carolina as extraordinarily violent, saying his description clashes with recent crime trends.

Trump made crime a centerpiece of a Wednesday rally in Gastonia for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley. The president ...Read more

WASHINGTON — High-profile legislation amounting to lawmakers’ first real stab at addressing voter anger over data centers stalled in the Senate on Thursday after securing overwhelming support in the House a day earlier.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources ranking member Martin Heinrich objected to a unanimous consent request by Sen. Jon ...Read more

Federal and state agencies are investigating an explosion that destroyed a building at a shuttered munitions plant in North Florida owned by beleaguered U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, the Central Florida Republican who lost his reelection bid in last month’s primary.

The explosion occured Wednesday night in Perry at the ALS-Pacem Defense plant, which...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, of Washington, again voted alongside Republicans to advance their legislative priorities, marking the second time this month that the centrist Democrat has defected from her party during a key vote.

Gluesenkamp Perez on Tuesday voted alongside Republicans to pass a procedural measure — ...Read more

President Donald Trump won 43% of the Hispanic vote in 2024, up from 35% in 2020 – a big gain for Republicans. Now, as the midterms approach, Hispanic Americans across party lines are losing faith in the American Dream, and his administration’s immigration crackdown appears to be part of the reason.

Arrests by Immigration and ...Read more

A husband in Taiwan suspected his wife of having an affair. In September 2023, he found a used toothbrush at their holiday home, and garage video showed an unfamiliar man driving his wife there. Three months later, he opened their robot vacuum’s app to speak with her and saw an intimate encounter through its live camera.

He recorded...Read more

WASHINGTON ― Legislation introduced this week by Michigan U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens would allow for compensation for political prisoners who have returned after being held abroad against their will.

The bill is largely inspired by the experience of Michigan's Paul Whelan, a former security executive from Novi who was held by Russia for more ...Read more

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is struggling to strike a deal to fund the Israeli military’s request for $8 billion before next month’s election.

Israel’s military is seeking about $8 billion in additional funding, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is struggling to strike a deal to unlock the money ...Read more

It took them a few tries, but a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has now correctly ended President Donald Trump’s cynical and partisan effort to muck around with mail ballots during the fast coming midterm elections. The justices behind the ruling were anonymous except for Brett Kavanaugh, the only one brave enough to publicly oppose Trump. ...Read more

At a dark moment for American democracy, it qualifies as a relief that the U.S. Supreme Court has finally acknowledged that the U.S. Postal Service has no legitimate role in running elections. The court’s ruling this week put a well-deserved end to President Donald Trump’s plot to interfere with the midterms by steering absentee votes to the...Read more

The House passed legislation Wednesday that would direct states to consider adopting federal standards for large-scale industrial power users, an attempt to address growing voter anger over the speed and scale of data center development.

The bill passed 417-3 under suspension of the rules, a procedure that requires support from two-thirds of ...Read more

Legislation that would restore the full federal tax deduction for gambling losses is back on track Wednesday. A bill by Rep. Dina Titus passed out of committee and now awaits a House vote.

Titus, D-Nev., said she is encouraging House colleagues to consider the legislation by the end of the year.

“After 14 months of fighting to get this ...Read more

Amid powerful economic headwinds, President Donald Trump rallied loyalists Wednesday in North Carolina, aiming to drive up the Republican vote in a key Senate race in which his chosen candidate has been trailing in the polls.

Michael Whatley, a former Republican National Committee chair, has so far failed to gain traction against Democratic ...Read more

GASTONIA, N.C. — President Donald Trump returned to the Charlotte region to campaign Wednesday evening alongside Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley in Gastonia.

Trump delivered remarks focused on crime and the economy at the Gastonia Municipal Airport, where he also rallied during his 2024 presidential campaign. Whatley, a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump floated hitting goods imported from the European Union with fresh tariffs or even cutting off some trade if he determined that a push to make Canada a potential associate of the bloc was harmful to the U.S.

“If they do that, if I think it’s at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Political parties in Philadelphia can now spend unlimited amounts of money in coordination with their chosen candidates, according to a new board of ethics policy approved Wednesday.

The policy, which was prompted by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, has the potential to dramatically increase the power of parties in Philly ...Read more