4+ hour, 44+ min ago  (140+ words) Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. , right, poses with Rep. Clay Fuller and his family in the Capitol on Tuesday during the Georgia Republican's ceremonial swearing in. Fuller won the special election to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on April 7." Speaker…...

7+ hour, 11+ min ago  (1125+ words) President Donald Trump might have declared Vice President JD Vance did a "good job" in weekend talks that did not produce a peace pact with Iran, but there are scant signs his recent high-profile international setbacks improved his political prospects…...

8+ hour, 6+ min ago  (1008+ words) When author and journalist Beth Macy launched a bid last fall for Virginia's 6th District, the Democrat expected to face an uphill climb in the deep-red seat. But if Virginia voters approve a new congressional map in a referendum next week,…...

9+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1225+ words) Every day, Seth Watkins wakes with the sun." The 58-year-old farmer raises livestock on a southwest Iowa farm that's been in his family since the 1840s. Like most farmers, Watkins is up and working before much of the rest of the…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago  (843+ words) The rise of political prediction markets and several well-timed trades have spurred lawmakers to introduce multiple bills aimed at stopping or regulating insider trading in prediction markets. But lawmakers are far from agreeing on how far to extend such bans....

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (475+ words) The EPA announced Wednesday it will issue an emergency waiver allowing the nationwide sale of gasoline containing a higher percentage of ethanol as legislation that would allow the same remains stalled in Congress. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin issued the waiver…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1345+ words) President Donald Trump unveiled a nearly $2. 2 trillion spending request for fiscal 2027 Friday that features an enormous defense boost, posing a major challenge to GOP leaders as they seek an election-year spending deal with Democrats. National security spending would soar to…...

18+ hour, 43+ min ago  (640+ words) ANALYSIS " Eight years ago, President Donald Trump's mediocre job approval rating created a difficult national political environment for Republicans, who lost more than 40 seats in the House. But GOP senators bucked the midterm backlash and gained two seats. Could they…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (862+ words) Leading progressives unveiled legislation Wednesday that would pause construction and upgrades of artificial intelligence data centers, highlighting an issue where voters are concerned and the Trump administration plans to back industry. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. , and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (769+ words) President Donald Trump will end 2025 behind on judicial confirmations compared to the pace of predecessor Joe Biden, but ahead of the rate Trump set during the first calendar year of his previous term in the White House." With 53 seats, majority…...