Special election held to replace Former State Representative RJ May
A special election to replace Former State Representative RJ May began Tuesday, Dec. 23.
Politics
Trump warns Maduro against playing 'tough' as US escalates pressure campaign on Venezuela
President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. Coast Guard steps up efforts to interdict oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Republican administration's escalating pressure campaign on the government in Caracas.
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Consumer confidence slides in December to lowest level since US tariffs rolled out in April
Consumers were less confident in the economy in December as Americans grow anxious about high prices and the impact of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
Nicki Minaj surprises conservatives with praise for Trump, Vance at Arizona event
Rapper Nicki Minaj on Sunday made a surprise appearance at a gathering of conservatives in Arizona that was memorializing late activist Charlie Kirk.
Coast Guard is pursuing another tanker helping Venezuela skirt sanctions, US official says
The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such vessels connected to the Venezuelan government.
President Trump announces drug price deals
The Trump Administration says it's taking a step toward lowering drug costs in the U.S.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's daughter calls TSA 'unconstitutional' after pat-down
One of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's daughters said she experienced an “absurdly invasive” pat-down Thursday at an airport security checkpoint and suggested her father would limit or eliminate the Transportation Security Administration if it was under his authority.
States faces a choice on whether to embrace Trump's tax cuts on tips, overtime and more
To tax tips or not? That is a question that will confront lawmakers in states across the U.S. as they convene for work next year.
Bills pre-filed in State House
The upcoming session at the State House begins January 16, and lawmakers have pre-filed hundreds of bills.
Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions on transgender Americans.
Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done.
Trump gives a partisan prime-time address insisting the economy is stronger than many voters feel
President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrats while announcing he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas.
US says price increases eased last month but data may be distorted and Americans aren't feeling it
U.S. inflation slowed unexpectedly last month according to data that was delayed, and likely distorted, by the government shutdown.
US stocks jump after an encouraging inflation update, as Micron helps AI stocks stop their slide
U.S. stocks are jumping on Thursday following an encouraging report on inflation that could help the Federal Reserve keep cutting interest rates next year.
National Politics
- Bernie Sanders and Gavin Newsom become adversaries over billionaire tax Feb 19, 2026 8:21 AM ESTBernie Sanders has traveled to Los Angeles to kick off a campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the Silicon Valley and led to divisions among Democrats
- Governors arrive in Washington eager to push past Trump's partisan grip Feb 19, 2026 8:13 AM ESTGovernors are arriving in Washington for an annual gathering that has traditionally been a show of bipartisanship
- Gov. Wes Moore on Trump: 'I pray for him and I just feel bad for him' Feb 19, 2026 8:05 AM ESTMaryland Gov. Wes Moore is pushing back on President Donald Trump while trying to rally Democrats in his state around a mid-decade redistricting fight
- Nation's only unsalaried legislature in New Mexico asks voters to reconsider volunteer status Feb 18, 2026 8:46 PM ESTMembers of the nation’s only unsalaried legislature are asking voters to reconsider their volunteer status that has endured since statehood in New Mexico
- US senators visit key Ukrainian port city as they push for fresh sanctions on Russia Feb 18, 2026 7:25 PM ESTA delegation of U.S. senators is returning from a trip to Ukraine
- White House names new pick for Nevada top federal prosecutor Feb 18, 2026 12:09 AM ESTLast week the White House announced the nomination of a Las Vegas attorney for U.S. Attorney of the District of Nevada
- Thomas Pritzker steps down from Hyatt board saying he deeply regrets association with Epstein Feb 17, 2026 1:49 PM ESTThomas Pritzker will retire as the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels after details of his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in documents related to the burgeoning investigation of ties the notorious sex trafficker had to the elite and pow...
- Texas Republican Paxton steps up his Senate bid against GOP Sen. Cornyn ahead of early voting Feb 17, 2026 4:37 AM ESTTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton is stepping up his race for the U.S. Senate with early voting about to begin for the March 3 GOP primary
- Derek Dooley didn't vote for years. Now he wants Georgia voters to send him to Washington Feb 16, 2026 3:33 AM ESTMany political candidates pitch themselves as outsiders
- In battleground Michigan, 3 Democrats test vision of affordability in the Senate primary Feb 14, 2026 12:40 PM ESTVoters say they're worried about the cost of living, and affordability is a leading issue in 2026 campaigns
