WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Donald Trump first ran for office, he called out China as a menace to the U.S. economy, saying it had gutted America's factories and eroded the middle class.
YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) -- Mary Ryan may be a registered Republican but she has never voted for President Donald Trump, turned off by his crass style of politics and chaotic approach to governing.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of people joined outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Friday evening to protest President Donald Trump's plans for the facility, lending their voices to a chorus of organizations and individuals who have been horrified that he might make good on his threat to close and tear down the storied institution.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Friday defended his son's recent wedding party being partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch, but also said he'd been told the money would be paid back.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he was barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage and "fake news," and threatened that more such media bans could be coming -- the latest salvo in the president's increasingly aggressive response to media coverage he finds unfavorable. Like many of Trump's other confrontations...
The Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled Friday.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President JD Vance on Friday mounted a vigorous defense of the Trump administration's policies and Iowa GOP candidates on the November ballot, arguing that the Democrats had turned into the party of "lunatics," in his second trip to the politically consequential state this year.
President Donald Trump came to battleground North Carolina doubling down on a tantalizing and implausible midterm promise. "If we win," he said, "we're going to get you $5,000. So that's it. Very simple."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with recent speeches at political events that mark a sharp departure from norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias.
As President Donald Trump tries to convince voters that Democrats have let crime run amok, he's digging into the country's political past to reference one of the most controversial campaign advertisements that relied heavily on racist tropes.
President Donald Trump suggested that the European Union allowing Canada to become an associate member could be a "hostile act" and threatened to respond to the proposed move by imposing more tariffs on the bloc.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaker Mike Johnson is closing up the House early, sending lawmakers home Wednesday to campaign for the midterm elections after what he claims is the most productive Congress in decades.
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 to quell stubbornly high inflation, a move that could prompt a sharp response from the White House. The quarter-point increase lifts the Fed's key rate to about 3.9% and, over time, could raise borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards. The move comes...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve just raised the cost of money -- bad news for borrowers, good news for savers.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly-high inflation, a move that could spur a sharp response from the White House.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Two House Republicans in battleground Iowa districts, including one who recently campaigned alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, changed their position on an Iran war powers resolution, joining with Democrats and a few other dissident members of their party in an attempt to halt President Donald Trump's ability to continue military action without congressional approval.
The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists.
On the way home from a recent trip, Eriech Tapia drove past a sea of dark industrial buildings lining an already jam-packed northern Virginia road: data centers.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A trade war between the United States and Canada is making it more difficult and expensive for small businesses in the economically entwined countries to operate, according to business owners caught in the crossfire.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barely four months into the job, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is stuck between two strong and opposing forces: Financial markets that anticipate the central bank will raise interest rates, and President Donald Trump, who wants the Fed to cut them or leave them unchanged.
The Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted on Tuesday to close most of the iconic performing arts venue just hours after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump's name to the building.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Supreme Court this week closed the chapter on one of President Donald Trump's boldest efforts to reshape November's elections -- a plan that would have demanded a dramatic overhaul of the nation's mail voting processes on what most election officials agreed was an impossibly short timeline.
The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they've used for years. Nearly a third of U.S. voters cast their ballots by mail. Trump slammed the...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The technology industry's increasingly urgent warnings about the potential harm of artificial intelligence are slamming into political intransigence in Washington, offering a fresh test of the federal government's willingness and ability to confront what may become a defining issue of the era.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time since June 14, when he was hospitalized after a fall in his home.
The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would remove more than $300 billion in costs for the industry and help "unleash" American energy.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former CIA Director John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify next month before a Florida grand jury as part of a Justice Department investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against President Donald Trump, one of his lawyers said Monday.
Trump is playing down any need to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he doesn't want America to give up its edge over China in a global competition. He dismissed the idea of new AI guardrails on Monday, saying there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers.
Democratic state parties announced Monday that they are launching an operation for the midterm elections they're calling the "New Battlefield Project," intended to recruit 10,000 volunteers to guard polling places in case armed federal officers show up.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult if his Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election needs congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday, while pledging to try to make it happen.
DUBLIN (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America's edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help would address the risks from the advancing technology.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Security researchers say rapid advances in artificial intelligence are making it more critical to address a flaw in Georgia's voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they have been cast.
President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other Republican officials came together for a two-day convention this week to rally voters in advance of midterm elections in November. But in celebrating their accomplishments, they made several false and misleading claims, many of which have been stated repeatedly during Trump's second term.
One month before the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, the Washington Post broke a story about a tape recording it confirmed was Republican candidate Donald Trump talking to a reporter from the television entertainment show Access Hollywood about the perks of stardom. Mr. Trump bragged that when you were a celebrity you could get away with things, including sexually assaulting women.
DALLAS (AP) -- President Donald Trump and his Vice President JD Vance teamed up Thursday to close out the second and final night of the Republicans' midterm convention in Dallas, imploring voters to stick together to save their party's majorities in Congress.
DALLAS (AP) -- President Donald Trump returned to the stage on the second and final night of the Republicans' midterm convention in Dallas on Thursday, imploring the crowd to "go out and vote" to save his party's majorities in Congress.
DALLAS (AP) -- As Vice President JD Vance addressed the crowd at the Republican midterm convention, he was interrupted by a fan who shouted "JD 48!" Others joined in, and Vance paused with a smile before cutting them off.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An ally of President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has resigned from his post leading a Justice Department investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against the Republican president.
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party's sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would most likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country's nearly $1.8 trillion annual...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court again rejected a push to use Missouri congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump on Thursday, a loss for Republicans trying to maintain control of the House in the fast-approaching midterm elections.
DALLAS (AP) -- Republicans at their midterm convention know that history is not on their side this election season, but they are counting on President Donald Trump and his two-day extravaganza in Dallas to rally voters to protect their House and Senate majorities.
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party's sagging fortunes in November.
DALLAS (AP) -- President Donald Trump capped Wednesday's opening night of the unusual Republican midterm convention by slamming Democrats as extremists and staunchly defending the war in Iran while making the extraordinary pledge to pay every adult American $5,000 if his party retains its control of both chambers of Congress after November.