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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Early Monday, the Illinois Senate approved a 37-17 measure to allow municipalities to form stadium authorities capable of financing and operating professional sports venues, but the Illinois House adjou…
United States, May 30 — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Iran has agreed it will not develop nuclear weapons, calling this commitment the central guarantee sought by Washington in its talks with Tehran. Speak…
Negotiations over a proposed peace and nuclear containment agreement between the United States and Iran have stalled amid tightening U.S. conditions and growing skepticism in Tehran. As of May 31, 2026, President Donald …
President Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 34 percent in a new Economist/YouGov survey, marking a record low less than halfway through his second term. The data, released this week, shows roughly two-thirds of Ameri…
Newark. Mayor Ras Baraka ordered a mandatory curfew around Delaney Hall this weekend after multi-day protests by supporters of detainees and counter-protesters converged outside the ICE immigration facility; demonstrator…
In Washington, D.C., a planned "Great American State Fair" celebrating the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States has become a flashpoint in the entertainment industry. Six of nine scheduled headliners, includin…
Portland, Maine. Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate campaign disclosed that his wife, Amy Gertner, informed campaign aides that she found sexually explicit text messages exchanged between Platner and multiple women, a developm…
Washington, United States – The White House is preparing a high-level Situation Room meeting for President Donald Trump to make a final determination on a proposed agreement aimed at ending the war with Iran and reopenin…
Federal investigators have begun interviewing current and former election officials in Wisconsin, including several in Milwaukee, as part of a broader probe into the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to reportin…
WASHINGTON — Iran is insisting on concrete steps from the United States rather than verbal assurances as talks continue over an emerging agreement to extend a ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported o…
United States federal intelligence and cybersecurity agencies are investigating allegations that foreign actors linked to China are influencing a recent wave of protests against data centers across the country. The demon…
BATON ROUGE, La. The Louisiana House passed an amended version of SB121 on Thursday that redraws the state's congressional map, reducing the number of majority-black districts from two to one; the plan passed the House f…
Reading, Pennsylvania — At a Thursday board of elections meeting, Berks County Commissioner Michael Rivera reported that 51,612 ballots were cast in the May 19 primary, producing a 23.22% turnout; Democrats cast 25,937 b…
Nashville officials proposed a $7 million subordinate debt loan program this month, advancing a first phase toward a potential affordable housing bond administered by the Metro Development and Housing Agency; the proposa…
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday sued Maine, Washington, Oregon and Massachusetts, alleging each state enacted policies that unlawfully deny confidential license plates to federal law enforc…
Mackinac Island, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a two-term governor from a key battleground state, said Thursday at the Mackinac Policy Conference that she will not run for president in 2028, speaking on the fro…
United States local governments approved multiple municipal budgets this week: New Haven's Board of Alders approved a $744.3 million 2026-27 budget in a 28-1 vote raising the property tax rate from 39.4 mills to 39.962 m…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 73 on Wednesday to restrict law enforcement and federal access to ballots, voter rolls, and certified voting technology, effective immediately; the law criminalizes un…
Washington — The United States on Wednesday added Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority to the Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals list, the Office of Foreign Assets Control said, after the authority was …
Washington — President Donald Trump said Wednesday at a Cabinet meeting that no single nation will control the Strait of Hormuz, calling it international waters and stating the United States will "watch over" transit whi…
Austin, Texas. Democratic state Rep. James Talarico emerged as the Democratic nominee and is set to face Republican Ken Paxton after Paxton defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the GOP runoff on Tuesday, reshaping the …
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are confronting rising political and economic pressure as the 2026 midterm elections approach, with inflation and fuel costs eroding the party’s core promise to tame prices. U.S. ye…
Washington — The Center for Strategic and International Studies released an analysis Wednesday finding that U.S. military contractors will need at least three years to rebuild stockpiles of Tomahawk cruise missiles and P…
Portland, Maine. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruled Tuesday that an initiative from Protect Girls Sports in Maine, which sought to restrict school sports and bathroom access based on the gender listed on students' b…
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Governor Mike DeWine on Wednesday directed the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to pause consideration of new data center tax exemption requests while the General Assembly's Joint Data Center Committee studies t…