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Washington — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on May 4 urged China to increase diplomatic pressure on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping, saying Beijing’s energy purchases sustain Tehran a…
WASHINGTON — Voters in a central Michigan district will decide the 35th state Senate seat on Tuesday, determining whether Democrats keep their 19-18 majority or produce a 19-19 split. Democrat Chedrick Greene, Republican…
Des Moines, Iowa: Democrats are intensifying efforts to contest state races as Republicans mount a defensive push, with Sen. J.D. Vance visiting Tuesday to support Rep. Zach Nunn's re-election bid and party officials pre…
Memphis, Tenn. leaders and state lawmakers are confronting a proposed redrawing of congressional boundaries this week as Tennessee’s legislature returns to Nashville on Tuesday to consider maps that could eliminate the s…
Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling this week changing the legal standard on race in districting and prompting state legislatures to consider new congressional maps ahead of November's midterm elections. …
Salt Lake City — Utah enacted Senate Bill 73, the Online Age Verification Amendments, signed by Governor Spencer Cox on March 19, and the law takes effect on May 6. The statute requires websites that host a substantial p…
New Orleans. A federal judge on Sunday, May 3, blocked a Louisiana law that would eliminate the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court clerk position, allowing Calvin Duncan—who won the November election with 68% of the …
Cleveland: Ohio officials are advising voters ahead of the May 5, 2026 primary, publishing polling locations, sample ballots and identification requirements for in-person voting. Polls in Ohio will open at 6:30 a.m. and …
Florida — Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, 81, was hospitalized in Florida on Sunday, his spokesman Ted Goodman said, describing him as in 'critical but stable condition' while declining to disclose the illness, hosp…
San Francisco — Multiple candidates in the California gubernatorial race campaigned across Bay Area precincts this weekend as vote-by-mail ballots began arriving in mailboxes ahead of the June 2 primary, election officia…
Washington — President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. forces will begin escorting ships through the blocked Strait of Hormuz while reporting "very positive" talks with Iran. He announced a maritime operation intended…
Washington: US President Donald Trump said on May 3 he is reviewing a reported 14-point Iranian proposal to end the conflict and spoke on the Palm Beach tarmac about possible strategic changes, including seeking removal …
Washington — The United States Air Force awarded a $488 million contract to Northrop Grumman on April 27, 2026, to provide engineering and technical support for APG-66 and APG-68 radar systems installed on F-16 Fighting …
United States — During a Friday night broadcast on HBO's Real Time, host Bill Maher directly questioned California Governor Gavin Newsom about the state's long-troubled high-speed rail project, rising gas prices and hous…
Washington — President Donald Trump on Friday rejected a fresh negotiating proposal from Iran that Pakistan delivered to U.S. interlocutors on Thursday night, saying Tehran's demands were unacceptable and that he was "no…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on May 1 that the US Navy was 'like pirates' after US forces seized a ship and cargo in connection with a US naval blockade of Iranian ports during the ongoing US–Israel conflict …
Washington, President Donald Trump on May 2 defended recent US military strikes against Iran, saying the operations prevented Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and degraded Iranian air and naval capabilities. Speaki…
Washington. The United States on Friday announced sanctions targeting a China-based petroleum terminal operator, its president and two vessel management firms for importing sanctioned Iranian crude and engaging in decept…
Washington: The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on May 1 warned shipping companies they could face punitive sanctions if they make payments to Iran to secure passage through the Strait of Hormuz, including…
Washington — Demonstrators gathered in U.S. cities on Friday, May 1, for coordinated May Day protests calling for higher wages, stronger worker protections and changes to federal policies. Labor unions, immigrant-rights …
Tallahassee, Fla. — This week the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature approved a new congressional redistricting map, passing the plan in the House (83-28) and Senate (21-17) that redraws district boundaries after …
Montgomery, Alabama — Attorney General Steve Marshall on Wednesday filed emergency motions asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to use the Legislature’s 2023 congressional map following a ruling that changed …
Erick, Oklahoma. A candidate for the Oklahoma State Senate, Barry Christian, disappeared Tuesday and was found dead inside his pickup Thursday in the Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area near Highway 30, campaign and l…
Washington — Republican congressional leaders declined to press for a vote authorizing force as the 60-day War Powers deadline arrived on May 1, allowing the White House to continue military operations without formal con…
Lenexa, Kan. — The Rev. Adam Hamilton, founding pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, announced Thursday he is launching a campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Kansas, entering a…