Whitmer meets with Trump to discuss tariff impacts
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) met Tuesday with President Trump at the White House to raise concerns about the effects the president’s tariff policy is having on he...
Trump suggests Vance is likely heir apparent to the MAGA movement, the furthest he’s gone in backing VP’s future
President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance is “most likely” the heir apparent to the Make America Great Again movement, the furthest he’s gon...
Trump says Vance is "most likely" his heir apparent
President Trump said Tuesday he sees Vice President JD Vance as an early favorite to serve as his successor.A reporter asked Mr. Trump whether he sees Vance as the "hei...
NIH broke law by withholding funding: GAO
A congressional watchdog determined Tuesday that the Trump administration broke the law when it directed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cancel hundreds of r...
Paxton says he’ll begin removing ‘runaway’ Texas Democrats from office if they don’t meet deadline
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said Tuesday he would begin the process of removing from office Democratic lawmakers who have fled the state amid the redistrictin...
Here’s what comes next in the Texas redistricting battle
Texas Democrats are entering the third day after fleeing the state to block Republicans from passing a gerrymandered map that would offer the GOP five pickup opportunit...
Democratic lawmaker introduces resolution opposing clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) introduced a resolution Tuesday urging President Trump and the Department of Justice not to offer any form of clemency in exchange for...
Georgia GOP worries Senate race will turn into Trump vs. Kemp proxy war
Republicans are increasingly anxious about the burgeoning Senate primary that could rupture the fragile alliance between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and President Donald Tr...
Georgetown researcher targeted for deportation settles with Trump admin
The Trump administration has agreed to allow Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri to return to his job at the school while litigation continues over efforts...
Why a first-term senator passed up Trump’s Cabinet
The NewsEric Schmitt could have become Donald Trump’s attorney general pick after the November election — if he wanted the job — according to two people with direct kno...